CyF
New Member
My basement opens onto a concrete areaway that's 3 feet below grade. The areaway is 4 feet square. Water comes into the areaway via the steps and sometimes from adjacent areas in heavy rains. I want to install a sump pump below the areaway that discharges around 5 feet straight up and then 20 feet along the sidewall of the house to an area that's pitched away. I'd like to use a 2" pipe for this.
First, I wonder if I should use a sewage pump that can handle solids, since I get leaves, seeds, and whatever blowing into the areaway.
Second, can I keep the discharge pipe dry except when the pump turns on? This would eliminate ice problems in the pipe. I don't know how the pumps are designed, whether the lack of a check valve would cause the pump to cycle constantly.
First, I wonder if I should use a sewage pump that can handle solids, since I get leaves, seeds, and whatever blowing into the areaway.
Second, can I keep the discharge pipe dry except when the pump turns on? This would eliminate ice problems in the pipe. I don't know how the pumps are designed, whether the lack of a check valve would cause the pump to cycle constantly.