Need ideas for converting floor drain into sump
Well my grand idea from this thread didn't pan out https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/plumbi...in-272705.html- the area where I can access the vertical sewer pipe is already joined and T's and cleanout'ed and I cannot T into it again at an elevation that works. In summary I need to be able to get water out of the basement floor drain in case the existing floor drain that drains as a French drain above ground freezes and backs up.
So now what I am thinking is remove the floor drain by cutting out the concrete floor and putting in a sump pump system that will pump the water out. For a variety of reasons (mostly location of drain to outside from utility room) I still want to tie it into the septic system, so I would go UP with the pipe and wye it into an existing 2” horizontal drain line.
Questions if I do this:
(1) Do I need to put any kind of trap in the line – I assume not since it will be a closed pump system?
(2) Do I put the Wye pointing UP and tie in above it (run my new line higher and run back down to the horizontal line I am t'ing into. I assume so but with a backflow preventer on the sump line out it would be full of water all the time so does it matter?
(3) Do I need ot be concerned about pumping water into the existing 2" line under pressure from teh sump pump - will it potentially back up through the line 2" even if I use a Wye and cause the sink above it to spew the trap contents out in to the sink...
(4) And will this work? I am thinking that I can use the existing 2” drain line from the floor drain and tie it into the sump pit so that as water fills the pit, it will drain out the French drain line and use the sump as an overflow really if and when the 2” line freezes – water goes up higher and kicks on the pump.