A couple mornings ago I was in the back of the house and heard a very loud strange noise. I thought that it must be something outside so I ran to the back door to open it and see if the noise came from outside. As soon as I got to the back door I knew the noise was coming from in the house. More than that it came from downstairs.
I bounced down the stairs and was getting closer to the noise. The noise came from under the stairwell and there I found my sump pump running. Funny thing but there was no water in the sump. It's winter and we don't have water out side. Well, my brain told me to pull the plug out for the sump pump and the noise stopped immediately.
Well. I still had to find out why the sump pump suddenly started running. Sump pumps don't pump snow.
I soon found out that the cable holding the floats had rusted and broke.
However, I will fix my sump pump now so it's ready for any water in the spring or summer
We had a sump pump in our previous house on a clay bed. We're on rock here, and no one has sump pumps.
ReplyDeleteThat was an alarming alarm.
ReplyDeleteThe tale of the spooky sump pump. I have a sump pump in my garden which connects to French garden drains and it pumps excess rain water to the street gutter. I am having it cleaned and checked soon since I have had it 5 years.
ReplyDeleteA fortunately timed warning!
ReplyDeleteIt is good to have the pump fixed and ready, just in case.
ReplyDeleteTake care, have a great day.
There's alwags something to go wrong in a house!! Good on you for being able to diagnose and fix it.
ReplyDeleteIt's nice you know what you are doing when it comes to fixing the sump pump, Red. Ours was running a lot last week as we had so much rain.
ReplyDeleteSuch pumps are essential here too. Hope our continues to work. Good luck with it, Red.
ReplyDeleteMust've sounded like a little green man knocking on the floor. The sump pumps I've dealt with would have been easier to replace than to find the parts to fix. Good luck with your repair. Linda in Kansas
ReplyDeleteUnexpected noises are a concern until the cause is found. Of course, sometimes the cause creates more problems!
ReplyDeleteGood thing you heard it! Eventually the motor would have burned out!
ReplyDeleteOur sum pump comes on quite regularly, clay soil!
ReplyDeleteVery good and important sleuthing Red! -Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteWell, that must have been a surprise!
ReplyDeleteLucky you are a handy fellow!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you found out what the problem was so that you could fix it :)
ReplyDeleteBest to get on top of that.
ReplyDeleteExcellent diagnostics!
ReplyDeleteGood thing that you could figure out soon what was wrong,otherwise it would have been quite stressful
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