New Home Owner - DIY Sump Installation
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New Home Owner - DIY Sump Installation
I've been googling around for answers and stumbled across this forum. We just installed a sump pump and have it plumbed to discharge outside the house. We have it run about 15ft from the house, but we are flooding our lawn. We are on a small corner lot and have to pump it to the front of the house. We have been trying to come up with different drainage options including digging a trench about 4in deep and about 5ft long but it doesn't seem to be enough to accomodate the water. Any good suggestions for drainage in a highly visible area?
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To be discrete, some people pipe the water underground to the curb. They cut a small (2 1/2") piece out and replace it with their 2" pipe, then cement over and around it. From the street, all you see is a small circle in the curb and a puddle.
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I'm assuming I would need a permit for this? I've been looking around the borough website and it is horrendous. Information that I can find is buried deep in the site and a complete listing of codes and ordinances, permit applications, etc are no where to be found on the website. On top of that the coding officer is only part time and getting a hold of him is a chore unto itself. I'm trying to do as much as possible to be as little a nuisance to my neighbors while solving the issue of the water in the basement. Since installing the pump the basement is dry as can be however the outside looks like a swamp.
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"I'm assuming I would need a permit for this?"
Usually, if you start fiddling with the city's curbing you do, but I can tell you that plenty of people have done this in THIS city and they didn't get a permit to do anything. In this city, it depends on how discrete you are (as in digging and covering on the weekends) and how your neighbors are. If they complain, you are done for. Sometimes even if you get a permit and they complain, you are done for.
Better to walk around and talk to the neighbors and explain what you want to do. Does the water have a way to get to the sewer once it is on the street? If water is constantly freezing on the street after you pump it out there, they won't be happy and will complain.
Line the neighbors up and this bolsters your presentation to the town inspector as well, or you can just decide to skip him.
Usually, if you start fiddling with the city's curbing you do, but I can tell you that plenty of people have done this in THIS city and they didn't get a permit to do anything. In this city, it depends on how discrete you are (as in digging and covering on the weekends) and how your neighbors are. If they complain, you are done for. Sometimes even if you get a permit and they complain, you are done for.
Better to walk around and talk to the neighbors and explain what you want to do. Does the water have a way to get to the sewer once it is on the street? If water is constantly freezing on the street after you pump it out there, they won't be happy and will complain.
Line the neighbors up and this bolsters your presentation to the town inspector as well, or you can just decide to skip him.
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What about a drywell? I have no personal knowledge of these, but I've seen them installed on TV for that purpose.It's just a big basin with holes in it and gets buried with stone under and around it. The discharge pipe goes into it and the water filters away into the gravel. I would imagine your soil would have to be fairly good to be able to drain the water away though. Maybe google it for more info.
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I'm assuming I would need a permit for this? I've been looking around the borough website and it is horrendous. Information that I can find is buried deep in the site and a complete listing of codes and ordinances, permit applications, etc are no where to be found on the website. On top of that the coding officer is only part time and getting a hold of him is a chore unto itself. I'm trying to do as much as possible to be as little a nuisance to my neighbors while solving the issue of the water in the basement. Since installing the pump the basement is dry as can be however the outside looks like a swamp.
When I called the town, they said "everyone does the same thing, so go ahead and route your pump to the street".....it's only water anyway......
I would walk around the immediate area where you live, and see if anyone else has their gutters, or pumps going to the street. You can use them as leverage if anyone gives you trouble. My neighbor has his gutters extended to the street, and his sump is connected to the extensions.