Rerouting A Sump Pump Line

[@DIRT-BOSS]

Nice job 👷

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Tri-County Masonry & Excavating 'Dirt Boss' thank you sir!

[@Frankiefailure]

I used to work for Wood's Basement Systems outta St Louis, and this video has like "what da heck?!?" But, I saw in a comment this is what the customer wanted, so I guess the customer is always right. I love that cat litter pail sump pit.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Frankie S lol you were probably like WTF 🤣 yeah he put the sump pump the drain pit for the shower. He didn’t want to spend the money to fix the perimeter drain so this was his quick fix solution 🤷🏼‍♂️. Thanks for watching

[@clydeacor1911]

You gotta love customers that don't wanna spend enough money to fix the whole problem and usually ends up costing them 5 times more down the road and then try to lay the blame on you when you tell them from the beginning that they just need to do it right the first time. But you done a great job for what you had to work with!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Clyde Acor oh yeah definitely gets old. I guess they think it will work for awhile. Which I guess it will for a bit but eventually it will need done right. Appreciate the comment and thanks for watching

[@markmortensen4341]

Another great looking job‼️ Always nice to see someone who's proud of they're work‼️‼️👍👍

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Mark Mortensen thank you sir! I appreciate that!

[@uggy7]

Good job Brandon, it lookes mighty fine to me. Be Safe. 👍👍🐕🇵🇪❤️

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Dermot Byrne thank you! It really wasn’t too bad

[@arkansas1336]

It all cleaned up well, nice!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

arkansas13 thank you! It was a fun little project!

[@thederrick1966]

u a jack of all trades nice job

[@eliteearthworksllc]

thederrick1966 LoL I try or at least it looks like I am 🤫🤣. Thanks

[@shootersoptiontargets]

Elite Plumbing and Earthworks is getting all kinds of new jobs, makes for some fantastic videos! Really like the shot of the truck and trailer in the background! Great work!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

S.O.T. Metalworks LoL yes I do seem to be landing a lot of plumbing related jobs. Maybe one day I’ll figure this stuff out 🤣 until then I’ll just keep bugging you and Mike! Thanks! It just kinda worked out that way!

[@jameshampton5228]

U did great turned out looking pretty sweet 👍🏻

[@eliteearthworksllc]

James Hampton thank you sir!

[@kevinlewis7882]

Elite Earthworks and plumbing, great video and great workmanship

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Kevin Lewis thank you! I appreciate the kind words!

[@anthonyjcarolan3161]

You have done a great job on the sump pump Line I love ❤️ your video 📷 the are best thing I can't wait for the video 📷 #EliteEarthWorks

[@eliteearthworksllc]

me In leather jacket and pants good thank you!

[@DirtPerfect]

Nice works good use of customers boxes 📦 for sure 😜and yes core drills suck

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Dirt Perfect lol got to use what’s available sometimes. Yeah not a fan of the core drill lol

[@Exclusive_Criminal]

Another good thing to do since you we’re digging by the house anyways would be to find that outside tile and install an outside basket as well. We use 55 gallon drums and modify them to get them up to grade. That way your getting rid of the water before it gets under your slab. Best place for one is in the window well. We have solved many people’s water trouble doing this.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

DIGGINSKILLS that’s a good idea, I’ll have to try that next time. Thanks

[@barkleygentry8739]

Good job, Mr. J!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Barkley Gentry thank you!

[@Digginok]

Nice work! Cool piping job, that should do the trick!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Digginok thanks Frank! Should at least be better for the lateral field lol

[@leonmarut7092]

good job mr always learning

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Leon Marut thank you that’s right! Always enjoy learning something new

[@louisianadirt2188]

Nothing wrong with that job, that matting made a clean looking job. Stay safe Dwayne

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Louisiana Dirt 218 thank you! Yeah the dirt work was a little rough, the matting cleaned it up nice lol! Thanks again

[@VideosByAl]

Be happy the property is selling, that way the new owner can call you to make more changes.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

VideosByAl lol that’s exactly what I was thinking

[@burningdinosaurs]

Nicely done! When can I expect you up at my place for my sump pump line? lol! I actually need to bring someone in to bore under my garage floor and a crawl space, but then I can hook mine back up to existing drain I put in a couple years ago. Always so much fun! Looked like your job went very well! Thanks for the video!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

BurningDinosaurs thank you! How about this weekend? Lol oh that doesn’t sound fun at all! Best of luck with that

[@DC-1]

Elite Sumpworks. Nice pipe work!!! (Had a hard time keeping if PG) 👍🇺🇸

[@eliteearthworksllc]

D C 🤣🤣 I would imagine!! Why can’t it be adult swim time!

