It drains outside of the house farther than 20 feet away. The house's previous owners had propped the end of the discharge pipe up on a rock in the spring during heavy rains, but that proved problematic in the winter with the freezing... (It was tilted upwards instead of downwards.)
The pump...
I woke up to a piercing alarm - the sump pump water level was too high. We figured out the end of the discharge pipe was frozen outside so heated it by inserting a hose spraying hot water. The ice melted but the sump pit didn’t empty. I started trying to empty it with small pails but after 30...
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