Installing two yard sump pumps (dewatering pumps)
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- Опубліковано 21 бер 2020
- This property sits at a low point on all sides with nowhere for the water to drain. We installed two sump basins and sump pumps to collect and pump water to the street.
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Good job fixing this mess. Just reinforces my belief you should never buy a house in a hole.
I was gunna buy a house at the bottom of a big ditch... this changed my mind
I live in a house in a reversed hole.
I actually don't understand how this is allowed - to build a house at ground level without suitable grading around it
Proper site grading at the beginning of the construction phase would have prevented most of this issue. This was the fault of either the architect, builder, or the inspector. Also, it rains hard enough in Texas to outrun that pump.
Yea that house was flawed to begin with. Luckily the pumps have been working very well and the homeowner has been very happy. She texts me every time it rains saying how well they work. She also wants us to install a couple more in other areas so that video may be coming...
Hmm they look like 2m3 per hour pumps. There would need to be 8.8 gallons a minute coming in before it gets over powered.
Its all about cost..
Architects typically don't do site grading design (specifically water runoff), that would be a civil engineer. Either way, the plans got approved with proper grading. This is the fault of the contractor who performed site construction.
@@scottwhitley3392 the way her yard is designed it would bring triple that amount all the water is draining into those spots
It’s good to see people doing this type of work who actually have equipment and care about using the right type of pipe.
Thanks! My reasoning is that the expensive difficult part is digging the trench and installing the pipe. It's an easy decision to throw the correct pipe into your trench before covering it up. Otherwise, you may be digging it all back out again! Just use the best pipe you can. Easy.
Professor: Possibly procuring perturbation for the purchasing ambitious DIY homeowner.
@@GCFD Exactly you get what you pay for.
So what is the right pipe because it's definitely not pvc
You should do a video about what to look out for when buying a house.
I have thought about that!
Good job putting holes in the bucket. This will also help prevent it from wanting to rise up!
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Neat install. Hopefully that will make a massive difference
Yes it has and the homeowners are extremely happy. Tough situation but we provided a good solution.
Very satisfying to see that water flowing out of the curb!
Haha, that's my favorite part. "That water is no longer a problem."
That curb hole was beautiful. 😀
Haha, thank you!
@@GCFD when drilling those through the curb, do you need any kind of easement from the city or county?
great video on how poor some places can be built and great install. For future less spinny/zoomie shots and more slow panning or stationary shots. It will really help the watch-ability of your content
Thanks for your feedback. The channel has recently grown and I've been trying to increase my production quality. Check out some of my recent videos and tell me what you think! Thanks!
Got lucky with that hole in the front. Nice job, thanks for posting
Thank you for watching! - Shawn
THIS WAS JUST BEAUTIFUL I LEARNED A LOT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
Thank you!
A TON of this is caused by the planning dept during the permitting process allowing zero to low flow areas around the construction site.
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There are some really cool tools at work in this video. Awesome stuff!
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Here in germany it isn't even allowed to discharge water on the street. You either have to collect it on your plot as for rainwater usage or let it run into the sewer -and pay for it. But the pipe and pumps seem pretty small. But I mean, if it works, it works!
Thanks for commenting Jonathan!
I think its common for it to be illegal to drain into the city streets. Tossing the bucket downstream.
I'm in the US, in my city any discharge near the street is forbidden, it must stay on the property and run into a vegetation area.
Love these videos. Find myself amazed at how different things are between the states and the UK though. Over here you absolutely cannot discharge private drainage into the highway. I’m also amazed at how poor the developments are in the US, it’s like the developers don’t even think about drainage!? I guess it’s easy money for you guys though!
They don't. When you grease enough palms you don't need to.
That's exactly it! Some areas have more rules/ regulations but then of course the contractors complain that they can't build anything at a reasonable price....but then nothing gets cheaper when you remove regulations either so ......who's lying?
@baretta369 doubt it.
I was thinking the same , can you imagine the neighbours complaining about all that muddy water draining on the the road
Excellent video and great detail!
Thank you! Thanks for watching!
Those core saws are awesome
We used a 4.5" on yesterday's job. Cuts like butter!
Wow!!! I’ve been in business over 15 years and am always looking to learn something new. This is definitely a learning experience. I have a newer customer that has major water issues and am literally putting a proposal together trying to figure out where to take the water besides letting it sit underground in drain basins or French drains. I am definitely going to use this as one of the options. I’ve never done or thought of anything like this but like all things we will figure it out and I am saving this video as a reference. My team and I were scratching our heads on where and how to take the water once we captured it. Thanks for the great video!
