After a failed attempt to snake out the drain line by a local plumber, combined with rising temperatures and predictions of rain I broke down and bought a proper sump pump (made in the USA by Wayne Water Systems, and containing a number of components manufactured at the factory I work at!). I bought it at 11:00 AM or so, but between needing a thread adapter and my busy schedule didn't get it hooked up until 7:00 PM. However it did the trick, and pulled the water level in the catch basin below the level of the basement...
Then, the very next day, I managed to get an appointment with Tressler's Plumbing. Rather than a drain snake they used a jet machine, which uses extremely high pressure water to blast through the obstruction. The entire process took less than five minutes, and pretty much as soon as they shut off the jetter the water level dropped like a rock!
Needless to say I am glad to have this problem resolved. The sump pump is probaly in that basin to stay, just in case...
2 comments:
Huzzah! So glad! Now you can do laundry and use that new dishwasher as well. Hurrah for clean clothes and clean dishes! Nice way to begin the New Year!
Yay! Nothin' like cleaning out your pipes to make you feel better! Er, wait... -- JG
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