Sump pump

[nbhi]

One sump pump only. The surface drain is hooked up to city sewer.
The plastic linner is solid, no holes,etc. I think they forgot to install pipe for footers.

[Timothy J. Lower]

Gotcha!!! Depending on the age of the home, It may not have been required to have drain tiles under or around the basement of the home. In this case all you can do is report on what you see. What I see in this pic. is a sump pump acting as a surface drain. If this is a newer home you may want to refer them to the builder or plumber to futher investigate. You need to be careful what you say, because if you tell them there may be drain tiles there they may start cutting holes in the sump well, and if there ends up being no drain tiles there, who are they going to blame. This is why I say to report on what you see and only what you see. You can advise them of the purpose of sump pumps and how they operate, but I would not say that there may be drain tiles going to or not going to this.

[David P. Valley]

First of all, there shouldn't be any dirt next to the pump, period...this'll cause problems. Secondly, that piece of wood in that sump hole appears to have never gotten wet., so it appears to be a dry well. And thirdly, I don't see any water lines on the inside of that liner, so I would imagine that water does not accumulate in this sump hole the builder installed this sump just as a precautionary measure, in case it was needed.

I report all all sump pump activity. If I had this one, my report would state that the sump float was not tested due to "NO WATER".