I'm glad you found it useful! I hear from this homeowner all the time about how well things are working. Pumping is always a last resort but can give great results.
Crazy how my UA-cam algorithm kicked this out for me , as well. Same type of project 02/20/2021
I've also considered and looked into ...Dry wells that are 4'x4' and poly units that have a domed top and the bottom of the hole gets gravel and on the sides between the tank and sides gravel and lines can be sent to it ...And then as it fills you can have either gravity lines or a sump pump in a location sending water away ..But some of the water in the tank will naturally be leeched into the soil ..Great if you have a sloped area pitched down away from the property...And then if you have a sump pump it won't be overwhelmed...✨
We'll done. Great video! The core bit penetration was very satisfying lol.
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Good work guys 👍
Thank you! Thanks for watching!
Bought a house in Meridian, ID that had a sump pump right next to the foundation (crawl space) but it was in a black pipe about 6' down. It kicked on once or twice a day in the summer. My house was about 60' from a canal so I think the original owner had water under the house and that was his solution. No idea but it worked.
Yea those pumps do work well if you can't get the water away.
Nice work 🤙🏽
That concrete core drill!!!! Wow!!
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Love the trim out securing the cord. Most guys on UA-cam just leave it flopping for mowers and weed eaters and claim ”someone else will fix that”. I laughed when you talked about the “corrugated pipe to nowhere” that was put in just for show! I see those every day and we follow behind and fix them. It’s not magic; it’s gravity.
Thank you Alan!
Great project
Thank you Alan!
Ok you guys are really good at what you do 10 out of 10. Only thing that gives me an itch is the mess of dirt you left behind. I’m A non medicated OCD Mr. perfect and that makes talk to myself.
Perfect place for a pond.
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Always love your videos, even at advanced age, I love learning about things like this. Do you catch any flack about where you out your pipes and bitching about the parking space taking all that water? Share a recent project I had done. Generator began putting carbon monoxide in our house so moved it 100 feet into the woods. Has a huge area of expensive rock side walks and landscaping. Opted for underground gas and electric lines. These were in plastic pipes that come in rolls. Guy was setting up his rig and I gave him a bit of time and went out to see how he does it. He was finished! No damage to yard. Amazing work from you and him.
As someone who has had to endure soggy yards, and seen the destruction standing water over time can do. I enjoy the HELL out of these vids.
Thank you Charles!
Id like to some some videos on pump specs, and wire up to making them operational. Connections to the pump ect
Great job.
Thank you!
Zoeller M98 sump? Thank you for demonstrating your awesome work. “Apple Drains” needs to take a tutorial from you!!
Thank you! I've watched a lot of Chuck with apple drains' videos.
Another example of sub-par building site prep...but it keeps u guys in business!
I've seen a couple this week that I just can't do anything with. One customer said his backyard is so wet it's a sea of tadpoles all summer long.
Great vid!
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It looks like this was at some sort of condo complex, or at least a development with a shared parking lot and shared roof lines. I am amazed that they allowed the water to go into the parking area, alot of times those folks don't like people getting water into the parking areas.
Luckily the HOA owns the parking lot too and gave us permission. They knew that unit shouldn't have been built there.
who ever parks there is going to hate this.... hopefully its a warm climate area and it wont be throwing out water all winter long..
Yes this is NC.
@@GCFD reason I mention it is because our old townhouse community I lived in was like this and it became a horrible icy mess most winters.
Whoever is assigned parking space #60 isn't going to be very happy! 😂
I did this on a much larger scale. 3’ dia 4’ long concrete basins with 3” pumps. Tied into an existing 8” storm line. The installed a 2800 gal concrete tank and ran the storm line through it with an emergency over flow designed to guarantee the lower level of the complex stayed dry. The were 2 more 3” pumps at different levels that pumped to the curb in that tank. All designed by an engineer.
That sounds like a heck of a system!
