According to Chuck Kuhn, president of Sentry Supply Inc., the U.S. distributor of the Canadian-made Home Guard sump pump, it takes about 7 gallons of house water to move 10 gallons of sump water.

Q: My sump pump fits in a smallish hole in the basement floor, and does a peculiar thing: It constantly checks for high water, and if there is high water, it turns on and pumps out water to bring it ...

When the sump pump comes on, it forces water into the main sewer faster than the sewer can drain it away, so some of the water is forced up and into the kitchen sink. When the pump stops, the ...

Drains 101: How to Clear Drains, Prevent Smells and Use a Makeshift Sump Pump Whether your bathroom sink is clogged, your garbage disposal smells, turkey grease is backing up the kitchen sink or ...

A sump pump is an incredibly useful item to have in your basement: Unsophisticated but essential. It’s basically motorized pump in a bucket, buried below the floor of your basement or crawlspace ...

Once sinks and toilets are again in daily use, they get rinsed away. ... You might also want to consider cleaning underneath the steps, the drain outside and the sump-pump tank.

It used to be connected to the sewer line in the basement, but the town has ordered me to run the sump pump outdoors. There is a slope away from my house that drops two or three feet over a 70 ...