[@DC-1]

Elite Earthworks LLC no kidding!! 🙄😉

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

Elite Earthworks LLC it’s always Adult Swim Time if you just believe! 🚨

[@DC-1]

Mrs. Elite Earthworks oh I always believe 😉😇

[@eddiemortontapman7252]

We core mainly man holes and concrete structures for utility contractors and water Main taps . Hard to core with a wet cutter dry . The water cools and lubricants when cutting . You get a lot done by your self good job . In NC you can’t work by yourself and the police have come and stopped me when I would core for signs and bollards in parking lots at night trying to beat the rain sometimes. I have help now . 19th year and don’t hunt work work finds me . Good show

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Eddie Morton Tap Man nice congrats! 19 years is a long time. I hated to use water in the basement but it makes a huge difference. This is my 3rd year on my own the last 16 before this o help run my parents landscape company we had 11 guys. I’m just enjoying not having to deal with the stress of employees right now lol! Thanks again for watching

[@dirtediggin]

Those walls can be a bear to core through. We do a lot of new construction so have to bore a 5" hole for sewer and usually a 1.5 or 2 for water. Doesn't seem like anyone puts sleeves in for that stuff when they do the foundations anymore.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Dirt E Diggin yeah that was a pain! I thought I was never going to get through it! Yeah sleeves would be nice! Makes too much sense I guess

[@CaptKirk1701]

No chance of anything backing up into anything else that way, looks good! No bush was harmed during the filming of this video, and don't you hate it when your hose comes out all limp like that lol

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Kirk Overly lol! I almost put that in there about harming the bush! 🤣 and yes I do lol!

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

Kirk Overly 😂😂😂

[@suedeball635]

That’s what she said

[@joshwelner1951]

Looks good 👍

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Josh Welner thanks man!

[@fitzsfixes]

Just like a lot of jobs I'm on. Get there, unload...."crap, I forgot my shovel!" Head to the closest store, get a new one, back to the job.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Fitz's Fixes lol that’s exactly how it goes for me too!

[@junehunk1]

Nice job sir.it is good to see you do something new.felt like you was not so pleased with it.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

junehunk1 thanks I enjoyed it just wasn’t real happy how the dirt work came out. It was so wet and pumping bad. It will work though. Thanks again

[@janetolch8129]

You did say you wanted to expand to doing other bits 😊, but all in all nice job and the jeans 👖look OK trendy 😊

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Jane Tolch that is true lol! I enjoyed it something different. Lol on the jeans!

[@sassafrasvalley1939]

My son-in-law had a sump pump go out.... flooded his basement.... then the fun began... He borrowed my shop-vac to clean up the water he couldn’t squeegee. Didn’t know you have to empty the dirt and remove the paper filter... Decided to install a backup pump in case the first one went out again. Didn’t install a check

[@eliteearthworksllc]

William Harris oh man that is not good! Good idea on adding another one. And don’t worry I have done that with the shop vac too

[@sassafrasvalley1939]

... valve. Yep, the basement almost flooded when the pump kicked on. Installed one check valve... worked great until the second pump was turned on. Added a second valve... still didn’t work... so, I got that call to come and look. New valve was upside down... and pumps were set to the same height so both kicked on at the same time... took about 30 minutes to fix... Was worth every second when my 6 year old grandson asked me, “PawPa, how can you fix everything?” Didn’t mind buying the new vac filter! Brandon if you ever need help with sump pumps... call me. I have an impeccable reference!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

William Harris oh man what a mess. I would say it was worth it then, always fun impressing the kiddos! I will do that! I appreciate that, I’m sure I will be calling in the future! Thanks again

