According to recent surveys, over 85% of all homes with basements will experience some form of wet basement problems in their lifetime. Installing a sump pump in the basement can be a great benefit, even if it�s only to keep the water from getting deep or to act as a floor drain.
You may reprint the above article in your electronic or print newsletter; however, please include my byline and bio and keep the article intact. I retain all copyrights.Make sure to use pipe cleaner before gluing your pipe fittings together. The pipe cleaner actually softens the plastic and allows the pipe glue to bond better. Check with the instructions on the glue can about how long to wait before pumping water through the newly glued connections.You will need to rent an electric jackhammer to break a hole in your basement concrete floor. Ask for a shovel bit when you rent the jackhammer. The shovel bit will make quick work of digging out the hole in which you will install your sump well. The lip of the well that holds the sump well lid should be installed slightly lower than the basement floor surface. This will allow your sump well and pump to act as a very good floor drain in case of a broken water pipe, leaky hot water tank, etc. You will need to buy a bag of sand mix cement to re-cement the floor area around the sump well and the broken concrete.The weather service has issued a red-flag warning for El Paso County, Teller County and the rest of Colorado east and south of Colorado Springs.A sump well is the container below floor level in which the pump is installed. You will be able to buy a 20 gallon to 30 gallon sump well at you local home improvement store, in the plumbing section. Many people opt for a smaller 5 gallon bucket; don�t do it! Your pump will burn out very quickly because it is turning on and off too much, because it can only pump out small quantities of water each time it runs.HAPPENINGSEstella Toleafoa, 23, is expected to enter a plea before 4th Judicial District Judge G. David Miller.Lynch and Sims have accused each other of attacking the girl.North Metro Fire Rescue spokeswoman Wendy Forbes said witnesses reported seeing the plane on fire before it crashed in a field between two subdivisions.In exchange for her plea, prosecutors dropped a first-degree murder charge against Lynch, and she agreed to testify against the child's father. Hanif Sims, Lynch's former boyfriend, is scheduled for an October jury trial for first-degree murder.A Colorado Springs woman is due to be arraigned Thursday on first- degree murder charges in the scalding death of an 8-month-old boy who was left unattended in a bathtub with his 2-year-old brother.The National Transportation Safety Board and FAA are investigating. Strong winds in the area temporarily grounded planes at Denver International Airport in the afternoon.The Daily Camera reports that Frank Bruno plans to leave his job at CU Aug. 1. He became vice chancellor for administration in June 2008. Before that, he was Boulder's city manager for five years.Last year, the Legislature passed a bill aimed at ensuring the pension fund's long-term solvency by reducing the increases, expected to be 3.5 percent last year. Budget officials had warned that without changes, the plan would go broke in 20 years.
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