@@GCFD it is something let me tell you! All set into motion by one downpour about 12 years ago. Lower level is 5’ below grade and every apt has a concrete bump out porch. Each one had a 3” pipe tee’d directly into that 8” storm line with lots of fall. The downspouts also tie into it!!! Big no-no! So I said why not just pipe the downspouts separately? But I’m no engineer, like the one who charged more to design the system than my labor was to install it!!🤦♂️
I rarely find they give you enough flex on the pumps in the U.K. You can always extend, but still a minor annoyance. Your sparky will be very happy having such a large pipe to work with 👍🏼
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Water is fun
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I envy this type of drainage system. I live near the ocean and that hole would be full of water from the time it was dug until the planet earth blows up
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Yup.. I have a house on LBI in NJ and when they dig pools they run some crazy pump with intakes in a circle around the pool for two weeks before they try to put the pool in.. water just comes in and in
I love the ocean. Scuba diver here
That’s impressive
Thank you!
increadibly satsfying video. please consider an ASMR style draining video!!
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This is one of those cases where the Algorithm is doing some good lol. No coincidence this is in my recommended feed. I'm actually local to you (Davidson County) and we are in desperate need of some drainage work. I'll be contacting y'all soon!
Sounds good! - Shawn
@@GCFD Thanks for the reply Shawn, I called this morning and left a message, hope to hear back soon. If you prefer messenger or something else let me know.
The problem is the hills. Don't put irrigation in a hilly backyard. There is nowhere for the water to go.
I would definitely want gutter guards installed on a system like that.
I assume it’s not a big deal if there’s no big trees over the house.
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Probably could run a heat tape in the sump basin that runs off a thermostat, if it ever got below freezing it would prevent the pump from locking up. We use them in our eves troughs up here in the north.
Man, the soil you guys have out there is just ridiculous. So much clay in it. No wonder you so much steady work out there.
👍 Clay makes my day
Great video gives me ideas for my own place. Question; would the downpipe at the gutter level not have provided enough fall to the street if the whole piping sections were glued together? The water could sit in the pipe when not raining.
Interesting question! It would take a ton of head pressure to push the water uphill to the street, so I don't think it would work. Any debris that got in there would never be able to be pushed out out, which could clog the system and make it even harder to flow. I usually want a quarter bubble at least of fall, otherwise we pump.
Living up North I have a 1 1/2" discharge line from a sump pump running to the street and it runs more in the winter than summer. There is a lot of ice in the street because of it..
I was think that, the neighbours won’t be too happy about 🤣
Luckily we don't get much ice here. If they even call for low temperatures everything shuts down the night before.
So easy with no frost concerns.
We are lucky here in NC.
Besides enjoying your channel I also watch Penetrator ‐ a plumber in Brisbane, Australia who specializes in clogged drains - storm and sanitary.
The standard for underground stormwater is thin wall PVC. He is kept busy with tree root invasions!!!
Great Video! Marcos pizza for lunch is the real deal!
Thanks for watchig!
Nice!!!!
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Not sure how your channel was recommended to me but I'm glad it was - I've been binge watching your videos for a day now. :D I was wondering why you would not want to use the perforated basin if it was a crawl space instead of a slab?
The perforated basin lets the water sit at a lower level in the ground. That places it closer to the level of the crawl space, so I would choose a solid basin in that case. Great question Justin! Thanks for watching!
You need to unrecommend that channel and watch the french drain man channel. You have been fooled by gateway foundation trust me.
@@edwardgarrison2377 One man's opinion!!!
That basin will be overwhelmed in 30 minutes of heavy rain.
I have kept in touch with this homeowner and she has reported the basin occasionally getting overwhelmed but the pumps catch back up within several minutes. She's still thrilled.
I wonder about the neighbours response to this excellent drainage installation . The rear of the side property has more of a water buildup since the berm prevents free , rapid drainage , and the property to the rear is going to drown in the extra water that the berm directs their way . As well , does the fence line drain slow the side properties drainage , and cause more water buildup there ? I look at these HOA controversies and rules and just wonder if there will be difficulties with adjoining properties . Loved the video, very informative .
Thank you Linda!
I think the neighbors should be paying electric bill all the water from the surrounding properties in the ground is going to be lifted by this homeowners pumps
lmao he said get your boats ready
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Gate City is a seriously dangerous hood in Birmingham Alabama. It’s so dangerous that when they connected I-459 to I-20, they built a really long elevated road way that allows to travel above Gate City, rather than through Gate City.
Interesting. thanks for sharing. Gate City is Greensboro's nickname.
Nothing beats a little local knowledge. I live in a small village, we moved here 35 years ago. On the corner of our lane is a nice house. Since we’ve been here there has been about 7-8 owners. The turnover is due to the damp. When I mentioned to a neighbour that no one ever stayed long they told me it was built over the village pond. Some developer thought he’d make some money and all those poor people are still paying the price!
