red92s
New Member
My wife and I recently bought our first home. The lot at the rear of the house had a very gentle grade TOWARDS the foundation, resulting in heavy water accumulation in the basement.
In order to give us a nice outdoor living space, we dug out a "sunken patio" area into the grade and added a retaining wall (more details here ).
I have a good low point graded in the patio area, but no good way to gravity drain to daylight. I'm thinking an outdoor sump system is my best bet. I'd be pumping against hardly any vertical lift, maybe 2'. I'd like to locate the pit a few feet of the retaining wall, making it roughly 17 feet from the house. I'd also like to keep the outlet INSIDE the house, and not resort to running an outlet near the sump pit. Seems like the Zoeller M53/M57 line pumps is often recommended, but doesn't have a long enough cord (15') to reach a dedicated outlet inside the crawlspace. They list longer cord options (25', 35') on the Zoeller website . . . but I can't find anyone that actually sells those. Any alternate models or solutions I am overlooking?
We are in Atlanta, and while we do get freezing weather, it's rarely enough to freeze anything more than puddles. The frost line is pretty stinking shallow here. Any advice on what I should be looking at for a pit?
In order to give us a nice outdoor living space, we dug out a "sunken patio" area into the grade and added a retaining wall (more details here ).
I have a good low point graded in the patio area, but no good way to gravity drain to daylight. I'm thinking an outdoor sump system is my best bet. I'd be pumping against hardly any vertical lift, maybe 2'. I'd like to locate the pit a few feet of the retaining wall, making it roughly 17 feet from the house. I'd also like to keep the outlet INSIDE the house, and not resort to running an outlet near the sump pit. Seems like the Zoeller M53/M57 line pumps is often recommended, but doesn't have a long enough cord (15') to reach a dedicated outlet inside the crawlspace. They list longer cord options (25', 35') on the Zoeller website . . . but I can't find anyone that actually sells those. Any alternate models or solutions I am overlooking?
We are in Atlanta, and while we do get freezing weather, it's rarely enough to freeze anything more than puddles. The frost line is pretty stinking shallow here. Any advice on what I should be looking at for a pit?