Pitless pump advice?

[Water Man]

I have intermittent problems with the drain outside of my back basement door getting clogged and backing up. The house is 170 years old, so who knows how old the 3" drain is. I put a camera down there and the turn just before the trap is deteriorating. The trap is buried somewhere under the house. I'm having a hard time finding it.

The drain is at the bottom of a 4' x 4' concrete pit, so I'm wondering about putting some kind of pitless sump pump out there that would kick on in case it starts to backup. Can you point me to a product that would be good for that? I live in NYC, so something that can withstand the elements would be great. Is a pitless pump what I need?

There is an exterior plug fairly close to the location.

I would attach a photo, but I don't see an easy way to do that.

Thanks very much.

 

[Reach4]

A pump that sits on a surface where it can suck fairly shallow water, rather than in a pit, would usually be called a utility pump. Some of these say submersible: https://www.waterpumpsdirect.com/pumps/submersible-utility-pumps.html so I would expect those to be weatherproof.

What would turn your pump on and off?

 

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[Water Man]

"Utility Pump," thanks for clarifying that, Reach4!

I just called Water Pumps Direct and they pointed me to this model. Looks pretty good. Head lift is 18 feet. I need about 6. Cord is 9'.

https://www.waterpumpsdirect.com/Wayne-EEAUP250-Water-Pump/p6967.html