12-14-2014, 06:35 PM
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Well since this has become a full on project I'm starting it's own thread.
The job is easier than expected but we still have a lot of water seeping in. I hit fucking roots! Little bitty roots deep in the hole once we broke through.
Project area to work in - right where the column is but only over to the left a bit. Took out the first shelf for now to make it easier to work and once the pump is in the pit, I should be able to have my shelves. I also made a ton of shelf space because there was nothing but shit to go into the trash anyway. Two problems solved. Talking to LK we decided to chance where to dig instead of under the stairs, we went left of the column to fully avoid footer issues. Glad we did.
Before:
Anyway, Matt rented the big Bosch breaker like in this pic Biker showed:
basementJackhammer_06_6_28_2014.jpg (Size: 66.82 KB / Downloads: 46)
Took all of an hour to bust through and get a 24x24 hole cut out.
Took another hour to dig through the mud and gravel and water and now the hole is prepped. Just need Matt to run an outlet there tomorrow or sometime this week.
The hole ready to fill with the basin:
The basin prepped for installation - I'm going to wrap it in landscape screening to prevent the silt from flowing through the holes. Matt's picking up gravel and Quickcrete on his way home tomorrow or sometime this week.
We purchased the 3/4 HP stick pump, not submersible and instead of the 1 3/4 tubing to pump out, we bought a hose adapter and a rubber hose - good rubber, not plastic, and we're going to trail that up and out along the ceiling to the same 'cheat' I have the water pumping out into now, the 4" waste line. EASY PEASY.
The job is easier than expected but we still have a lot of water seeping in. I hit fucking roots! Little bitty roots deep in the hole once we broke through.
Project area to work in - right where the column is but only over to the left a bit. Took out the first shelf for now to make it easier to work and once the pump is in the pit, I should be able to have my shelves. I also made a ton of shelf space because there was nothing but shit to go into the trash anyway. Two problems solved. Talking to LK we decided to chance where to dig instead of under the stairs, we went left of the column to fully avoid footer issues. Glad we did.
Before:
Anyway, Matt rented the big Bosch breaker like in this pic Biker showed:
basementJackhammer_06_6_28_2014.jpg (Size: 66.82 KB / Downloads: 46)
Took all of an hour to bust through and get a 24x24 hole cut out.
Took another hour to dig through the mud and gravel and water and now the hole is prepped. Just need Matt to run an outlet there tomorrow or sometime this week.
The hole ready to fill with the basin:
The basin prepped for installation - I'm going to wrap it in landscape screening to prevent the silt from flowing through the holes. Matt's picking up gravel and Quickcrete on his way home tomorrow or sometime this week.
We purchased the 3/4 HP stick pump, not submersible and instead of the 1 3/4 tubing to pump out, we bought a hose adapter and a rubber hose - good rubber, not plastic, and we're going to trail that up and out along the ceiling to the same 'cheat' I have the water pumping out into now, the 4" waste line. EASY PEASY.
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