A Unique Sump Pump Drain Solution
We cut blue stone in the shape of a wedge with a grinder and diamond blade. the pipe was capped and stone added to the out flow area. To finish this we added a pipe grill to keep critters out.
When a pool was installed a few years the pool contractor cut the foundation pipes and neglected to properly re-install them. We can only speculate that they were never re-installed or that they are forever buried somewhere in the yard and now clogged.
Unfortunately this resulted in us needing to install a sump pump in the basement to deal with rising water levels. The challenge was finding a location where we could exit the house and drain sump water away from the house. Existing landscape conditions did not cooperate.
Connecting The Sump Drain Pipe To A Landscape Drain
We decided that we would drill through the house foundation wall and tie our 2″ sump pump pipe into a 4″ drain pipe [schedule 20 pipe] trenched cross the yard and tie the pipe into the 4″ [shallow depth] French Drain pipe. A Unique Sump Pump Drain Solution but one we thought would work well.
Below is a picture of the clogged shallow depth French drain.
This 4″French Drain pipe drains to another pipe in a nearby flower bed that is pitched away from the house and drains in an area 70′ away and 20′ lower than the house.
A perfect opportunity for me to get my sump water away from the house.
