Mar 15

Written by: David Heffner
3/15/2010 7:33 PM 

Spring is not here yet officially, but the rainy season for the year has started. I received a call from a neighbor at 7:15 this morning telling me that his sump pump would not shut off. When I got to the house, I determined that the pump switch was bad and that the pump needed to be replaced. What caught me off guard was the fact that I found tree roots in the sump pit coming from the perimeter tile. I found a White Birch located right on the corner of the house, close to where the sump pit is inside.

I'm not sure how the roots will be removed, but the tree definitely has to go. Along with the tree will be the stump and the entire root system to make sure that the perimeter tile is never compromised by roots again. The complicating factor with the tree removal is the gas meter. Given the close proximity of the tree, the gas company will have to be contacted first before anything else is done.

The average life of a sump pump is 3-5 years on average. The same is true of batteries for battery back-up sump pump systems. Now is the time to check and make sure that everything is working properly.

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