Line for sump pump.

[buckshot721]

Woke up this morning to a fountain in the front yard. Sump pump line cracked or has broken. Still getting some water to the ditch end. Went to the hardware store asking some questions about what to use to replace my run of pipe now. Nobody really could answer what to use. Right now I have black plastic pipe. Irrigation pipe I think they call it. Its been in the since I bought the house, so at least 20 years old. (I did have to patch it one time before). My neighbor run pvc from the pump to the end, but to me it seems to stiff and would crack easier. What type should I use or is there something else I should be looking at? It's about a 50 foot run.

 

[JDgreen227]

Woke up this morning to a fountain in the front yard. Sump pump line cracked or has broken. Still getting some water to the ditch end. Went to the hardware store asking some questions about what to use to replace my run of pipe now. Nobody really could answer what to use. Right now I have black plastic pipe. Irrigation pipe I think they call it. Its been in the since I bought the house, so at least 20 years old. (I did have to patch it one time before). My neighbor run pvc from the pump to the end, but to me it seems to stiff and would crack easier. What type should I use or is there something else I should be looking at? It's about a 50 foot run.

When I built on an addition ten years ago I originally ran a 1 1/2" PVC line thru the basement wall just under ground level and then out to the back yard about 20 feet, it worked for several Michigan winters with no problems. As long as you have it sloped enough so that water drains by gravity after the pump shuts off you should have no issues with cracking. But because I got tired of the back yard being full of water every spring, I dug a shallow trench about 10" deep and ran a line of the same PVC about 180' away from the house down a slope to a dry well full of stones. It works well but in the winter a run that long would freeze up so I also added a secondary outlet as shown in the attachment. During the colder months, the secondary outlet that is about 2 feet above ground level has the same 1 1/2" PVC running out from the house maybe 40 feet, and it has never frozen up yet. I do keep the end of it covered with a length of that large black 4" drain pipe used for footings, that keeps the snow out. The good thing about my setup is is if the primary drain line that is buried freezes up or gets plugged, the secondary outlet will let the pump push the water out. PVC pipe is a lot stronger than many people think.