[@trickmytractor7187]

Looks like what I get into a lot. Go to dig a trench and end up doing the install / repair It’s all good 💸💸💸

[@eliteearthworksllc]

trickmytractor LoL yep hate to turn down money. Funny how excavators always lead to plumbing 🤔🤣

[@daneclark3161]

I would have run the sump pump across the ceiling and out, above grade. It would have saved a lot of work and reduced the chance of a leak from a wall penetration.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Tong Sheng the homeowner didn’t want I asked. I sealed around it plus it came out in that window well. And the perimeter drain needed exposed anyways

[@daneclark3161]

Elite Earthworks LLC - Oh well, they’re paying the bills. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Tong Sheng that’s right!

[@cookiesservices4552]

A basement in Missouri? Looks great keep up the good work 👍🏻

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Cookies Services lol yeah we have a few. Thank you!

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

Cookies Services we like to refer to them as indoor swimming pools mostly 😂

[@cookiesservices4552]

Erin love your vids haven’t had a chance to view them yet. You’re cuban drug lord car is sweet riding in style. Top it all off you have a sweet dude in Brandon your living the dream girlfriend. FYI if the weather doesn’t change soon in upstate ny I might just be moving your way. Keep living the dream 👍🏻

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

Cookies Services I’m kinda crushing it at this life thing 💁🏼‍♀️ Come on down! Hoping you don’t mind a little tornado warning now & then...

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Cookies Services thanks man!

[@johnstegall4119]

Finally something besides installing a new sewer hook up! How do price out a lot clearing project? It is about one acre and fully wooded I would appreciate any advice you can offer

[@eliteearthworksllc]

John Stegall lol tell me about it! That depends if you have to stump it all or if you are able to burn. I know some of the guys around here are getting $1000 an acre but that’s with bigger machines and they are able to burn

[@aa999xyz]

why not use a trenching bucket?

[@eliteearthworksllc]

aa999xyz I wanted plenty of room to work

[@sandy1653]

It looks an awful lot like they tied the sump drain into the septic drain with an upside down Y pipe, am I seeing that right? Surprised they didn't have problems with septic waste back flowing into the sump pump.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Sandy that’s exactly what they did. Crazy to me

[@pancho20006]

That black round lid with the 2 pipes coming out is a radon mitigation system there's is another sump pump in there. You should cancel that square sump pump basin follow that line with the Y pipe to the ceiling cut it and get out of the house through the rim joist

[@eliteearthworksllc]

topcityjose that is a pump to the septic tank I believe. He wanted routed through the basement wall instead of going along with the ceiling

[@paulbetka1803]

Why didn't you go out where the other one went out & or connected it❓😕

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Paul Betka you don’t want to hook anything else to the perimeter drain for the chance it may not keep and back full with water around the basement and the downspout isn’t as deep as the rest of them. Just better to run separate pipes so you don’t cause another water issue down the road

[@67goodoleboy67]

I paused @ 1:22 shouldn't those pumps be unplugged while the plumbing is disconnected?

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Battle Cam lol if you watch closely I remembered to finally unplug the one I was working on 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@georgezgreek]

Ok Mr elite earthworks - lets see how knowledgeable folks are on your channel, why did you make a secondary step to your ditch, don't answer it mr Elite, wanna see if your subscribers know, I know why I am a plumber and we do it when we trench, so how many of you know why he dug a secondary ( step ) if you like along his ditch.

[@wb8ujb]

i wondered why you didn't just cut the "Y" out, splice a short straight section of that 2". You wouldn't have water trapped in that nub that you capped. Nice work though, thanks for the video.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Robert Mitchell yeah I probably should have done that. I thought about that after I glued that cap lol. Thanks for watching

[@slainer]

Nice work ! How many hours do you have on your Takeuchi TB153 ?

[@eliteearthworksllc]

K W thank you! It’s got 3600 hours on it

[@slainer]

@@eliteearthworksllc I just recently bought a 2013 TB235 with cab and AC with 2700 hrs on it and it seems to be a really solid machine . Next will be a skidsteer.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

K W that’s awesome! Congrats! I’m very happy with mine. I can’t wait to get my 260!

