Hello, Thank you in advance for any help you can provide. A few weeks ago I went into my basement and discovered an overflowing sump pit and seepage from three walls at the cove joint. After some looking around, I discovered that the sump pump had failed. I replaced the pump, the water left the pit, and the seepage receded. However, I noticed that there was an alarming (to me) amount of water coming in to the pit through the "inlet" pipe. It has to be about 5 gallons per minute and the pump cycles every minute. I forgot to mention that this all occurred when there was no rain or large snow melt. I am scared to see what happens when it rains heavily. Do any of you have any ideas of why that much water can be pouring in? Also, I had us waterproofing come out and he simply suggested making the pit larger and installing a battery backup. However, he seemed pretty nonchalant about it which kind of annoyed me. Also, instead of simply in lashing the pit and pumping all of that water out, I think I would rather adress why that much water is coming in. Any thoughts?

Greetings! We have a house that has a small leak. The water appears to be coming up from between the concrete floor and the poured concrete wall/footing. It's slow but enough to soak 5 full towels in an hour. It's coming from one side of the house, mostly in one corner. We get our perimeter drains snaked twice a year, once in the fall and once in the spring. There has not been any issue. I fear because we are on the lower end of a sloaping hard pan, we are getting everyone else's perimeter drain water. I talked to a neighbour and he said in 20 years of living there, he has never snaked his perimeter drains. I believe this is indicative of the entire neighbourhood. Why fix it if it's not a problem. We do not have a sump pump. We have a finished basement with tile floor. If a sump pump is our answer, it has to be the final solution before we chip up the floor. We are not sure what to do. Any suggestion? Please, ask any questions if you need clarification. Thanks for reading!