Maryland, DC and Northern Virginia Sump Pump Installation
If your basement waterproofing system depends on a sump pump as the heart of your basement waterproofing solution, keep in mind that sooner or later, that heart is going to stop. And when the heart stops, your system will fail, and the basement will flood, regardless of the money you may have paid to dry it up. If you decide to rely on a sump pump to keep your basement dry, make sure it’s the best on the market!
Today, sump pump equipment is available that’s better than ever and very reliable. Of course, there’s still bad equipment as well, so it’s important to take the time to make sure you have the best system on the market. If you’re not careful, you may find yourself telling the same unhappy stories that you told when your basement flooded in the first place- stories filled with flooded basements, ruined possessions and mold.
Sump Pumps: Only part of a sump pump system
Along with the sump pump, there are many other parts of a sump pump system that can make or break a reliable waterproofing.
Sump Liners
If your pump is sitting in a muddy hole in your floor, it’s going to clog. If it’s sitting in a five gallon bucket or other container that holds very little water, the pump will “short cycle”, or turn on and off very quickly. If you have a sump pump, it’s best to keep it in a sturdy liner.
Sump Pump Lifetime Warranty?
No honest sump pump manufacturer can ever give a lifetime warranty on their pumps. There’s a good reason why. A lifetime warranty does not make a pump any better than it is. There are contractors who will tell you there is a very long- even a lifetime- warranty on your sump pump. You can have free replacements forever! Great! But once you buy their whole solution, the pump may fail and the basement has flooded. And while it’s nice to know that once you get the water out, you can have a new working pump installed, is this really what you’d wanted? No- you wanted your basement dry!
Air-Tight Sump Lid with a Floor Drain
Your sump pump should be equipped with an airtight lid that’s designed to prevent water from evaporating from the hole where the sump pump sits. A lid will also protect your sump pump from filling up with things falling in from the basement that can clog the sump pump or switch. A lid will also quiet the system and depending on the cover, it can also make the basement installation look good! Instead of permitting a necessary evil into your home, we offer you a thoughtfully engineered system.
When your plumbing leaks and water floods out onto the basement floor, you’ll be grateful if your sump pump can drain the water away. A sump pump lid with a drain on the floor is the answer!
A Stand for the Pump and a Check Valve
Our CleanPump Stand can lift the pump off the bottom of the sump pump liner and allows sediment, debris and gravel that washes into the sump pump liner to rest at the bottom of the sump liner without clogging or otherwise damaging the pump. This stand also keeps your check valve and discharge pipe clean.
Sump Pump Alarms
If your sump pump has failed and you’re about to be flooded, how will you know? If you don’t have an alarm, then you won’t know until your basement is already flooded. If you have a battery-powered alarm that can automatically sound when the water reaches a critical level above the point where the pump should normally activate, you can act before a problem arises.
Some possible sump pump problems:
- The electricity goes out- which often happens in a rainstorm
- The sump pump is unplugged
- Your circuit breaker trips
- The primary pump in your system fails
- The primary pump is overwhelmed with heavy rain
With the right equipment, you will never have to tell a story of woe about your sump pump failing and your basement being flooded! If you’re interested in a free sump pump installation estimate in Baltimore, Washington DC or northern VA, call or contact us online today! If you’d like more information on Basement Systems’ Sump Pumps visit their website.
