The wet sump system is the less complex of the two. It features a large, deep oil pan and a single oil pump and filter. It also weighs less and costs less.

A sump pump keeps basements dry. It's absolutely essential if your basement floor pad was poured close to the natural water table. Installing one is pretty simple, but requires some forethought ...

Usually installed in a pit, sump pumps generally last seven to 10 years, sometimes longer. Luckily, the basic steps of testing a sump pump are the same for pretty much any residential model.

Independent Press How a water powered emergency sump pump work Published: Nov. 25, 2011, 4:08 p.m.

PM's article on "Installing a Sump Pump" generated a tremendous amount of reader mail. And although we can't address every question, we tried to answer the most-frequently-asked questions about ...

Q: We’ve had to replace several sump pumps in just a few years and I’m wondering why. We initially had a pump with the float on a rod, but the first time our basement flooded, it was because ...

Sump Pumps A Little Giant 6-CIA Sump Pump. A sump pump removes standing water from the sump basin in a basement or crawlspace. A sump pump can also be used in other applications such as general ...

Power failures aren’t the only reason for a backup system. Sump pumps, which have an average life expectancy of a decade, can fail for other reasons. “Even if your power is on, sump pumps fail ...

Given that most sump pumps will be an occasional-use item during severe weather conditions, a battery back-up sump pump can be offered as an option. They say hindsight is always 20/20, but dead is ...

To create our sump pit, we broke out a 4 x 4-ft. area in the corner, dug down about 30 in., installed a plastic pit liner and surrounded the liner with coarse gravel.