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Inside
Application:
The sump box, which houses the sump
pump, is installed inside your basement. The presence
of a sump box goes a long way to relieve hydrostatic pressure
from beneath your basement floor.
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How
do sump pumps work?: |
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The
sump box gathers trapped ground water that naturally accumulates
around your foundation wall and or under your basement floor. |
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The
sump box has an automatic shut off, keeping water down to
a manageable level. |
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The
submersible pump, located inside the sump box, pumps water
out and away from your foundation. |
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The
sump operates automatically. |
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Sump Installation: |
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Breakup
concrete floor. |
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Dig
out hole 2.5' below your basement floor x 4ft. wide. |
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Place sump box in center. |
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Fill
up 2' excavated area around sump box with ¾"
gravel: the more gravel surrounding the sump box the better.
Water can filter, nicely, through the gravel bed to the
sump box. |
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Electrical
turn on floating microswitch automatically turns on/off
as required. |
Overview:
In many of the very first subdivisions and due to the lack of
separate storm drains, the exterior weeping tile was connected
to the sump box inside. Sump boxes and pumps direct excessive
ground water to the ditch at the front or rear of the house.
Over time, silt
flows toward the sump box impeding the flow of water from below
the basement floor. Better-designed sump boxes, using filter cloths
and more efficient sump pumps, are available today at your local
building supply.
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