Installing A Sump Pump In Our Basement

[@johnnyz7752]

I noticed that was a Zoeller Sump Pump. Zoeller recommends drilling a 3/16” weep or vent hole in the pipe between the impeller chamber and the check valve. This hole will allow trapped air to escape from the impeller chamber and prevent the pump from becoming air locked. Read the Zoeller Installation instructions regarding the weep hole.

[@freedomhomesteadky]

We have done that, we didn’t figure that out until after the video was filmed but definitely helps.

[@georgecostanza4233]

He did a nice job I didn't mean to imply he did a bad job I just living in the city perhaps the codes a different where I am I don't know I wasn't trying to put anybody's work done he did a good job from what I can see I just disagree with the with the play that should have been a career clear acrylic fitted plate with a gasket on it and everything is gasketed the wire the pipes everything because spiders water bugs snakes anything is drawn to water and dampness as you know I've seen many pics opened and hundreds and hundreds of water bugs live down there especially in hospitals believe it or not I know what I'm talking about

[@georgecostanza4233]

100% correct about everything even the two pumps definitely better than one

[@diydoc]

Great job on the video. Caution: If power does go out, please don't bring a generator down into your basement. It can kill your whole family! Leave the generator outside and have an electrician hook up all your sump circuit breakers (and other critical circuots) to an accessible sub-panel before you need to use it.

[@JessicaRodriguez-rx3ld]

Amazing safety advise for everyone !!!!!! Thanks

[@rlopez18m]

Is this because it runs in gas?

[@therandomytchannel4318]

How much sump can a sump pump pump, if a sump pump could pump sump? 🎉

[@diydoc]

@@rlopez18m - Yes, but very true for all generators! If a generator runs on gasoline, propane, natural gas, diesel or fuel oil, its an internal combustion engine (like all non-electric cars). ALL INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES - which includes generators - burn the fuel and give off carbon monoxide (CO) in the process. It is deadly, colorless and odorless, and only detectable with a CO monitor. Generators should be placed outside the house or garage and at least 15 feet away from any door or window. Basements and garages are not safe for them!

[@stiflersm0m193]

With the exception of a solar back up generator which is just a gigantic rechargeable battery

[@thomasschwarz1973]

Right on. Clear. Great job. Nice how he exited the sump pump basin on the side to hug the wall on the way up.

[@akapuliewalnuts]

Excellent presentation and great comments. Good luck Thanks

[@geerrr3516]

The tradesmen @3:36 cutting that concrete like he's Michelangelo

[@10469]

We just lost our basement to flooding last week. It’s the worst but I thought about doing this too. And now for sure we are doing this.. thanks for the video.

[@ptg01]

Would have been nice to see how exactly installed the pit. That's the big challenge.

[@jugglersantini5569]

Brilliant job, great video! Thanks!

[@66lwmorgan]

Two pumps are always better than one especially if your in an area prone to flooding. The only thing I didn't like was putting some of the PVC pipe in the cement. I personally would want access to all of the PVC tubing for easier repairs in the future if necessary. Great video and I hope you never get water down there again.

[@HomieG-fl9wk]

Terrific video. Thank you so much!

[@sundash6887]

Thank you sharing I need one for my basement!

[@brianbassett4379]

With the amount of water in the basement as shown in the video, I would have installed twin pumps and double the water storage. The pumps cycle between the two of them extending their lives significantly. It all depends on how fast the pumps cycle in the wet part of your year.

[@jimk2824]

He mentioned that he placed on on each end of the basement.

[@missige]

I love this tutorial. Thank you for posting! Your basement looks great.

[@trevorjones4289]

I hooked a heavy duty UPC up to mine so that it could still run for about an hour without power

[@goat9199]

i did it with an inverter and 3 deep cycle batteries in parallel. would run for like 3 days.

[@IMADALBASRII]

Pro clean works Thanks for sharing

[@JamieE76]

We have two sump pump pits in our basement too, one on each side of the basement. Good investment. Definitely have a backup plan if electricity goes out, like a generator. You can also buy sump pumps that come with battery backups.

