On Mar 23, 10:42 am, "Donna" wrote:
"Harry K" wrote in message

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On Mar 23, 5:47 am, "Lawrence" wrote:
On Mar 23, 4:01 am, mm wrote:
Anyone who is not handicapped is perfectly capable of breaking a hole
in a concrete floor by renting a rotohammer. That some people are
afraid of a little manual labor does not affect that. The OP sounds
like she was scared off by the doom-n-gloom guys.

You have a point about correctly installing the drain leading to the
pit but it takes nothing at all to install a sump pit/pump/exhaust
pipe.

Just to clarify: it sounds to me that doing this correctly, which seems to
involve a significant amount of plumbing, is beyond my abilities. If I
have to hire a plumber to install drainage, I might as well get one guy to
do the whole thing. Not that you asked, but... I'm pretty good at
holes. I'm lousy at plumbing *in* holes. Sadly, Bob Vila, I'm not.

Thanks again for all of your input and advice. I'm leaning towards
spending money on a pro to put in the sump pump and drains, and investing my
energy in excavating and sealing the source of the leak: the coal chute.
All of the suggestions and advice I've received in this thread make me think
that might be the best approach, all considered. So thanks, everyone.

Donna

Very good reasons not to attempt it but I was referring only to
digging the hole and sticking a hose out to somewhere. The proper
installation after the hole does take knowledge/experience. If you
are hiring a job done, they might as well do the entire thing as
digging the hole is the least part of the job.

Harry K