rardburgundy
Sep 11, 2012, 07:39 PM
I have been perusing through the many problems, but still have not found one exactly like mine. Here it goes.
Bought a complete fixer upper. No plumbing, electrical, or mechanical. Pretty big project for my first house.
The house has a "weird green turtle shell outside". I now know that this is called a sewage ejector pump.
We passed our rough-in inspections and the city turned the water on. We still have some small projects in the house left, but have now been living in it for about 8 months. Over those months, I would occasionally smell an awful odor in the yard. I thought it was the scum that had collected on the lake behind the house during this hot summer. About 3-4 weeks ago I had the hunch that the smell was the "turtle".
After further inspection I realized that the power was never connected to the power inside the electrical enclosure. I hooked the power up, the buzzer came on immediately outside and waste started oozing out of the ground around the basin. I immediately ran in and flipped the breaker off.
I then dug a decent size hole around the basin and turned it on once again, it didn't happen again until I turned all of the faucets on in the house, when it started to fill up with liquid.
I have since turned off the electrical to the pump and in the mornings after showers have been had, the hole is semi-filled with liquid.
Is there a crack in the side of the basin? Is the pipe to the sewer clogged? Is the pump broke? What is best plan of attack? What steps would you recommend I take to troubleshoot this issue? Also, has anyone out there experienced the same thing. Thanks in advance.
Bought a complete fixer upper. No plumbing, electrical, or mechanical. Pretty big project for my first house.
The house has a "weird green turtle shell outside". I now know that this is called a sewage ejector pump.
We passed our rough-in inspections and the city turned the water on. We still have some small projects in the house left, but have now been living in it for about 8 months. Over those months, I would occasionally smell an awful odor in the yard. I thought it was the scum that had collected on the lake behind the house during this hot summer. About 3-4 weeks ago I had the hunch that the smell was the "turtle".
After further inspection I realized that the power was never connected to the power inside the electrical enclosure. I hooked the power up, the buzzer came on immediately outside and waste started oozing out of the ground around the basin. I immediately ran in and flipped the breaker off.
I then dug a decent size hole around the basin and turned it on once again, it didn't happen again until I turned all of the faucets on in the house, when it started to fill up with liquid.
I have since turned off the electrical to the pump and in the mornings after showers have been had, the hole is semi-filled with liquid.
Is there a crack in the side of the basin? Is the pipe to the sewer clogged? Is the pump broke? What is best plan of attack? What steps would you recommend I take to troubleshoot this issue? Also, has anyone out there experienced the same thing. Thanks in advance.