When we started to put in the storm sewer connection, we weren't sure if we’d keep the old sump as a “just in case” or not. After talking it over with Gerald, we concluded that there will be lots of positive drainage, and good protection from storm sewer backups. We aren’t in a very low area of the city, so it would be a pretty exceptional event that would cause the storm drains to back up in our area. Even still, there is over 3 ft of uphill before you get from the top of the storm sewer pipe to our house. If all that floods, the little sump pump would have no place to put anything anyway.
I’ll take the sump pump itself and install it in the old sump at the front of the house. That way, we have a better pump there and a battery backup. I’m not expecting that sump to carry much water anymore, but water can be full of surprises.
Some pictures.
digging the trench (all the trenching photos were shot by Jane).
Just in case we had forgotten, we have heavy clay soil here.
Gerald, on da job
steel reinforcing places used to line the walls of the trench out to the street.
chunks of sidewalk and road
guest for the weekend. You can see our old sump pit next to the rolls of orange fencing
The new set-up inside the house. A cleanout and overflow valve for the storm sewer connection. No more noisy sump and pump.
A bit of green amid the mud. Our Japanese maple has done well in the past few years.
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