A sump pump is an incredibly useful item to have in your basement: Unsophisticated but essential. It’s basically motorized pump in a bucket, buried below the floor of your basement or crawlspace ...

However, let's say you want to accelerate, decelerate, or corner with force. Well, the oil in your wet-sump system could move so far from the inlet to the pump that it literally can't deliver that ...

Dig Out the Sump Hole With your rotary hammer, drill a series of 1-in.-dia. holes through your basement floor foundation slab, following the larger of your two lines. Be sure to use eye and ...