ExiledInIllinois

Did I already post this? Well, here it is again. We used to have this on 45rpm as child... Probably why I am such a teetotaler:

I totally agree! PVC... I got corrugated plastic... That's made to be economical on farms. Will last long time... PVC is smooth, is best. I am lucky... My house built in 1996... Codes, they can't just put houses in every spot. If my subdivision went up in 1960s... No doubt they would have planted a house in the allotted retention pond that sits there today. Why houses were cheaper back then. Fewer houses absorb that cost.

Lot of times those venturi pumps after sitting idle for long periods will leak. Need maintenance. No harm leaking, it's leaking right into pit... ...I added a water line right next to sump pit with hose bibb on end... To always have that option. Helps me clean the sump out few times a year... Also, allows to test during dry spells. I have one of these in case of dire emergency... Lost power, generator crapped out, outta of fuel, etc... Take the edge of water rising. Remember: Basement won't flood till all the pipe in drain tile around house fills totally up. That's usually hundreds of feet of 4" drain tile. The pit will raise fast to that inlet... Then slow as drains backup, fill... Then about a foot of ground needs saturate... THEN water will find it's way in at lowest joint between basement wall and floor. Always best to pump as much water away and keep that drain tile dry during drought periods. Don't leave standing water in drain tile! That limits your reserve capacity during a storm, power loss event. Handle it, pump away during drought. Think of that drain tile as a reservoir during a pump, power failure. I don't sweat when my pump goes off every 30 seconds or continuously during storms. It's doing it's job, because when it's dry out, not raining, it slows to a handful of times a day with the pump operating. I can see that all via the PumpSpy app: Look... Last time it really rained here was 11/21 - 11/22... And that's nothing. I have seen 2,600 pump cycles during cataclysmic storms: Again... Being proactive, maintenance, redundant pumps is the key. Maintain the switch, pump, etc... I put in a separate pvc discharge pipe and added another AC pump that always sits high out of water (less wear) from main pump. That is on an inverter to a DC battery. The battery charges via AC. If main pump fails or discharge jams, freezes, that will pick it up thru separate discharge (AC pump run off AC mains)... OR, if power failure and I can't get to generator because I am away (AC pump run off Deep Cycle Battery)

You may have high water table... Or dtains set lower, basement deeper than neighbors. I know I take the heat off my neighbors being slighly lower than their sumps. Yes. I have heavy clay soil in this area. You'll know if check valve is leaking. Just look, listen at the pipe, look at bottom of pump after the pump runs. It's NOT that much water in pipe. Get a PumpSpy: http://pumpspy.com During dry spells... My pump will run once or twice a day. When it poors... It will run every 30 secs! THIRTY SECONDS. I set the pump below discharge inlet. Drain the lines around house. A standard 4" line dry during dry spells will give you "reserve capacity" when it storms and power goes out. You wanna hit that storm with a dry line. Also, I have an extremely small sump. <<<<<< like @BringBackFergy @Cripple Creek and especially @Gugny... Gug has the smallest pit of all. Get an electronic switch. Mechanical switches have moving parts, wear... https://www.plumbingsupply.com/sumpwatcher.html A good pump controller will actually tell you when pump is burning out. When there is blocked discharge, high water... Go piggyback switch... You won't have to yank the pump out in storm to change switch. If you are worried about water cycling around... You could dye the ground as a tracer: Orangeburg (yes named after town in NYS) was meant to be cheap... Same with corrugated plastic. But that's better. Ideally you want smooth PVC. Obviously the modern corrugated plastic is better used widely... But if you can, build, go 4-6" PVC. $$$$$

Thanx... Without the tag and ShoutOut... I might have missed this. You're like a "high water alarm!" OP... I am fully analyzing your post as we speak. Special out to one of the gray beards. I forget which one... So confusing! @Greybeard @Gray Beard @Graybeard Who knew there were so many! Oh wait, the one I am looking for is in post #4 & #6!

By the 4 competing sperm? There's a word for that: Blivet And it ain't ham!

Excuse me... The "Would Ya?" OP NEVER passes judgement, let alone in the thread title! A good "judge" never shows their personal leanings. You're so dead to me! You always reply to me! Betcha she could fix a speeding ticket. I do see the key word here. Let that be none! ?

AND the reason RJ is so awesome: Started in Radio!!! Old school.

I know. I should have noted that. I figure throw him in there. Shut up the play by play and just let Romo talk. Like @Buffalo_Gal said, sans the eye candy remark... NOT that there is anything wrong with that... ? LoL...

LoL... I will give you half this! Not the eyes thing though!

Not sure. I wanna say after, since Sabres had favorable priority w/scheduling @ TheAud: https://buffalonews.com/2016/04/22/braves-came-buffalo-left/

Agree. What I don't get is why people are offended. We live in a victimhood society. If it's an advantage why the shame. Wouldn't skin color and losing the contrast of the ball, ability to hide ball against dark jerseys be like a height advantage? Are people ashamed of a height advantage?

The baseball comment above. A hitter wouldn't see a fastball if safety rules weren't put in place. It would be like standing in front of a loaded gun in the batter's box if centerfield wasn't darkened.

I like Romo too.

No it's not dumb. A baseball player can see the ball because of safety rules put in place years ago. There is a reason why nobody sits in centerfield anymore AND why centerfield is blacked out. Just saying. You're wrong.

+1. My UPS driver has the code to my garage. But, only the one driver I have known for years on the route.

Because everyone is too stoned in Vernont to notice. Now... If the packge had big letters written on it: "Larry & Daryl and his other brother Daryl's Essential Oil and Yoga Pants Emporium & Head Shop" Or if it was a smoker and @Gugny was drifting through town... You bet your roach clip that the package would be gone in a flash! ?

Because most people aren't situationally aware, that goes for delivery people. It's that simple. You can leave directions on Amazon. I specifically said, keep the delivery out of sight. Some will do, others won't. My UPS driver is great, BTW... Exactly. Amazon will snap a picture for you.

By the time the Mavs were founded in 1980, the Braves were already moved West. Thanks Celtics... Another Boston screw job. How dare they move west. Hey, just switch owners with the Braves, then move team. We can thank that crook league lawyer David Stern for brokering the deal.

Nice! I simply don't use a PC anymore. Sure at work, but they provide it. Everything is mobile platform now.

What's a PC? I don't have, use a PC anymore. Okay, at tax time I borrow one. 99.9999% of time I am on phone, Android... None of that toy Apple stuff.

So what are you saying, people love public executions....But this time the condemned turned the tables on the executioner? Most people tuned in right before game ended. From 7pm and beyond. That is awesome from Bills standpoint. "QUICK! David's kicking Goliath's azzz! Tune in... Watch David pummel Goliath!"

As is Garrett's response in a winning game with 7 secs left. Bye bye... You just lost your career and livelihood in a league that is a PRIVILEGE to play. He should be banned for life. Next, a more deserving player! THAT'S, ridiculous!

Garrett skipped the line AND did the punching. Rudolph was just standing in line. But Rudolph went after him once it got started. Can you blame him? As is Garrett's response in a winning game with 7 secs left. Bye bye... You just lost your career and livelihood in a league that is a PRIVILEGE to play. He should be banned for life. Next, a more deserving player! THAT'S, ridiculous!

And drop dead Fred Kitchens is escalating. Who said Rudolph was taking off Garrett's helmet. That's just a made up backstory. When that didn't work, Garrett claimed a fake, made up racial slur too.