A bit of background information:
I live in an area that has a higher than usual water table. The ground surrounding my home is properly graded and the downspouts from all the gutters drain with pvc pipe out to the street.
I have a sump pit which is aprox 14 in wide and 30 inches deep. The sides of the pit have a series of aprox 1/8 weep goig around the pit in concentric circles with the space in between each row being aprox 1 in. The pump is a 1/3 hp submerisable pump with a vertical flot switch.
Now my question:
My pit does not have a bottom, it just goes to the bottom where it is just sand/dirt. Is this normal ??? Why do most sump pits I see have a bottom to them and mine does not ?? I am no expert but is this perhaps becasue of the higher than usual water table which allows the water to simply come up from the ground into the sump pit ??
I am just concerned becasue water comes up through the bottom of the pit at a rate where my pump cycles about every 10 minutes continously even when not raining. I don't know if this is becasue my pit has no bottom to it --or if it's specifically designed to operate this way.
I can really use some expert advice and a suggestion as to what I should do, if anything at all.
Thanks very much.
I live in an area that has a higher than usual water table. The ground surrounding my home is properly graded and the downspouts from all the gutters drain with pvc pipe out to the street.
I have a sump pit which is aprox 14 in wide and 30 inches deep. The sides of the pit have a series of aprox 1/8 weep goig around the pit in concentric circles with the space in between each row being aprox 1 in. The pump is a 1/3 hp submerisable pump with a vertical flot switch.
Now my question:
My pit does not have a bottom, it just goes to the bottom where it is just sand/dirt. Is this normal ??? Why do most sump pits I see have a bottom to them and mine does not ?? I am no expert but is this perhaps becasue of the higher than usual water table which allows the water to simply come up from the ground into the sump pit ??
I am just concerned becasue water comes up through the bottom of the pit at a rate where my pump cycles about every 10 minutes continously even when not raining. I don't know if this is becasue my pit has no bottom to it --or if it's specifically designed to operate this way.
I can really use some expert advice and a suggestion as to what I should do, if anything at all.
Thanks very much.