First time sump pump owner here and we got the house in December under a foot of snow so I haven't been able to properly locate the sump pump discharge. The pipe comes out of the pit 2ft then makes another 2ft run horizontally then dives straight down again into this 6 inch abs pipe in the foundation floor. Does this discharge pump back into the weeping tile, like some people have suggested ? Or is there an outside drain I just haven't been able to locate yet?. The house is rural so there is no sewer system for it to pipe into.

 

Welcome to the forums.

Sump pumps should never go into a sewer or septic. I sure hope that isn't dumping water back into the weeping system either.

That should go outside the house somewhere.
Probably going to have to wait for the snow to melt to investigate.
What all is draining into there ?

 

The black plastic piping is ABS but the white plastic piping is PVC. I have no idea of where the white pipe is going but it SHOULD go to either a storm sewer or to a safe drainage point somewhere lower on the property. It might go to a dry well someplace. Under NO circumstances should it go to the perimeter drainage system except if it connects at a point in the drain significantly lower than the perimeter tile. If it DOES drain to the perimeter drain then the pump will simply be recycling that same water over and over.

 

Thanks, Pete, i was thinking it drained laterally

 

Thanks for all the responses!.I'll have to get outside and really look hard this spring and hopefully find a nice healthy discharge pipe. Someone suggested adding some food colouring to the water in the pit before it's pumped away to see of the same color water returns. The pipes draining into the pit are humidity from the furnace and an overflow pipe from the old well sisturn in the basment. I plan on cleaning this up a bit when I install the secondary pump this week.

 

Look out at the street at the edge of the curb for a small circular opening by your driveway. A lot of older homes will have the water come out at the curb and drain to the storm sewers. Many localities have made this against code in new construction in recent years because it causes ice build up on the street. However older homes are usually grandfathered in until work has to be done to the pump by a licensed plumber, at which point it has to be brought up to current codes.

If not this it may discharge to daylight in a gully, ravine, or steep grade somewhere nearby.

 

Thanks for the response! There's no street or curb to pump to as it's a Rural house on a gravel road set back about 500 ft. I just discovered something worry some while installing my backup pump. While messing around I the bottom of the pit I stirred up some dirt and mud. This made the water very cloudy unlike the usual clear stuff I see in there. While cycling the pump a lot to drain the pit and work on the plumbing I noticed one of the drains coming into the pit started coming in very cloudy and dirty. This leads me to believe the pump may be dischargeing back into the weeping tile around the house. Is this a reasonable assumption ? Should I just make a new discharge and run it above ground outside ? This has me worried now.

 

I would..... at least for now while you are still unsure of the discharge location.