[@freedomhomesteadky]

Yes! We do have a generator just in case.

[@frankmartorano606]

We had problems with electric going out and pump not working. We then installed a base pump that uses a siphoning system that kicks in when power goes out. The float for the base pump is set in higher than the electric pump. Worked great and you won’t have to worry about pump going out. It only works if you have municipal water and not a well.

[@freedomhomesteadky]

That’s great, so do you have to hook your water system into your pump? Thankfully we don’t lose power often but we do have backup power if we need to keep the pump working.

[@louisegogel7973]

@@freedomhomesteadkyI’ll be researching that question too, but it sounds as if it does hook into the water system

[@karensgarden1750]

Thanks so much! I'm hoping in the next few years to buy my parents house after my mom passes or needs to leave the house. I don't have a clue of all basic home ownership details and this was great in explaining to me what my sump pump does and how it's installed.

[@TR-gs7yc]

Wow... "in the next few years after my mom passes or needs to leave the house" great planning 😏

[@ronm6585]

Looks great. Thanks for sharing.

[@sofiamurgado606]

Thanks so much for sharing this. Infinite blessings to you and your family✨✨💛

[@sku32956]

Good idea with the towel ,make sure to discharge the water as far as need to day light where natural fall will take the water away .

[@deebrounn8614]

Thank you thank you, excellent video.

[@PrivatePoolDeCastro]

Great info. Thanks for making this video.

[@UKPoodle]

Great video!!!

[@SFelectrolysis]

Thank you for the video very informative and helpful

[@johneewishbone]

How does the water get in the sump basin so it can get pumped? Did you drill holes in the sides of it? Cut out sections? If so, how many (roughly) holes and/or cutouts?

[@jamalsalamipour4742]

Thanks for sharing your experience

[@nannygeorginasmith3938]

Fantastic informative video. Thanks for sharing 👍😎

[@ericdechamplain650]

Great job

[@MyProjecttriathlon]

Great videos. It's help me.a.lot. thanks

[@kyebatabe8839]

Thank you sir. My house was built in 1953 and recently I noticed that when it rained heavily there was water coming out through the concrete floor. A plumber told me I would need a sump pump. So after watching your video I have an idea of what it means

[@Bunky1er]

Nice thanks for sharing!! Just wished the water heater was off the floor lol

[@Robert-if5hh]

Awesome video!

[@COWELLGIRL]

Very necessary! For sure

[@lindarussell1932]

Quite interesting thanks for the information!!👍👍

[@detzlerangela]

Are we able to actually put a cap on that tank that has minjmal to no holes? Our cap is from 1983 and is a bent metal piece. This is all new to me. Im from the city and we never had wells or sump pumps in the city housd. I was reading that a cap needs to be on and tight at all times in case Radon coming up from the ground throu that pit. Has anyone ever heard of this Radon exposure thru sump pump pits? That scares me more then the possibility of flooding. Also, great video! Ive been doing most the work around the new home. KZbin has been a tremendous help with all my remodeling projects and learning the differences from a city home v.s a country home. This is one of the best videos i have watched in terms of clarity, detailed visual instructions, and straight to the point. Great job on this video.

[@andyhv615]

Excellent video. We were flooded in Slovenia and we need 2 sump wells and pumps. My question is, how does the water get into the pit bucket if no holes were drilled into the side? How does the water get into the bucket?? Thanks.

[@freedomhomesteadky]

There are holes in the bucket so the ground water will come in and fill the bucket so it can be pumped out. It’s been about two years now and with these working, we haven’t had anymore water issues.

[@johngann5116]

I would also suggest that you install a check valve into your floor drain so that water cannot come back up through the drain. Hopefully that will keep you dry for years to come...battery backup or better yet having those pumps on a circuit connected to a generator in the event of a power outage.

[@freedomhomesteadky]

Yes, we have put in a check valve and do plan to have battery backups. I also can easily plug them into my generator.

