"Lawrence" wrote in message

How hard is it to install a sump pump? Is that a job for a pro, or can I
do
it with power tools? We have a fieldstone basement, with a cement
floor.
There is no well yet, just a low spot that collects water.


This is a serious job to build a drywell in your basement especially
since should have been done before pouring the floor. A bit of major
remodeling will be required including some brutal manual labor not to
mention the plumbing and exavation for the pump and line. An
experienced plumbing company would be best cause you really need a
crew to put this thing in.


Don't listen to this guy, it is easier than you may think. Yes, it does
take a bit of labor though to break concrete and dig. .

You buy a pump and you buy a plastic sump liner made for exactly this
purpose. The hard part is cutting the concrete floor. You can score it
with an abrasive blade in a circular saw, they with a rented jack hammer or
muscle and a sledge hammer, you break out the concrete. Dig for the sump,
then put some stone and the liner, put the pump in place, then run a drain
line.

They showed this on Ask This Old House a couple of months ago. Sorry
Lawrence, maybe you are not up to it but Tom and a woman did the job in her
house. Check out some information on episode 425.
http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/tvpr...173062,00.html

Here is the basin http://www.akindustries.com/