newbury
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It's come time to start plan on replacing sump pumps.
A prior thread had some good info on brands etc. Seems Gould and Zoeller were good brands back in 2011
Specifics - pumps are needed for 2 houses, House A has about 8' lift from water level, House B about 4', drains are only about 20' runs.
House A is for a new basement addition where the old basement just had a drain to the city plumbing, no sump pump. House B is for where I've lived since 1984. In House B I've gone through maybe 4 sump pumps. After the first failed (and gave me an inch of water over the entire basement) I learned to keep an unused spare.
That spare has migrated to House A temporarily.
I had always just bought from a Big Box store what seemed reliable in the 1/2 HP range or smaller.
I'm expecting failure on the present House B pump, it had a long hard spring of 30 days of rain.
So I will probably be buying 3 pumps, two for House A and one for House B, and bring back the one that migrated.
I'm concerned about "warranty" because in all likelihood other than plugging the backups in to make sure they run when new they will sit for years, if not decades. Far beyond what's backed by a typical one-year limited warranty.
So what does the TBN group mind recommend?
A prior thread had some good info on brands etc. Seems Gould and Zoeller were good brands back in 2011
Specifics - pumps are needed for 2 houses, House A has about 8' lift from water level, House B about 4', drains are only about 20' runs.
House A is for a new basement addition where the old basement just had a drain to the city plumbing, no sump pump. House B is for where I've lived since 1984. In House B I've gone through maybe 4 sump pumps. After the first failed (and gave me an inch of water over the entire basement) I learned to keep an unused spare.
That spare has migrated to House A temporarily.
I had always just bought from a Big Box store what seemed reliable in the 1/2 HP range or smaller.
I'm expecting failure on the present House B pump, it had a long hard spring of 30 days of rain.
So I will probably be buying 3 pumps, two for House A and one for House B, and bring back the one that migrated.
I'm concerned about "warranty" because in all likelihood other than plugging the backups in to make sure they run when new they will sit for years, if not decades. Far beyond what's backed by a typical one-year limited warranty.
So what does the TBN group mind recommend?
