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    Sizing ejector pump

    Maybe?! It will occasionally run as I'd expect, on for maybe 30 seconds and then off for a while meaning the pit mostly drained. What would cause the float to fail? The switch I could understand but I'm not sure about the plastic float. Do they become waterlogged?
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    Sizing ejector pump

    Our basement has an ejector pit/pump and I'm assuming the pump is original at 15 years. It's starting to short cycle, on for a few second and then off for a 15 or so. The short cycling is especially noticeable when draining the tub. I can stick a claw grabber through the wire grommet, pull the...
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    Bathroom remodel: completely replace CPVC or Tee off of it

    I almost went down the "cpvc hell" replacement task a bit ago. This is our first house, 13 years old and is all cpvc. As in most of the neighborhood and many new homes too. (I'm in Maryland) The only people that threw scare tactics about cpvc and were happy to give multi thousand quotes just to...
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    Ejector pit ground water leaking in from around inlet pipe

    We have an ejector pit in our basement for the bathroom down there. This pit also happens to be maybe a foot from the sump pit, why they're that close and both next to the incoming water line, I have no idea. House is new to us. Any way, we discovered, by means of the pump turning on, during...
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