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Hey Folks,
I need to install a sump pump in my finished basement. The sump pit is located in a small unfinished closet space with other utilities such as the furnace and hot water heater. The challenge is the discharge line. It will need to travel up to the ceiling of the closet where it can enter a void space which runs horizontally along side a floor support beam (the AC refrigerant lines travel through this same space) to the outside of the house where it can be discharged. The horizontal distance is about 20 feet. I could feed joined sections of pipe through a hole in the outside of the house back toward the sump closet, then join to a line coming up from the pump. My concern with that 20 foot run is that I won’t be able to secure it in any way without cutting into finished ceiling, which I’d very much like to avoid. It can sit atop the various framing members it crosses and on the top of the ceiling drywall, but otherwise there’s no way to secure it. I’m also concerned about creating a low spot in the line where water could sit. The space is all interior and conditioned, so freezing is not a concern. The sump pit does have standing water currently but the level has not changed in years. I have not attempted to pump it out to see if it will refill. Another, less desirable option would be to run the line to the other side of the house, which is about the same distance, but through closet spaces where I could secure the line. The downside of this would be that it would discharge to the uphill side of the house.
Any thoughts on solutions or problems with this? Am I over thinking it?
Thanks for your input,
Jason
I need to install a sump pump in my finished basement. The sump pit is located in a small unfinished closet space with other utilities such as the furnace and hot water heater. The challenge is the discharge line. It will need to travel up to the ceiling of the closet where it can enter a void space which runs horizontally along side a floor support beam (the AC refrigerant lines travel through this same space) to the outside of the house where it can be discharged. The horizontal distance is about 20 feet. I could feed joined sections of pipe through a hole in the outside of the house back toward the sump closet, then join to a line coming up from the pump. My concern with that 20 foot run is that I won’t be able to secure it in any way without cutting into finished ceiling, which I’d very much like to avoid. It can sit atop the various framing members it crosses and on the top of the ceiling drywall, but otherwise there’s no way to secure it. I’m also concerned about creating a low spot in the line where water could sit. The space is all interior and conditioned, so freezing is not a concern. The sump pit does have standing water currently but the level has not changed in years. I have not attempted to pump it out to see if it will refill. Another, less desirable option would be to run the line to the other side of the house, which is about the same distance, but through closet spaces where I could secure the line. The downside of this would be that it would discharge to the uphill side of the house.
Any thoughts on solutions or problems with this? Am I over thinking it?
Thanks for your input,
Jason