Gellfex
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My rowhouse street sewer is incontinent, and charges the street fill so every crack in my basement slab squirts. Not much I can do till the city replaces the 150 year old brick sewer. So I have pumps. I want to install a sump pit, but when I look at commercial ones I fear the pressure on that tapered shape will just pop it out if it's just stuck in a hole and cemented.
Is there a good way to anchor it in the slab? I have no idea how thick this ancient slab is either. Use stainless masonry screws through the side of the pit into the slab? I've also thought of bending a "bucket" out of steel stucco mesh and making my own cement pit that way, that will be tied into the slab. Ideas or common practices unknown to me would be appreciated.
Is there a good way to anchor it in the slab? I have no idea how thick this ancient slab is either. Use stainless masonry screws through the side of the pit into the slab? I've also thought of bending a "bucket" out of steel stucco mesh and making my own cement pit that way, that will be tied into the slab. Ideas or common practices unknown to me would be appreciated.