[@georgecostanza4233]

Excellent that's more than a suggestion in Brooklyn they have a code I tried to explain to him maybe I didn't do it correctly but if you gasket and seal everything around the clear acrylic cover install the check valve drain what goes in will not come back out like the creepy crawlers and they won't live in breathe down there in the dampness if they love so much nobody seems to know a check valves are anymore it's part of the plumbing code😅😅

[@initiate22000]

Thanks. Great video! It was much simpler than I imagined. I thought you would need to do excavating around the house, or install a trough around the perimeter of the basement. But all you needed were the pumps and some plumbing to remove the water. That seems doable and maybe affordable.

[@matbob7249]

Thank you so much for your efforts and congratulations on success.

[@jtruth33]

Nice video / im sure this will help people. One suggestion as an add on, our system is the same pump as yours, but has a second backup pump thats hooked up to a battery. Theres a Zoeller control unit hooked in to both which will sound an alarm if the main pump goes out, and will automatically kick over to the backup pump running on battery if the power goes out. We also have a whole house generator, but youre super covered if you just have the battery and second pump. Im a software architect so love the redundancy 🙂

[@freedomhomesteadky]

Thanks for this info, I will look into that control unit. I have a generator I can use quickly but it would be good to know there is a backup.

[@Mark-hb5zf]

Don't forget to run the sump pump to a dedicated outlet! If you share an outlet and that appliance faults and trips the breaker...that takes out the sump pump too. Plan on doing yardwork to minimize the water? That would be the best scenario, keep the water away from the house in the first place. Or is the water table just high and there's nothing you can do about it? Is that your house in the video at the 42 sec mark? If so, it seems to be up a ways with good fall towards the front. I would think some french drains or at least a swale around the house would help a ton.

[@detzlerangela]

I agree with water minimizing. We had a house in the city. The basement never flooded, not even a drop of water. When my son and I replaced the old roof with a new roof we took off the rain gutters and I forgot to put them back on. One Spring day it rained like cats and dogs. This caused some rain water to get into the basement due to no rain gutters. It was not flooded, but it was enough water to fill about 4 of my 5 gallon buckets. Keep the area around the home water free is always the best route. Even keeping the outside water hose a distance away from the foundation is a good idea. This video was very good, clear and easy to understand.

[@brucefree8]

Isn’t the pump constantly pumping away groundwater. With this kind of sump? What about stability issues for the building?

[@dawnkey2811]

recommend battery backup and radon testing

[@MrEverth007]

In my area each sump pump costs 4k. Thanks for the vid

[@theganglandlegacy]

I was quoted 5.5k today smh 😢

[@chitowntiger1]

I enjoyed this. My son just bought a house in Wisconsin and Just a week ago water started flowing into his basement. He's got a sump pump but they were in a panic and shop vac'd the water coming in where the wall meets the floor, and emptied it into the drain every 15-30 minutes. A plumber came out and said with all the heavy rain this year the water table is really high and all he could do is wait a week for it to settle. So now I'm looking into French Drains etc. We both lived in the desert (Las Vegas) and didn't even know what a sump pump was until we moved out here. If anyone has any suggestions we would sure appreciate it. Thanks in advance.

[@daat94]

Great video thanks. Did he recommend a filter under the pit and/or a flat paver to set in the pot for the pump to rest level?

[@tnt666tnt]

I ended up installed a second pit in my basment as well. I have 3 pumps that run every 30 seconds or so. why didn't you guys grab the tile from the outside and bring it in aswell? I eneded up digging down 8ft and drilling hole though footer into new sump pit. 1st time in years my basment is bone dry during this spring thaw. looks good, and good video

[@jerrygrayson8421]

Chris digging eight foot down is a chore if you did not have machinery and the It! also is expensive. I suspect you dug from interior basement wall into footer but I think you could had installed a perimeter drain to avoid this and the run interior perimeter drain into sump. I am not criticizing you but want to understand since I am thinking of installing sump pump. I now run three dehumidifiers .

[@tnt666tnt]

I once was there with the 3 dehumidifiers. Now just one. No more musty smell and it's dry. I dug from the outside by hand, cut the exterior tile added a T- fitting and piped though the footer into the hole I made on the other side of the basement wall inside into my new sump pit. While I was there I jetted all the exterior tile. Ideally a full interior tile drain to the sump pit would be better. bit that would be a huge job.