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Great job...have you ever had neighbors complain about the water discharging into the street?
I would be pissed
@@hano5277 why?
They should’ve tried tapping into a fresh water drain so that water wouldn’t just be all over the street....
@@tomalva4640 water goes in the street when it rains so 🤷♂️
If it's a cold climate could be disastrous in winter frozen over
Excellent! Keep up the good work and keep the videos coming! Can you make a video on how to charge for this kind of Job? Thank you.
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Those builders found the bottom of a lakebed for their next development. 😆. I’m surprised the HOA let you dig holes. 😬
The power company agreed to let this homeowner tie the pumps into their power! We will be back there soon to install two more pumps.
I want that pipe cutter. That's what I want!
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I'm absolutely definitely installing one of these in my own front yard some time soon. My basement already got flooded with 2" across my huge 200 sq ft basement.
Does anybody know if there's anything I should know about French Drains during the winter? Are they safe/stable when they're frozen over?
Make sure to address the gutter water before a french drain.
13:50 get your boat ready!
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The float on the sump pump will be the 1st thing to fail. Also, what happens when the power goes out in a thunderstorm? Gravity drainage can't fail under any circumstances, but sometimes you do need a pump. good work!
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Your video of the long yard that you used the rock channel in, looks like what I need. My question is how deep does the water drain into. I have a property in Wisconsin that has had 2-3 ft of water all the way around coming in on 2 sides so I would have to get 2 channels done. When it drys enough to get in there is there a way for me and my buddy to rent a front end loader and do it our self. All the water is going down and sitting all the way around my trailer from 2 sides. Need advice. Great video though just need a little more explanation of where or how you get all the water to a deep basin.
Use socked corroguated perforated drainage pipe if your looking to route water to a deeper basin, and it will help bring it from further away, resulting in a larger dry area.
My question is can tour pump keep up, or at least evacuate it in a timely fashion.
Would suck to burn up a pump running continuously and having to get a diver in to replace it.
@@jareddory2155 I don't even know how I'm gonna get the yard dry enough to put in a french drain with a pump or 2 because the water just won't go down to the ground.
@@JRsVsO when it warms up (if that’s a problem in tour area)
Determine where you want your pit, dig a foot or so (as much as you can) and insert a pump with a hose leading elsewhere (drain)
Continue pumping until dry and digging and pumping u til you achieve depth you need and it should be reletively dry in the area to do the rest of the work. May take a month or more depending on how much clay is in your soil do it could retain water more, if you have sandy soil you will be able to move the water faster, it will drain from more of the yard.
You will be essentially lowering your water table in your yard.
Recommend staring in low area.
Nice video! I've been looking at doing a similar project at my house for several years. Couldn't figure out how I was going to get over the curb until I watched your video. Is there a permit requirement to drill through the curb?
Call you city. Here, every time I call they never care, so I don't call very often anymore.
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Do you need any permission or permits to core the curb for drainage to the street? I need to run my sump discharge to a nearby curb. Thanks!
Our municipality doesn't care but many do care. Check with yours to be sure.
I’m not sure where y’all are located, but here in Texas electrical underground runs must be dug down 18” (per code). But I think your sump system is awesome!
Thank you! Thanks for watching John!
That’s one neat job guys 👌🏻
Besides the pumps being able to handle a level of solids through them, would it add extra sustainability to the solution to run the gutter pipes just into the gravel rather than into the sump basin, just as an extra layer of filtration, or not really?
Great question! My thought it is have the most unimpeded flow from the gutters to the sump basin. This lets any leaves or debris flow directly into the basin and get pumped out by the pumps.
5:20 is the noise I hear when my mother in law talks.
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That water's gonna be great when you have freezing conditions - not sure of your climate but you're gonna have a parking lot you can sublet out to the local hockey league. . ,.
Not sure where this is located. If it is someplace that has cold winters and freezes, that check valve might cause a problem if the pipe slopes toward the basin. The water will remain in the pipe and when the weather gets cold enough, will freeze and break the pipe. This would not be a problem in warmer climates though. Great job though.
We're in NC and luckily we don't have to worry about freezing.
Nice pump solution but I'm a bit amazed that the water from the outfalls spreads all over the street as if there is no camber on it to keep rainwater in the street-edge gutters. Are there no street drains either? Also I've never before seen downpipes taking water from the roof and directing it straight into the soil around the foundations - seems to be asking for cellar flooding, subsidence or rotting joist ends if there are suspended wooden floors.
