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WAY OT: Plumber's in the house
Gerry Doll
>Need to replace the sump. Prior owner had done a sloppy install and it finally up and died. Received a quote for $625.00 for a new pump and to replace the pvc with cast iron. No drama.
However, they quoted my wife $1,600.00 for an emergency back up system. A quick net search shows battery back up systems for 1oo -400. Am I missing something?
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David Miller from Iowa
>Or you could buy a generator that would run most of the house, including the sump pump, when the power goes down. Should be less than $1,600 and would cover ice storms as well.
Downside is you have to be home when this happens to start it up.
Good luck, David
Better yet!!!
Gerry Doll
>Give up the house, wife, kids and mortgage, kick in the mid-life crisis, pick up the blonde,the red convertible, and move back to Wrigleyville.
Gerry
Dream'n the dreams of overweight balding suburban Dads.
If you can afford it....;)
David Miller from Iowa
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Re: WAY OT: Plumber's in the house
Jerry Nicholson
>I don't understand replacing PVC with cast iron. I just replaced my sump pump with a 1/3hp pedestal unit that cost under $70 from HD. I hacked off most of the iron pipe that lead to the outside and connected it to sched 40 pipe running from the pump. Maybe your situation is much more complicated than mine. I see no reason why a battery operated backup pump should cost more than $400, including a big battery. There shouldn't be much labor involved in installing it.
Jerry
cheaper to keepher
Moses Yoder in White Pigeon, MI
>And a lot more fun too. I know a few guys who thought they would be better off without the "ball and chain". I know you're only joking, but those jokes go down a dangerous road. Count your blessings.
Just as I first suspected
Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native in FL. Exile :~(
>You'll soon be in a van down by the river. ;~)
Could you post a pic of the red convertable?
Good luck with your plumbing problem.
Todd O.
Re: WAY OT: Plumber's in the house
Angelo Schembari in Cornwall, NY
>I also recently replaced our pump with a pedestal type. About $70.00. Ran new ABS to the outside. We're having french drains put in and contractor will be adding a second pump, and new ABS pipes.
A neighbor got the battery back up, ordered online, for about $450.00. I'd check around.
Sump Pump Stuff
Spence DePauw
>The battery backup system seems very high.
OTOH, I've had PVC Sched 40 pipe to the outside since 1977, same pipe, several pumps. I've gotten to where I replace the pump every 6-7 years, just so it won't quit during a downpour (DAMHIKT). That works out to $15-$20 per year, and I sleep better. The only downside I know of to the PVC is noise. The cast iron would be quieter, but I like to hear mine, so I know it's working.
Spence
Re: another alternative *LINK*
Mike Hamilton
>Been the battery backup route and had it fail while I was away. If you live in town on city water, here is another alternative. I have one in each sump (I have two). Originally developed by a small Canadian firm. Now either owned or distributed by Zoeller. Should make it more widely available (read that cheaper).
Regards,
Mike Hamilton
Plainfield, IN
where the sumps continue to fill in freezing weather
water powered sump pump
Re: WAY OT: Plumber's in the house
Ernie Miller Topeka
>Gary I don't know what you plumber is planning on doing but that sounds high. I have PVC running to my sump. and it works fine I do hear the check ball drop when it shuts off but I like that as it lets me know the pump is working. My PVC runns about 6' out in the yard under ground where it is connected to a perferated drain tile that runs to the edge of my property line it pickes up my neighbors sump line and rund down the property to the curb where it drains in to the storm watter utility. I don't have a back up as my basement floor sloaps to a floor drane about 4' from the sump pump. My neighbor has the back up that uses watter to power it and it works fine.
Clarification
Gerry Doll
>This is why we do not allow hearsay evidence in legal proceedings. Finally spoke with the plumber, the new sump pump is cast iron with a 15 year life expectancy. Will still run pvc outlet.
The $1,800.00 back up system is "Aquanot", which is "the Cadillac of back ups." Suppose to run for 12 hours, were as the Borg versions run for three. Also supposed to move as much water as the normal pump. FYI...
Gerry
Lovin home ownership
In jest.
Gerry Doll
>Moses,
I've got a 3 yr old son, a 5 yr old daughter, and a loving wife I couldn't imagine living without.
Try to top this. I live in the burbs. Last week, while at work, a face cord of firewood was delivered to my driveway. The wife and kids hauled 16 wheel barrels to the backyard rack (8' x 4') and completely filled it so Dad wouldn't have to do it in the dark.
Besides, no one else would have me.
Gerry