"Donna" wrote in message
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"Donna" wrote in message
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... my basement, I mean.
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Having read all of your thoughtful posts, it looks an awful lot like the
job of installing a well is going to be beyond my abilities. It also
looks like it might be prohibitively expensive, unless the "put a sump
pump in the low spot and run a hose out the door" idea is feasible. Is
it?

Depends. As others have said, if your floor is fairly level, it won't work
too well. My floor has QUITE a slant, so the water runs right down the floor
and pools at the stairs. Seems like they didn't level the floor when they
poured the cement over the dirt, so I'm not quite sure what they thought
they were accomplishing. However, makes it quite easy to pump it out. Pump,
plug, hose, done. But that's my VERY slanty floor. As always, YYMV.

H