Maybe in a wetter climate (England) local practice anticipates and therefore caters in advance for problems such as these. Not that we do building any better - plenty of houses are still being built on flood plains and are bought by owners who are surprised to find themselves knee-deep in floodwater after a once in a century storm that because of climate change now occurs once a decade.
The drain is on the other (downhill) side of the parking lot so the water that gets pumped out sheets across the pavement. This was on a slab so no crawl or cellar to worry about here. Great comment!
In the UK our code doesn’t permit water to be pumped into the street, (it has to be piped straight into a suitable drain.)
@@philtucker1224 True of many places in the U.S. too. Runoff water must be diverted to either a storm sewer or retention pond.
Schedule 40 pipe ( is what's it's called), use for pressure plumbing applications
We use pressure sch 40 instead of DWV sch 40 and fittings for our pump installs.
I feel bad for whoever has to park in those few spots because they'll always have to be walking through water and tracking mud into their cars. I'd be pissed about that.
There is no mud there anymore and the water sheets across the parking lot like any other rain water.
I thought you had to run electric through gray pipe to differentiate from sprinkler system. Seems dangerous this way. I live in Florida too. Could this job pass code? Would they let the homeowner make this much mess?
@@par2031 I dont think it needs to be in grey conduit since it isnt an actual electrical power source. Its just a cord in pvc to protect it better. The electric boxes installed on the house will need to be NEC compliant though. As per the homeowner and any mess, it looks like some sort of complex or apartments and i bet there is some form of HOA or board that everything was approved through so i doubt anything was done that wasnt approved before they even started the job.
Yeah it seems strange that they're allowed to just dump water into the street like that - here in the UK that would never fly
Nice job, except, I would have put a rubber cap on the end of the PVC pipe where the power cord comes through. Just cut an X in the rubber cap, push the power cord plug through the X and push the rubber cap on to the end of the PVC pipe. Prevents small animals from nesting in the PVC pipe.
Great idea Johnny
We have weeping tiles. So any water in the yard or from the roof gets drained far away
Nice!
Great videos. Question - why would you use a non-perforated basin if there was a crawlspace, but a perforated basin if there's a slab?
Perforated basins let the water settle deeper in the ground. So if you have a crawl, that water would be deeper in the ground. The non-perf basins keep the water in the basin better. Also If you have point water sources, non perf; non-point water sources, perf.
@@GCFD Wouldn't the presence of the pump tend to pull down the local water level with a perfed basin? Kind of like a french drain?
That trenching machine looks handy. How long did you rent that type of machine before purchasing? Great work as always! Watching from 🇨🇦
Hey Josh - I've never rented any equipment... I found that track trencher online and knew it was the right one. I do wish I had gotten the bigger one with electric start, but oh well.
One thing I think it would of needed was a screen or some type of flap on the end of the drains for that any small rodent won’t get stuck on there and clog it ..
Or a trap like you'd see under a sink.
The pump would blow out any debris (or rodents) that might have gotten in there.
@@GCFD ok thanks ..
Have you ever used the NDS Flow Well system. I have installed several some with pumps some and without. They the are designed for these outdoor applications.
I've used those as a dry well but dry wells can be very tricky here in NC. We get so much rain that I've seen them turn into a huge lake, way worse than ever before.
@@GCFD are you guys towards the coast of nc? Some of these houses/locations look familiar
Trenching machine is a back saver for sure! Can you control the fall/slope with the trencher?
Idk how that one works but ive used a cheaper trencher and i can say their is ways to visually determine the slope and even if you cant determine a slope just dig to the same level all the way support the pipe how you like it and you still control proper decline which is what i believe they did
Yes it's controlled hydraulically. This toro trencher is a great tool. It's my money maker for trenching quickly and efficiently.
Awesome video!! Gate City from G’boro? Raleigh here!!
Yess!
Greenville here! With the rain we have been getting lately, I guarantee both pumps have been working overtime.
Question on the pump. If the pump isn't around an outlet to plug in do you hardwire it or hook up an extension cord to reach the outlet ???
