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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 335064" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>I should have one of those machines that has a bunch of boots on a wheel to kick husband repeatedly in the behind.</p><p></p><p>He went down in the basement, I asked how it was, he made some noises. Then he comes up, says "Come outside with me." OK. He shows me the neighbor's pump and how to prime it, he is going to go into the crawl space and put the other end into the water out there. I'm in my jammies and slippers. It's about 45 degrees out and getting ready to rain. No biggie, I still need to shower anyway. I've got the puppy tethered to a bush and he's not liking it, but he needs to learn at some point. So, husband walks away and says over his shoulder, "Should I get you a chair?" </p><p></p><p>Huh? <span style="color: Blue">"How long am I going to be out here?"</span> "I don't know." <span style="color: Blue">"An hour? Two hours?" <span style="color: Black">"I don't know." Well for crying out loud! Let me go potty, put on a coat and grab a book & something to drink and put the puppy in his crate!</span></span> <span style="color: Black">Which I do.</span></p><p><span style="color: Black"></span></p><p><span style="color: Black">Then I go out and prime the pump for him. It gushes then gets lighter flow. He makes me do it again five times. I finally tell him that I am going to prime it from the draining end, and when he doesn't see bubbles coming out his end anymore I'll start the pump. It works. Then the tells me to stop, because it has stopped inhaling. I tell him to stop being so impatient and wait, because I can see the water pumping out through the window in the pump. 'Lo and behold, it gets going again, and we run it for about 1/2 an hour. Then he turns it off because he needs to move the hose. Then he resets the sump.</span></p><p></p><p>The s<span style="color: Black">um</span>p <span style="color: Black">starts w</span>orking and it shoots water about 3 feet up the downspout drain that's 20 feet up the hill from the pump, and then down into our neighbor's crawl space.<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/felttip/sad-very.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":sad-very:" title="sad-very :sad-very:" data-shortname=":sad-very:" /> We're using walkie-talkies and I tell him to come up and look. He says OK. 10 minutes later, he's still down below. I ask him to please come to the back yard now. "You want me up there?" Yes!<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/felttip/angry-very.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":angry-very:" title="angry-very :angry-very:" data-shortname=":angry-very:" /></p><p></p><p>So, now we have determined that the drain from the gutter needs to be cleared at least from the back of the house to the front of the house where we can actually have it not drain into our neighbor's house. I'll be darned if I'm going to <em>not</em> hire a plumber at my house but have to pay for a plumber and repairs at my lazy neighbors house! Seems like a great time for him to change into dry clothes and call it a day, right?<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/felttip/whiteflag.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":whiteflag:" title="whiteflag :whiteflag:" data-shortname=":whiteflag:" /> NOT!</p><p></p><p>It <em>is </em>time to get the 50' snake out and snake the drain! Then we can use the swimming pool pump to take up the drainage from the sump pump, if necessary. Or at least let it geyser out the front downspout drain into our own yard instead of into the neighbor's yard!</p><p></p><p>Star, the "This is how much it's going to cost" thing can work sometimes, but that's taking for granted that he has any clue as to how much money we have or need. The man has no concept whatsoever and never understand even when you say "don't buy anything because there is no money." He'll just use the debit card and figure someone (me) will take care of it before the bank figures it out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 335064, member: 99"] I should have one of those machines that has a bunch of boots on a wheel to kick husband repeatedly in the behind. He went down in the basement, I asked how it was, he made some noises. Then he comes up, says "Come outside with me." OK. He shows me the neighbor's pump and how to prime it, he is going to go into the crawl space and put the other end into the water out there. I'm in my jammies and slippers. It's about 45 degrees out and getting ready to rain. No biggie, I still need to shower anyway. I've got the puppy tethered to a bush and he's not liking it, but he needs to learn at some point. So, husband walks away and says over his shoulder, "Should I get you a chair?" Huh? [COLOR=Blue]"How long am I going to be out here?"[/COLOR] "I don't know." [COLOR=Blue]"An hour? Two hours?" [COLOR=Black]"I don't know." Well for crying out loud! Let me go potty, put on a coat and grab a book & something to drink and put the puppy in his crate![/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=Black]Which I do. [/COLOR] [COLOR=Black]Then I go out and prime the pump for him. It gushes then gets lighter flow. He makes me do it again five times. I finally tell him that I am going to prime it from the draining end, and when he doesn't see bubbles coming out his end anymore I'll start the pump. It works. Then the tells me to stop, because it has stopped inhaling. I tell him to stop being so impatient and wait, because I can see the water pumping out through the window in the pump. 'Lo and behold, it gets going again, and we run it for about 1/2 an hour. Then he turns it off because he needs to move the hose. Then he resets the sump.[/COLOR] The s[COLOR=Black]um[/COLOR]p [COLOR=Black]starts w[/COLOR]orking and it shoots water about 3 feet up the downspout drain that's 20 feet up the hill from the pump, and then down into our neighbor's crawl space.:sad-very: We're using walkie-talkies and I tell him to come up and look. He says OK. 10 minutes later, he's still down below. I ask him to please come to the back yard now. "You want me up there?" Yes!:angry-very: So, now we have determined that the drain from the gutter needs to be cleared at least from the back of the house to the front of the house where we can actually have it not drain into our neighbor's house. I'll be darned if I'm going to [I]not[/I] hire a plumber at my house but have to pay for a plumber and repairs at my lazy neighbors house! Seems like a great time for him to change into dry clothes and call it a day, right?:whiteflag: NOT! It [I]is [/I]time to get the 50' snake out and snake the drain! Then we can use the swimming pool pump to take up the drainage from the sump pump, if necessary. Or at least let it geyser out the front downspout drain into our own yard instead of into the neighbor's yard! Star, the "This is how much it's going to cost" thing can work sometimes, but that's taking for granted that he has any clue as to how much money we have or need. The man has no concept whatsoever and never understand even when you say "don't buy anything because there is no money." He'll just use the debit card and figure someone (me) will take care of it before the bank figures it out. [/QUOTE]
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