Prashster
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I'm building a walk out entrance for my basement.
I won't be installing a Bilco-style cap door on top; the stairs leading up to the back yard will be uncovered.
My contractor wants to put a drain grate at the bottom that leads to a dry-well about 30 feet away from the house.
The stairwell will enter the house about 5 feet from where my sump pump is.
My question is: Why can't I just lead the drain into the sump? He's telling me it'll make the sump work too hard. But I don't believe him.
What would you do?
Is there anyway to use a drywell as the 'primary' drain but to use the sump as a backup?
I won't be installing a Bilco-style cap door on top; the stairs leading up to the back yard will be uncovered.
My contractor wants to put a drain grate at the bottom that leads to a dry-well about 30 feet away from the house.
The stairwell will enter the house about 5 feet from where my sump pump is.
My question is: Why can't I just lead the drain into the sump? He's telling me it'll make the sump work too hard. But I don't believe him.
What would you do?
Is there anyway to use a drywell as the 'primary' drain but to use the sump as a backup?