alansweeney
11-09-04, 09:03 AM
Just recently purchased a house with a well.
The intake from the well pitless adapter runs into the house in the basement below the floor in a finished bedroom. There is an access hole in this floor for a Tee in the pipe, which used to run to a mobile home next to the house which shared the same well. The mobile home is no longer there, but the tee in the pipe remains.
My problem is that the access hole in the floor fills with water. The hole is about 15 x 15 inches, and 16 inches deep. It is lined with wood (which is starting to rot from the moisture) and has dirt and gravel on the bottom. The water is usually about 8 inches deep, but will rise to about 12 inches (only 4 inches below the carpet!) when there is large amounts of rain/snow melt.
There is a sump pump in another room about 20 feet away from this hole. The pump runs once in awhile, and the water level there is well below the basement floor.
So the problem seems to be that this access hole has blocked the drainage to the sump.
Here is my question. Can I get rid of the Tee in this line, since it is no longer used, and fill this hole with hydraulic cement. If I do this, can I assume that the water will start to drain properly, or should I take extra precautions and ensure that there is a drainage system to ensure that after I fill the hole that I don't end up with water seeping through the concrete floor?
Any help is appreciated.
I have picures of this here: http://alansweeney.freeservers.com/main.html
(I pumped out the water, but it refilled after about 12 hours)
The intake from the well pitless adapter runs into the house in the basement below the floor in a finished bedroom. There is an access hole in this floor for a Tee in the pipe, which used to run to a mobile home next to the house which shared the same well. The mobile home is no longer there, but the tee in the pipe remains.
My problem is that the access hole in the floor fills with water. The hole is about 15 x 15 inches, and 16 inches deep. It is lined with wood (which is starting to rot from the moisture) and has dirt and gravel on the bottom. The water is usually about 8 inches deep, but will rise to about 12 inches (only 4 inches below the carpet!) when there is large amounts of rain/snow melt.
There is a sump pump in another room about 20 feet away from this hole. The pump runs once in awhile, and the water level there is well below the basement floor.
So the problem seems to be that this access hole has blocked the drainage to the sump.
Here is my question. Can I get rid of the Tee in this line, since it is no longer used, and fill this hole with hydraulic cement. If I do this, can I assume that the water will start to drain properly, or should I take extra precautions and ensure that there is a drainage system to ensure that after I fill the hole that I don't end up with water seeping through the concrete floor?
Any help is appreciated.
I have picures of this here: http://alansweeney.freeservers.com/main.html
(I pumped out the water, but it refilled after about 12 hours)