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Question/s RE: Sump Pumps.

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  • Stooby2
    Stooby2 Posts: 1,195 Forumite
    My church has its boiler room built into a small basement and to keep it dry, there is a float operated sump pump, in a purpose built sump. It's been there years and has operated faultlessly.

    Consider this - who will switch your pump on when you go on holiday? A float pump will do the job 24/7 without fuss.
  • Yeah i agree & that would probably be the best advantage.

    Thing is, it appears to be that 4.5" water level is the 'natural' level. Problem there is, on our busted sump pump, the float is already at 90degrees. I imagine on a working pump this would kick in.
    The problem with that is that within 2 hours of being drained, the float is back at 90 degrees. That'd mean the pump would be in action very regular throughout the day. Not the best.

    Wonder if it could be doctored so that if the level rose above 4.5" THEN it'd kick in & just accept that the level is 4.5".

    Still, as yet we don't know what the level is like at other times of the year. I'm hoping it's quite low in summer.
  • plumb1_2
    plumb1_2 Posts: 4,395 Forumite
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    Still, as yet we don't know what the level is like at other times of the year. I'm hoping it's quite low in summer.

    Fit CCTV so you can view it 24/7 on your tv, select channel 6, next to channnel 5 (cowboy builders):rotfl:
  • Mr_Ted
    Mr_Ted Posts: 1,067 Forumite
    :rotfl: Hell is this post STILL active :rotfl:

    OP you have had numerous positive response about your problem but you seem to be ignoring them all :mad:

    Might i suggest you DO SOMETHING positive based on the info you have been given as you are NOW either a very lonely person with nothing better to do, or just bullheaded and stubborn :eek:
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  • Mr_Ted wrote: »
    :rotfl: Hell is this post STILL active :rotfl:

    OP you have had numerous positive response about your problem but you seem to be ignoring them all :mad:

    Might i suggest you DO SOMETHING positive based on the info you have been given as you are NOW either a very lonely person with nothing better to do, or just bullheaded and stubborn :eek:


    Might i suggest you READ (fully i might add) what i've said before you reply.

    And in addition to this, i don't need your permission to post a new thread, on a current thread or 'resurrect' a thread - which by the way when it's only a few days/week old, to say "is this really still going" isn't very suitable. If you can't contribute anything constructive then don't contribute at all, it's really quite simple.

    And to finish it off ... you really don't have a single clue whatsoever as to what i have or haven't done, who i have or haven't called, emailed or where i am at all with this. You don't know who we're waiting on getting back to us at all.

    So pass your poor unhelpful judgement elsewhere.


    YOU might be able to bark at a builder/plumber/electrician/whoever & have them round completing the work within 5 minutes flat, but we're not all as good as you.
  • cyclonebri1
    cyclonebri1 Posts: 12,827 Forumite
    Someone put a bit of food for thought our way today & it got me thinking...

    They have experience of sump pumps themselves & said they don't like the pump with a float - they prefer a pump you can switch as, reason being - "there's less to go wrong".

    I asked if this would really be a good idea, since when the pump is fitted, you wont know what the level is at, so it could be drawing air. He said if it's drawing air for hours on end then it'll knacker it, but if it just gets switched on, have a look outside, not pumping anything, turn it off - it'll be ok.

    So it made me wonder about this approach as an alternative. With the float, we could have it kicking in every hour or so & virtually being "always on". If wired to a switch though & it wasn't a float-pump, then we could just flick the switch once per day/week/whatever & be done with.

    Both having their disadvantage - the float one i expect would often be on (not ideal) and the switch one you'd have to nip outside to see if it's pumping (not ideal).


    Anyone have experience of the switch ones vs the float ones as i'd not heard of the switched ones while i was reading up on them.

    That's the daftest bit of advice you have received yet.
    I like the thanks button, but ,please, an I agree button.

    Will the grammar and spelling police respect I do make grammatical errors, and have carp spelling, no need to remind me.;)

    Always expect the unexpected:eek:and then you won't be dissapointed
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