[@RandomTechWZ]

You know you're in the country when your contractor is open carrying.

[@cavscout888]

God's Country.

[@charlespratt8663]

Or going to a Texas BBQ.

[@eemage9476]

fear is the enemy

[@joeswheat]

@@cavscout888 sure...with a small 'g'

[@redciroc1211]

No you know your in the country when your basement is 12 feet deep and that big

[@zinebchellali9104]

Thank you

[@boxofmoles4057]

Very informative. I have two questions. Firstly, I should say that my home is 114 years old (built in 1910), the unfinished basement is poured concrete (not the norm at that time in my area), and when there has been heavy rain and snow melt, the amount of water has been negligible. I'm more concerned about protecting the integrity of the home. Onto my questions: 1. What is a "reasonable" amount to pay for the installation? What's a good quote ($) look like? 2. How far away from the foundation should the water be discharged? I see discharge pipes on neighboring homes that extend less than a foot. It seems counter-productive to just discharge the water out along the foundation. In advance, appreciate the answers.

[@freedomhomesteadky]

I have extended my pipe using gutter drains. Cost should vary depending on area and what kind of pump is needed. The range could be between 1500 and 3000. Mine was the lower end and works great after several years now.

[@baba-sm1fm]

May i ask how much did it cost you, my house had one pump what i purchased it but I want to get a second pump since the basement still has some leaks.t just have no idea what it cost.

[@freemab222]

If the water was coming up through floor drains, why not install check valves in the floor drain lines so that water cannot flow from outside to inside through these drains?

[@freedomhomesteadky]

We did but it was also coming up through the ground and the whole ground became saturated.

[@c0pyimitati0n]

I don't understand the point of basement storm drains. You can always see water sitting in mine and it just floods my basement whenever it rains. I've installed a French drain for every downspout I have (7 in total) but my enemy is the storm drain. Could I install a sump pump and cover the storm drain?

[@MSA6001]

the pipe that goes out of the house where did that go and how far from the house?

[@304-P-ROCK]

Did he put geotextile under the basin?

[@freedomhomesteadky]

Not sure, I didn’t see the install of the basin tub.

[@aladdinkmk]

Hey there! Great video. A question for you, Did you have a flood cop or water valve in your floor drain when your basement got flooded?

[@AngeloR674]

There easy to put in! Do it your self! Nobody will do a better job then you! Remember that!

[@kennyramos3146]

did you find that a pump alone was enough? I had a pump put in and 2 sections of French drains. I ended up get water in my rec room and decided to fill in cracks where the floor meets the wall and it seems wi working.

[@freedomhomesteadky]

It’s been several years now and they do the job. They pump out before any water gets in the house.

[@paulpatrick3912]

I wonder if you can actually go smaller on the hole Size

[@rubenbaxxter3352]

Why the plastic sheeting?

[@NyxZero1991]

I have issue with my trench drainage system outside my garage. It get flooded bc of lot of rain. And after that it goes inside the garage. Anyone have a video fixing that or putting a pump?

[@victortorres3187]

its a great video

[@terryhenderson424]

Did the "like" and watched. Seems like a lot of content providers are losing subscribers to utube analytics' deciding who is and who isn't an active viewer but, ive found comments seem to keep me from getting dropped; I don't have notifications turned on for any of the channels I've subscribed to. So, this is my comment for this video.

[@freedomhomesteadky]

Hey, thanks for the comment.

[@wooddawg4868]

People should know that sump pumps need to be hooked to at least one floor drain or two to get water out the house.

[@freedomhomesteadky]

Thanks, one of ours is hooked to one.

[@nicoletriplett3450]

What if there is no floor drain in my basement?

[@Ramnik72]

This guy has ice water in his veins …I would be freaking out describing water history

[@satberhoxhaj3347]

check valve should be above ground and clamped on instead of glued for future removal instead of cutting the pipe again, the only thing it does look clean that way

[@bhadz100]

Is the pit perforated?