[@dand33911]

This original pour concrete egress window well, in a basement that requires a sump pump to stay dry intrigues me..

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Dan D yeah I’m with you. I think the entire perimeter drain is failing because he didn’t use to need a sump pump he said but from what pieces I replaced on the drain were full of mud. Really needs to dig up around the entire house and replace the drain

[@dand33911]

@@eliteearthworksllc Yeah curtain drain failure. Great vids by the way. I got an old tb35 myself.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Dan D thank you! That’s awesome! They are great machines!

[@joshjodsaas8139]

What size skidsteer (load capacity wise) would be good for someone starting out excavating that will also be used in a farm setting?

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Josh Jodsaas hmmm that really depends on what type of excavating your planning on doing. I like my size 12,000 lbs cause it’s plenty big to handle any job and has no problem picking up 6000 lbs.

[@joshjodsaas8139]

Elite Earthworks LLC oh darn I was way off, was looking at a bobcat S185 to start off with, have been using a gehl330 but just as a rental, thank you for the always quick replies!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Josh Jodsaas it really just depends on what you want to get into. The 185 will work for moving and spreading dirt and should do fine for moving hay. But if you get into a lot more cutting and grading your probably going to want a bigger track machine

[@scottm3130]

How come you did not just use one drain line and tee the other two into it?

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Scott M I wanted to keep them separate. I could have probably tied the sump pump and downspout line together but you want to keep the perimeter drain by itself. Don’t want to take a chance of water backing up in there

[@Emergency51usa]

You might want to check the bushings on your mini ex arm it looks like its got too much play

[@eliteearthworksllc]

They did so I bought a new one lol!

[@joshuafulton1625]

A trencher would do the same thing with a fraction of the disturbance.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Julio Blanco a trencher wouldn’t have made a wide enough ditch or been able to go down as deep

[@brianwebber7168]

👍

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Brian Webber thanks man!

[@georgezgreek]

That friggin twig was annoying me too lol

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Tell me about it 😡🤣🤣

[@TheCuttingtorch]

Isnt that just a little open site catch drain??

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Cuttingtorch he’s actually got the sump pump stuck in the drain area for a future shower goes. The whole thing is a mess because the perimeter drain is failing but doesn’t want to spend the money to dig it all up and fix it. This was more of a bandage solution

[@TheCuttingtorch]

Wow.. otherwise theres no sump pit/sump pump? If thats the case then he didnt need one.. im guessing its just the downspout water causing the issue

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Cuttingtorch I would say the perimeter is still failing due to where and how he said the water was coming in. And yes the downspout was not help matters either

[@TheCuttingtorch]

I hear ya. Im looking at that electric coming down to those outlets and it looks like just sum wires run down?? WTF But otherwise if you were running a real sump line make sure its run up overhead to the floor joist, and def eliminate that wye you left on the ejector pit. That would make so many plumbers and pipefitters happy.

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

It looks like I need to buy you some new work jeans....

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Mrs. Elite Earthworks lol tell me about it!

[@barryhansen6854]

Don't you know that's a current fashion trend with the young these days.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

barry hansen lol yeah I’m in style

[@barryhansen6854]

@@eliteearthworksllc the girls over here even cut their yoga pants that way.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

barry hansen lol that’s funny

[@tjmerrigan]

I just want to let you know I follow u on Facebook and ig

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Tj Merrigan awesome! I just got the IG notification 👍🏻. Thanks

[@tjmerrigan]

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[@erf601]

all this just to reroute a sump pump line are you serious

[@eliteearthworksllc]

erf and redo the downspout and the clogged perimeter drain

[@JasonWorksAlot]

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[@eliteearthworksllc]

JasonWorksAlot 🤣🤣 that’s awesome I had to go back and watch it to see what you are talking lol

[@georgezgreek]

Stealing my plumbing work away from me are we ? lol

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Lol sorry you can keep it 🤣

[@chrisdubeau8828]

You should of left it alone

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Chris Dubeau 🤷🏼‍♂️ why? It was overloading the lateral field. It needed to be rerouted