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"Donna" wrote in message
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... my basement, I mean.

We badly need a sump pump. Maybe two, but definitely one where the water
pools every spring.

warily eyeing the melting snow

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.

Any and all advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

Donna
Buy pump, plug it in, stick it in the low spot, stick the hose out the door,
you're done. At least that's the way it is in my field stone basement. I
don't know why you would need a "well", in my basement the pump sits by the
stairs, which is the lowest point of the basement, so as the water runs in
though the walls, in runs down to the pump. The pump only comes on when it
senses it's sitting in water, and voila, dry basement. It's a total
no-brainer.



OK, maybe there's something I don't get (and an old fieldstone foundation
probably drives a different set of options than my block foundation...), but,
isn't the basement wet when the water is flowing towards the place where the
sump pump is? So, it's not really a complmete dry basement solution.

Banty