[@freedomhomesteadky]

Yes, as the water table rises, that is how water fills the pit before it gets to floor level.

[@GabrielBarrandeguy]

do you have to make holes in the black bucket ?so water will get it

[@freedomhomesteadky]

Yes, these buckets already had them pre installed.

[@gyver471]

What was the cost of this?

[@doo21leroux]

How did water get in it already? Like there's no holes in the sump liner. I don't get it.

[@freedomhomesteadky]

There are holes in the plastic sump liner, there has to be for water to work into the basin and be pumped out.

[@saragidey8290]

Hi.. much it cost to do all that

[@freedomhomesteadky]

We got this all done for around 1500.00

[@zarnigar646]

I have a question to all who ever has the expertise or experience, I’m going to install the same swump pump in my basement, my question is can we cover the top with some tiles or it should be open like this with holes?

[@freedomhomesteadky]

I don’t recommend covering it with tiles unless they are not permanent. You need to be able to open the cover and access the system. It doesn’t have to have open holes but you don’t want the top covered that you can’t open easily.

[@dennismadigan2023]

Great video! My basement just flooded and looked like yours with the water. I need to do this. Looks like something I could do. I have a jackhammer and stuff but I have so many home projects I might have someone do it for me if the price is right. Thanks again for the video it has just enough info. 👍

[@vtrandal]

Battery backup or gas powered generator for house?

[@freedomhomesteadky]

Gas generator for now.

[@glasser2819]

nothing's ever simple..., -- missing a air sealed cover and outside venting of Radeon gas. -- Holes in the cover are provided for plumbing vent/ejection pipe. -- you need a internal wall drain. Right now you're only helping dry the water table. -- Float AC switch is the point of failure for this dewatering system have more than one sensor on-hand or pre-installed in the sump. -- Zoeller pump mfg is the leader sump, effluent or sewage. Oil cooled motor with ceramic seals, plastic or steel impeller to resust corrosion. 👍

[@monkandmomo]

Your water table is so shallow. If you were to move would you buy another house with a basement? I am very turned off by your experience. I have always wanted a house with one but now I am not so sure. ( We have a tiny basement but our water table here is also very deep)

[@freedomhomesteadky]

We love having a basement. The biggest issue is that down the road the water has no where to drain so it begins to back up to our area and raise our water table. Not something we expected but I pray we have eliminated future issues.

[@MikeBrown-ml2up]

I was really satisfied with this video until it showed the plumbing and he failed to prime the fittings before glueing them. When that glue fails and that 90 blows apart its gonna be another flood. ALWAYS Prime your glue joints before applying your glue. Its quality steps like that likely explains why the plumbing company was so much more expensive. Not that the primer is expensive, its the experience your paying for. A plumber knows those fittings need primed and glued.

[@RandomTechWZ]

Seriously, that is why I have trust issues with contractors and try to DIY as much as possible.

[@cavscout888]

There's actually a number pf PVC glues that manufacturers say either not to or that it's not needed. Didn't look to see what he was using though.

[@michaelgrodecki4159]

There is 2 cans there. Not all primer/cleaner is purple

[@Shanonmcnab576]

Priming??? You mean roughing up the pvc fitting with sandpaper before using the plumbers glue right?

[@erinsquirkychannel501]

Yes sand paper around it first and cleaning around the pipe with the primer so the glue bounds and sticks 100%

[@spaceoddity2485]

river rock and a plastic bucket. but no holes in the bucket for it to fill........ ????

[@PRAISEGODMEDIA]

Does the sump pump determine the size of the draining pvc pipe or can you use any size? We have two sump pumps with one using 1 1/2” and the other 2” pvc. I wish our basement looked like yours.

[@PhpGtr]

He can't answer. They're "homesteaders", (definitely not just a house in a rural area, with affiliate links) so he was probably waiting for the Wells Fargo wagon to deliver printouts of your YT comments. Anyhow I can answer for him since he's likely dead of tuberculosis or typhoid by now. Your pump rating will designate the vertical lift it can manage. The more HP, the higher it can lift the outflow. Depending on the pump, it may have different ratings for that height depending on the diameter of the pipe used. Try to go for more on the 2". Most of these will handle 10' lifts easily.

