central - east central Minnesota - | dg25 - 12/31/2011 13:36 In my sump I have two drain tiles coming in at about half way up the pit. I have never seen water come out of these. The water just rises from the bottom of the pit. If I went and emptied it right now it would fill up about to the tile lines and it would level out there for a while. Is this normal? My thought is I should only have a couple inches in the bottom and then get water from the tile. Is my water table that high or is something possibly broke or plugged?
That's odd . . . all the sump pump baskets, here in Mn are a closed - sealed baskets with sealed lids/tops.
Only water that could get into a baskets has to come from the drain tile (the seams around the tile, going into the basket, are to be sealed also). So water has to come from the tile . .. . .
Doesn't help you, as it sounds - but you basket must have holes in the bottom ? weird.
Drain tile around the perimitar of the house, should be the out let for subsurface water - even the water table should take path of least resistance mitagating to the drainage pipe . .. . .
If the basket files to the tile, then water must be running back into the tile - then around the house perimiter?
Keep the sump pump(s) running and I would not let it run back into the tile. .. . . . |
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