Submersible Sump Pump

Basement Water Issues: How To Hard-Pipe a Sump Pump

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PVC Pipe & Connectors:

I hope you didn’t get all the way to the home store without looking at your project, evaluating the twists and turns your piping is going to take, and writing down a reasonable tally of PVC sections, elbows, and connectors to purchase.

Get your tape measure out and think about where you want to run your pipe, and then count every time you have to make a corner or join 2 pieces of straight pipe (PVC pipes come in 10 feet or 5 feet sections).  Its easy to think of 90° elbows… but do you have sections where you’ll need 45° or 60° elbows?  Try to figure it out now so you don’t have to run back to the store.  If you get too many pieces, you can always bring them back for a refund.

PVC Pipe, tubing, schedule 40
Schedule 40 PVC Pipe

Get 1.5″ diameter Schedule 40 PVC Pipe.

PVC Pipe coupler, 1.5 inch
PVC Pipe coupler, 1.5 inch
Threaded to Slip Adapter, goes from pump to pipe, 1.5 inch PVC,
Threaded to Slip Adapter, goes from pump to pipe, 1.5 inch PVC

An adapter like this will screw into your sump-pump, and then you can glue PVC pipe into the other end.  Wrap the threads with Teflon tape if you have any.

Teflon tape - blue and white round case - plumbing supply
Teflon tape
90 degree elbow, 1.5 inch PVC
90 degree elbow, 1.5 inch PVC

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  4. Ivy Baker
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    This is some really good information about sump pumps. I didn\’t\’ realize that you would want to think about what type of sump pump you will need. I wasn\’t even aware that there was a pedestal sump pump. It seems like you would want to talk to a contractor about what type to get.

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