Last friday I went to the basement and discovered water covering a 15'x15' area, it wasn't too deep fortunately. After assesing that nothing too valuable was wet I went about assesing the cause and cleanup. The cause is a switch that doesn't want to work on the sump pump. I tapped the pipe and it switched on and proceeded to run for quite some time. The builder is going to replace this pump but I'm not sure I want to trust their stuff long term.
I have some questions;
1) Is there a sump pump out there that will not kick the bucket after 1.5 years in service?
2) Is there a switch type that is best (diaphragm, float, etc)?
3) Do the battery backup systems work?
4) Do I want to shop at a plumbing supply place or is my local borg adequate?
I was fortunate to not lose anything of value this time but spring will be here in a few short months and I don't want my new walls and tools to get soaked if the system fails again.
Thanks for any advice or ideas.
Erin