People buying replacement batteries for battery backup sump pumps are often confused by the wide array of batteries available for battery backup sump pump systems and often can only compare by little more than price, without understanding there are big differences in performance and maintenance requirements between a $100 battery and a $250 battery. In […]
Duplex Sump Pumps For A Dry Basement
Installing a Duplex Sump Pump System can keep your basement dry. Every year many people experience flooded basements when a sump pump failure allows the basement to fill with water. For many people the damage to finished basements, and mechanical equipment runs into huge amounts of money. This damage is often not covered by their […]
Macerating Toilet And Sewage Pump System Guide
Macerating Toilets and Sewage Pumping Systems are often a good choice for the installation of a bathroom in a basement or, other location where gravity drainage is not possible. These macerating systems range in capability from a half bath with just a toilet and lavatory sink up to systems that can handle even a washing […]
Water Powered Backup Sump Pump Guide
Water powered backup sump pumps are explored by many people looking for a way to keep their basement dry in the event of a pump failure or, power outage. Any solution in the event of a power outage has pro’s and con’s to be considered and only you can determine what is best for you […]
Why Does My Sump Pump Smell?
When a sump pump smells the first thing that we need to do is determine whether it is a sump pump or sewage ejector pump that we are talking about. Many people do not know there is a difference between the two types of pumps yet the treatment for odor would be very different on […]
Why Does My Sump Pump Run Constantly?
A sump pump constantly running can be a good thing or, a bad thing depending on whether it is pumping water. Of course even if it is pumping water, constantly running is an indicator that the pump capacity is very closely matched to the flow of the ground water, and that should be a cause […]
Liberty Model 405 Drain Pump Review
The Liberty Model 405 Drain Pump is a great pump for bar sinks, dishwashers, utility sinks, basement kitchens, dehumidifiers, laundry trays and washer discharges where grey water needs to be pumped up to a sewer line. The Liberty 405 is plumbed for 2” pipe so a washer discharge could go direct to the pump container […]
Zoeller Mighty-Mate Model 53 1/3 HP Sump Pump Review
The Zoeller Mighty-Mate Model 53 1/3 HP Sump Pump has become the benchmark of the sump pump industry and is preferred by many plumbers. One look at the heavy cast iron housing and its green powder coated finish tells you that the Zoeller Model 53 is no lightweight. There is an amazing lack of plastic […]
Zoeller Aquanot I & II Battery Backup Sump Pump Review
The Zoeller Aquanot I & II battery back up sump pumps offer a level of performance that is not matched by many backup sump pump systems. Many of the back up pumps sold are little more than a glorified 12 volt bilge pump for a boat that has little chance of matching the pumping capacity […]
Eliminate Check Valve Noise from your Sump or Sewage Ejector Pump
For the homeowner that has a sump pump or, sewage ejector pump system in the basement the sounds of silence have never been possible until recently. Each cycle of the pump had a resounding thump of the discharge pipe when the pump shut off and the check valve closed. The height of the discharge pipe […]
