![]() ![]() ![]() It's not like the pit is filling all the way up and the pump is then kicking on. I wonder how much it has to do (if at all) with how much water was probably being soaked up within the foundation itself. Ya, I need to start timing ours to get an idea of how often it actually is because it seems pretty often though I feel like the intervals have been slowly spacing out. The builder paid for the extra pumps, back ups to the back up pumps, generator and reimbursement of costs to constantly run pumps, mostly issues in spring but rains too. Engineers involved total basement redo, it's going to be a mess. After almost 3 years of arbitration they are set to fix the problems this summer. He timed how long it took for water to almost reach the top when the flow was at its worse, 1 minute, 45 seconds. The first spring the sump pumps turned on and didn't stop. If I were you I would look into having a second sump pump, even a battery back up or generator incase you loose power your sump pumps rely on to keep your basement dry. My parents have heavy clay soil and that can cause a lot of issues especially with a high water table. That does seem pretty often considering the rain stopped days ago. That's flood damage, not covered unless you have flood insurance, which few do. And most insurance policies do NOT cover damages from exterior water getting in. It makes a lot of sense, because one sump pump failing when needed (When else would it fail?) can easily cause $20K in damages. I'm a home inspector, and I've noticed double sump pumps in many of the newer homes. I don't know how often it cycles, as it too quiet to hear, but I only see water in the bottom of the sump during and after big rains. Big mess.Īfter that I found a much smaller pump without the big float. I had to tear out the bottom 4 feet of sheetrock from about half the outside walls. I ended up with just a bit of water accumulating on the (finished) basement floor (less than 1/4 inch), but it seeped in along several walls just enough to get the sheetrock wet and grow mold. Eventually, after a few years, the pump shifted just enough that the float couldn't rise. My sump is a little on the narrow side, and when I bought a new pump several years ago, it was a tight fit. fyi this is our second home and our first was a townhome w/o a basement so sump pumps are somewhat new to me as a homeowner Seems odd that the new pump would run so often or is that just normal for some people? It seems a bit much to me but maybe that's common? Since the storm that came through 5 days ago it's barely rained at all and been very sunny and warm. With that said, our new sump pump works great but it kicks on probably every 10-15 minutes or so, 20 at most I would think. Thankfully we found and addressed it early and I don't think we'll have to replace any of the finished part of the basement *fingers crossed*. After a large storm rolled through we found water seeping into the basement. Our sump pump did work upon the initial inspection of the house but somewhere between then and about 5 days ago it failed (could have been sealing the pit for radon mitigation? not sure). Long story short we bought a new house about 2 months ago. I can't help but wonder what is normal and what's not. ![]()
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