Sump Pump Installation for Newmarket Homes

Service

Sump Pump Installation

Category

Basements and sumps

Where

Newmarket and nearby York Region

Booking

By telephone

Clues that point to sump pump installation

• Damp patches or white efflorescence along the bottom of the foundation walls
• Water seeping at the floor joint after heavy rain or snowmelt
• A high water table on your street, confirmed by neighbours with busy pumps
• Plans to finish the basement

Our method, in order

1. Locate the pit. Ideally near the lowest point of the floor and close to an exterior wall for the discharge line.
2. Break the floor and dig. A liner goes in, perforated so groundwater can enter, and set on gravel.
3. Connect the drainage. Where possible, we tie in to existing weeping tile; otherwise we discuss an interior drainage channel.
4. Install the pump. A submersible unit with a vertical float, a check valve and a union so it can be serviced.
5. Run the discharge. Through the wall and away from the foundation, and never into the sanitary drain.
6. Seal and test. Concrete is patched, the lid is sealed and the pump is tested with a hose.

Newmarket houses and this job

A good share of homes built since the 1990s were constructed with a sump pit already in place. Older homes, especially those near Fairy Lake, Bogart Creek and the lower ground along the Holland River, may have none, or may rely on weeping tile that drains to the sanitary sewer, which is an outdated arrangement. On these older houses a new pit is often part of a larger dry-basement plan.

Where the discharge leaves the house matters as much as the pump. In winter, a pipe that empties onto a frozen patch of lawn can ice up and send water straight back. We route it to drain freely and suggest a removable extension for summer.

Booking an assessment

Call us before the spring thaw if you can. Back the new pump up with a battery backup for storms, and see our spring sump check for upkeep.