Ask Experts Questions for FREE Help !
Ask
    dennis neuharth's Avatar
    dennis neuharth Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
    New Member
    		  
    #1

    Dec 21, 2008, 04:04 AM
    Window well sump pump
    I need a pump to pump water out of a window well that is filling up with water when it rains a lot
    KBC's Avatar
    KBC Posts: 2,550, Reputation: 487
    Ultra Member
    		  
    #2

    Dec 21, 2008, 07:26 AM

    Maybe a portable water pump,a small one to just get the water out during hard rains?

    http://www.nextag.com/portable-water-pump/search-html

    http://www.plumbingsupply.com/portab...ity-pumps.html
    JudyKayTee's Avatar
    JudyKayTee Posts: 46,503, Reputation: 4600
    Uber Member
    		  
    #3

    Dec 21, 2008, 08:26 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by dennis neuharth View Post
    I need a pump to pump water out of a window well that is filling up with water when it rains a lot


    I don't know if you need a pump - I had a plumber run a thin line, like a water line to a refrigerator, from the window well along the basement wall and into the sump pump. No pump, just gravity. Works beautifully and I don't have to worry about dragging a portable pump around, electricity, mixing gas, anything like that.

    Might be a thought -
    ballengerb1's Avatar
    ballengerb1 Posts: 27,378, Reputation: 2280
    Home Repair & Remodeling Expert
    		  
    #4

    Dec 21, 2008, 10:26 AM

    Many window wells have a drain line built into them that is connected to the sump. Do you know if you have one that is plugged or just not present at all?
    21boat's Avatar
    21boat Posts: 2,441, Reputation: 212
    Ultra Member
    		  
    #5

    Dec 21, 2008, 03:45 PM

    I don't know your grade set up but if there is a slope away from your house that's decent enough and not to to far. I would dig out the inside of bottom of the window 12 inches below the window well and bowl it in shape at bottom dirt level Then I would dig or rent a ditch witch and start from the window well button level where the and slope a trenched ditch to get away from the house and out of ground and pipe it out. Install pipe in sloped ditch and under and inside window well. Now this seems extreme and may not even apply to your problem of how heavy the water is and your finish grade conditions but you said filling up a lot. Do you have a cover for it or is it just heavy seepage? I personally worry about water puddles against a foundation wall and the quicker removed the better. If the conditions are good for out of ground gravity drainage I would trench Nothing to break down or heavy electrical storm power goes out no electric to pump with. JudyKayTee had an excellent idea if you have a sump pump and access that way. All the posts so far are good her.( except mine ah ah ) Like I said this is just another possible option. That's what's so great about this site. More good combined brain power. You can shop around. Happy Holidays
Not your question? Ask your question View similar questions
 

Question Tools Search this Question
Search this Question:

Advanced Search

Add your answer here.


Check out some similar questions!

Sump pump [ 2 Answers ]

I would like to say thank you in advance. THis is the first time I have ever dealt with a sump pump. My sump pump in the basement has gone out. I have tried draining the water; however the water level remains at the same spot. Am I just being impatient or am I doing something wrong?

Sump pump [ 10 Answers ]

I recently bought a new house and was wondering if the sump pump draining into the main drain instead of on its own drain to outside the house is a problem? I have never had a sump pump before and was curious because we get a sewage smell inside our bathroom every once in awhile on the first floor...

Window well sump pumps [ 10 Answers ]

I've read several suggestions about installing a sump pump in a window well that fills up with rain water. Our window well fills up from water coming up the drain into the window well. The drain pipe is a perforated pipe so I'm sure as too much rain is draining into the ground, it's finding the...

Sump Pump [ 3 Answers ]

Hello I have a question about my sump pumps. I have two of them at each end of my basement. I have never heard them turn on which I though was weird because my house was build over a natural spring. The neighbors on both sides of me have sumps that run all the time so I deicide to take the cover...

Sump pump [ 2 Answers ]

When it rains my sump pump works ,but there is a bab smell??

View more questions Search