I've found several problems with our recently installed sewage pump basin, the biggest of which is a gaping hole where the 4" inlet pipe enters (see picture). It looks like the pipe was too low to meet the hole and the installer just hacked the hole bigger (and split the grommet). The white material you see above the pipe is the sticky side of duct tape applied to the outside of the basin before it was buried. I'm assuming this is totally wrong and that the inlet pipe interface should be water-tight?
Unfortunately, I didn't catch this before the concrete floor was poured, so is there any chance of patching this hole? Perhaps a chunk cut from a plastic bucket and glued in with JB Weld Waterweld? Or is that hopeless?
Other minor problems with this install:
- This is an 18" diameter x 22" deep basin, and the pump's minimum "on" depth is 13", at which point the water is backed up into the inlet pipe.
- The gasket that seals the lid is missing chunks (maybe the fault of the concrete guys). Could I just put a bead of silicone (or that gasket maker stuff) around the lid to seal it?
Thanks for your advice.
- Bill
Unfortunately, I didn't catch this before the concrete floor was poured, so is there any chance of patching this hole? Perhaps a chunk cut from a plastic bucket and glued in with JB Weld Waterweld? Or is that hopeless?
Other minor problems with this install:
- This is an 18" diameter x 22" deep basin, and the pump's minimum "on" depth is 13", at which point the water is backed up into the inlet pipe.
- The gasket that seals the lid is missing chunks (maybe the fault of the concrete guys). Could I just put a bead of silicone (or that gasket maker stuff) around the lid to seal it?
Thanks for your advice.
- Bill