Sump pump crock

How can I plug some of the holes in my sump crock? I put too many in there, and all the pump does is run every 10 minutes. I live in an unusually high water table area, and don't want to pump all that water.

Move the house...it won't make any difference - it will just come into the sump faster

Does your house look like this?



If it doesn't I'd leave the holes alone and not try plugging them... Most houses don't float very well.

You guys still haven't answered my question.

If you have water pressure under the house, plugging the holes will just try to float the house! The pressure will increase, and the flow with it. The fact the pump runs so much is a function of the flow rate. Unless you can drain some of that water away some other way, plugging the holes will likely just cause the water to seep in through imperfections in the floor and walls.

NO, plugging some holes is not the answer. Maybe drainage around the foundation on the outside might help, but you need some place to drain it to. If you don't, then you'll have to pump it. Now, if you are just dumping that water on the ground outside, you might be pumping it continuously...make sure where ever you pump it to, it can drain away from the foundation.

The house I grew up in would fill the entire basement in about 4-hours a foot deep if the power went off in the spring. The pump ran quite a bit, probably more than yours. If you can't move it away from the foundation, either live with it or move the house or yourself. Sealing the foundation can quite literally crack the foundation from the pressure...houses typically aren't very good boats.

OK, so I don't do anything. As for getting rid of the water, I don't have access to the storm sewer, except to pump it out to the street. That would not work because the pipe would be over the sidewalk. Even then, what about in the winter?

This job is sounding complex as you don't have a storm sewer to run the discharge to. Here in the frozen north there are laws prohibiting sump pumps from discharging to the street for safety reasons (ice on the road).

This would typically put the drainage job outside the abilities of most homeowners. I would suggest calling in a local drain contractor and discuss your options. It will take site specific knowlege, and knowledge of local codes to be able to come up with a feasible plan.