Just out of curiosity would this be a good way of getting rid of excess water in areas that get a lot of rain? My parents property in Mississippi is always wet because their neighbors put in a pond that didn’t get built right. The ground is also really silty so when it’s wet it gets soft. So if it rains at all most of their yard is impossible to use without getting stuck like it’s hard to walk on it and if you try and drive on it you immediately start to sink. They have a couple drainage ditches but there’s like a step in their backyard that would make getting enough fall almost impossible with out making the ditch a few feet deep.
Solving non-point water issues can be very tricky. I would check any point water sources like downspouts or gullies that have obvious flow. If you can redirect those you may lighten the amount of water in the area. If you don't have any fall you might install a sump basin at a low point with a dewatering (sump) pump. You've got to give the water a place to go and get out of the yard.
I may have drank water from a sump outlet as a kid because I was riding my bike a bit far from home and was hot af. It was clear and tasted fine. Also, I didn't die.
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What’s the solution for places where you get freezing part of the year?
I'm not sure what the solution is when you're pumping water completely uphill like this. A studor vent type of device called a freeze relief line protection device.
People up here in the freezing north have full height basements, so belive it or not, they put the French drain and sump under the basement where it's heated, it seems counter intuitive, but it works.
Thanks for the video. May decide not to build a moat around my house.
Love the hat bud!
Is the use of pressure pipe/vs drainpipe for the added rigidity/ break resistance?
Pressure pipe is stronger like you said, and pressure fittings have much more gluing surface. We use them because they're better and that's how we roll.
You can now appreciate the differences between the US and the UK type of plug. The UK type lets the cable run to be flat to the wall, reducing the dimensions of the outside socket box.
We must have stolen your orientation for refrigerator plugs.
How about Modems ? Huge Large transformer with the lead pointing south to the pin plugs . They never thought people have plugs at floor level ? The grief we got when we started selling power boards to solve that nuisance our replacement modem created ( we were out on site )
What is it with people proclaiming the superiority of the British plug everywhere online? Nothing about it is particularly special, it’s not well designed, not compact, not exceptionally safe, not exceptionally durable, or even easy to use. Most plugs are superior in numerous ways, and they cost less to manufacture. US plugs are made in right angle variants, just not all the time. And they’re WAY lower profile than the UK plug.
Jon Doe Except they ARE exceptionally well designed, are demonstrably safer, are durable and are easy to use. Cost to manufacture is insignificant- you can buy one for under £1 so it's safe to say manufacturers who use them in large numbers will pay much less.
@@spencerwilton5831 The propaganda I’ve seen is very poorly informed, misleading, and sometimes inaccurate. I don’t see anything about them that’s better than several of the other commercially viable plugs in use around the world.
Great video. Are you guys worried at all about backflow from the basin if the power goes out/ pumps fails?
There's a check valve in the discharge line. If the power goes out we figured it won't be any more water than was there before we put in the pumps. What do you think?
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My concern would be if you lose power (or gfci trips) you are now discharging the downspouts at the foundation and there could be leakage into the crawl, or damage to the siding over time. Similarly if/when the pumps burn out and the homeowner doesn't notice.
One idea may be to run an overflow pipe from the basin, terminating at a pop up emitter so at least if the above happens you get water away from the house. But of course this is really contingent on how much of a basin the house is in.
I would be adding and underground holding tank to capture the rain water off the roof to use for watering the garden instead of just sending it to the drain system. Of course send the overflow to the drain system, but it would help reduce water Bill's and water wastage.
We don't collect too much rainwater here in NC. we had 50" of rain last year. lol
Would that pump be strong enough to send the water up a 3-4 foot elevation change to the curb?
Yes. That's called Head Pressure and each pump has a flow curve for different amounts of head.
Always checkcwere water is going around the house your planning on buying people
No one ever thinks of drainage issues..
Great video. Can I ask what pump that is seems to have a very long cord and thats what I need for my issue.
Hi John -
It's a Zoeller M98. You can special order them with 15' 25' or 35' cords.
@@GCFD thank you so much that is exactly what I need I appreciate it very much.
@@GCFD zoller pumps the best you can buy but the worst float switches as well will last just till your warranty is gone
What model pump is this? Also curious about the depth of the components, pvc pipe, pump...etc. do none of these need to be below the frost line to prevent freezing in the winter?
These are Zoeller Pumps M98 and M53. If you have freezing temps you would want to keep that in mind.
What size pump would I need to look at for around 150ft run. Almost no slope
Check out the Zoeller M98 which is a 1/2 horse pump.
Great work, but you are the solution to a problem the designers should have taken into account, water flows down....
Yes I agree. That's a terrible place to build.