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Ok great info, makes me confident with going without the fabric. Yah Stephen I think I'm going to go all out with a dual pump battery backed up system with an alarm.

Well I'm going without any fabric so hopefully no one comes up with any great reasons to not do it that way. Lol.

Well it'll just be a normal sump pump, I've come come to gather that none of them appreciate silt. The lift/distance won't be an issue for any pump. And I've already got plenty enough room for my pea gravel around the pit now. I appreciate everyone's concern on redoing the whole...

To clarify the drain I refer to is nothing to do with water or sewer, it's like the drain field/pipes under the foundation.

So the sump pit is finally underway. I lucked right out and didn't run into any footings and have been able to keep it all in the closet I wanted. I also exposed the drain pipes that are in place and have the perfect spot to tie into them. There was a connection right where I happened to dig in...

Ahhh. Yah no thanks. I do already have a bathroom in the basement but it's all plumbed properly into the septic with a lift pump meant for sewage. And when that sucker goes? I don't think I'm gonna be replacing it. Lol.

Yah that's what I'm putting in a sump pit just like that. I'm not sure what you mean by bathroom running into it? There's certainly been no sewer involved in my fiasco? I think if there was I'd be just surrendering and calling in the pros. Our basement is like that here too, it's hot in...

I'm not familiar with that, but I don't lack on water anyways. I get an agriculture allotment or quota of water each year that I can never use all of. It would cost me more if I went over my allotment but I don't save anything if I'm under, so basically my water is a fixed cost and I can use as...

No luck. We've had a wet for around here last few days and there's definetly water under there. None that's come up into the basement but I can see it down the hole. So I've got a sump basin and a stretch of nice weather has come up that will dry everything up. Problem is a good friend of mine...

No I don't think filling in the hole would solve it. I'll be painting in there and monitoring it all day for now. Probably will still just punch in a sump pump.

Hmmm. So I have a jackhammer lined up for this morning, all my ducks in a row. Then at about 5:30 it started pouring here again. I found that my eaves was plugged on that side/corner of the house and spilling water out where it could have been running down and getting in. ive cleared that so...

Lol. I did think about just putting some plumbers putty over the whole.

Exactly. Sucks. I was planning some r and r this week, fishing.

Yah I figure better safe than sorry. It would appear that my house was built in two stages and that concrete was considered cheap. I think the low point in the corner of this closet is where an addition was added on shortly after the house was built as it would've been tiny(half the size and my...

Thanks. I had to do a bunch of errands in town today. My plan now is to 'feel' around through the hole with a long drill bit to try to determine where footings are and then install a sump pump system as best I can. Lol.

I should add that in the closet I refer to in the opening post, there is a small hole already in the floor where you can visually see down aways if there is any water under the house or not, this is where I believe the water entered my basement. The water level has already dropped away and the...

Yah all good advice. My place has some extensive underground drainage in place that works quite well I believe. It was just overwhelmed by the storm by being saturated from the irrigation. I have had zero issues during spring run-off when it is really wet around here. I'm in a bit of a...

Ok 'Housers edumacate me. The interwebs can be a dangerous place and now that I've ripped up half the flooring in my basement I'm considering putting in a sump pump. Seems fairly straight forward And I have the perfect spot(low point is in an existing closet) to put the pit. But! I am leery...