[@sebastianravinet3415]

Wouldn't it be simpler to install a check valve in the drain that reverses into your basement?'

[@Ramnik72]

Costs 14 grand for two pumps in nj

[@freedomhomesteadky]

Wow, that’s way too expensive. Someone is making a lot of money.

[@gi7490tiger]

How much did he charge you?

[@californiaeveryday]

A LOT.

[@freedomhomesteadky]

$1500 He was the best bid we got and he did an amazing job!

[@californiaeveryday]

@@freedomhomesteadky wow nice, that's pretty tooted brother.

[@shahmoneyshahmoney9250]

also put a sewar shout out whatever its called

[@bribri8785]

Thank you so much for this. I had this issue come up the last few weeks and I’ve been worried about affordability.

[@tribalconcrete]

Why have the electrical outlets on the floor in a room prone to flooding? I'm surprised the guy didn't mount them on the wall - makes no sense. Should be GFI's too. Just my 2 cents.

[@freedomhomesteadky]

Yes, we have added wall outlets which was the plan all along. Just did that later after we filmed.

[@mblankenship15]

That's mortar, not concrete by the way... just fyi...

[@pablocabrera7576]

Cement over the lid hmmm, also plastic way to high interfering with the overall integrity of the structure strength hmmm, concrete slab floor recommended minimum of 3 to 4 inches thick. And whats up with the basin lid holes everywhere, if you love moisture sure no problem. Also forgot to wet the surface perimeter where the concrete was poured. You pay what you get, overall clean job though, just giving my honest opinion as a professional waterproofer

[@c0pyimitati0n]

3:32 why not just rent one?

[@deborahtrout8821]

So disheartening. I pray all will be well now. (It's happened to us also) 💕

[@freedomhomesteadky]

Thank you.

[@egresk1]

He cut the pvc over the new pit instead of a garbage can to catch all the plastic shavings...

[@ladygaga3440]

Good video 👌

[@DonMcNulty-i5m]

Emergency battery backup made just for sump pumps

[@karenladwig3856]

lot of heavy labor for sump pump.

[@freedomhomesteadky]

Yep, that’s why it was so worth it to pay them for the install, but it works great.

[@GPG7754]

Who open carries a pistol when installing a sump pump? Lol

[@adamyaw]

His ass is getting paid when he’s done with the job!!

[@Sourpusscandy]

Curse the developer who knew this but put profit and greed ahead of logic. This is going on in Michigan everywhere. Such a shame. I was happy to get a house on a slab of concrete at ground level. Did your insurance pay for the damages or say “you should have gotten flood insurance?”

[@karmachoden4906]

helper?

[@freedomhomesteadky]

Pretty much did all this by himself. It took one whole day.

[@jimmys4872]

In the video the home owner says if the power goes out , he will bring a generator down . Do not do that , you will get Carbon Monoxide poisoning . So you can tell he can’t install himself & gives dangerous advice . Also the mechanic should have put a fiber cloth under the base of the Plastic housing before he installed ,then submerge the pump inside . Also he didn’t show you from beginning to end had too install piping. That concrete should of had stone mixed in with it , also look at the so called concrete on Cover , along with sloppy wiring laying on ground . Good Luck .

[@calgreg2569]

Why didn’t he use the jackhammer to bust up the dirt? Just a shovel? Hard not smart..but ok..

[@jerrygrayson8421]

Confused why you are only depending on sub-slab drainage rocks and did not direct drainage to sump pump by adding 4x4 PVC perforated drainage pipe discharging into sump? This is not just a question since I am about to add a sump pump. Thank you.

[@freedomhomesteadky]

This video is only showing how the sump pump was installed. It doesn’t show other things we have done but we do have drain pipes and lines installed as well. Even with all the drainage pipes, we were still finding that water is saturated under our floor slab. The sump pumps were installed to help with this issue. You definitely need to evaluate your needs. I hope this helps.