How To Install A Sump Pump
Prepare the Basin
Drilling 3/8″ holes in my sump pump basin. This basin will be inserted into my hole and flushed with the concrete floor.
Below are a few of the tools I used. The green Hilti drill was used with a chisel bit to jack hammer the slab
Prepare the Sump Hole
Once past the concrete and gravel we hit sand which was nice.
The dirt was brought out of the house in 5 gallon buckets which was labor intensive and not so fun. The hole needed to be 24″ deep and I made sure that is was plenty wide for crushed stone.
Installing the sump pit liner.
Level Sump Pit
The top of this sump pit will flush out with the concrete floor. We leveled it for good measure.
16 – 40 lb bags of crushed stone was added to the area under and around the sump pit.
Surround Pit With Stones
We kept the stones about 2-3″ below the floor level to allow for mortar.
Mortar was mixed outside and carried inside in 5 gallon buckets.
Patch In Concrete Floor
Filling in the hole around the sump pit.
