A Unique Sump Pump Drain Solution
Below is the 2″ sump pump pipe exiting the house foundation wall. We used a Liberty sump pump – 1/3 hp, Cast iron, automatic submersible sump pump, low head, 1-1/2″ dis. Size, 115V, 25′ Cord.
We used a 2″ to 4″ adapter to install it to the 4″ solid drain pipe. We carefully removed all of the grass and dug a 20″ trench from the house to the planting bed where the French Drain pipe was running.
At the planting bed [approx. 15′ from the house] we exposed the French drain pipe, cut it and installed a TEE connector to receive our trench pipe. We chose out hole height in the foundation wall to give us 2″ of pitch over 15 feet. This was important for me to get the water draining and moving quickly away from the house.
Once all the connections were made we reinstalled the dirt, compacted the trench and placed the sod back tightly.
The pipe pictured below is the outlet to the shallow depth French Drain. Unfortunately over the past 15 years the landscaper had allowed the grass to grow over it and clog the end.
This pipe was 3/4″ full of sediment. A solution to prevent sediment from entering the pipe is to wrap the pipe in filter fabric or buy a pipe filter “sock” which slides over the pipe. My guess is that when this pipe was installed they did not use filter wrapping.
Below; drilling through the foundation wall at a height that will come out 10-15″ lower than grass outside. This pipe will be invisible after installation.
Taking the time to replace the sod in the exact way we took it out left an almost invisible look.
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