Hi all, So, I had a plumber replace my sump pump (with a Zoeller M57) when the added the backup water powered sump. I've only lived in the house a year, and never noticed the old pump running. This pump, I happened to be in the basement, and heard it kick on. Seems like it gets a certain amount of water then turns on--once the water in the pit drops, it turns off. Makes sense. What I am wondering is if the pump is pumping 'too fast'? During the storm, it would turn on, and turn off within a minute. More like withing 30 seconds. Then, a few minutes later, it would cycle like that again. I'm wondering if I need to adjust the float? Let more water enter the pit before kicking on the pump? But then, what if we have a more powerful storm and water enters the pit even faster? Any advice? Setup fine?

Bought a house almost 2 years ago now out in the country on a creek. House was built in '74 and as far as I know has the original septic system and drainfield. It was inspected as part of the purchase and was given a clean bill of health but I had it pumped anyway after we moved in. The guy said everything looked in order and gave me some tips on keeping it healthy, one thing he recommended was having an effluent filter added, especially if we did a lot of cooking. We didn't so I never gave it much thought but recently the wife and I have become more active in the kitchen and do a lot of cooking with cast iron. I do my best to drain all the fat, grease, and oil out of the pans and into a jar before rinsing them, but I know a little residual grease is making it down the drain. Being that we're on a creek if that drainfield were to fail we'd be screwed, there's no way they'd permit a drainfield repair or replacement here so we'd be looking at a complete replacement mound system or something like that. Looking at the As Built we have a single double chambered 900 gallon tank with 130' of drainfield, no pumps all gravity fed and no filters. I'm no plumbing expert but I've been known to turn a wrench or 2, how hard would it be to install an effluent filter in this system? Should I look into an undersink grease trap or filtration system? If this isn't a DIY job any idea on what a decent price would be to have it done professionally? Thanks in advance!