My sump hole is filling at a rate of about one inch per minute right now. After the snowiest December in recorded history, we just experienced 3 days of record warmth for these dates - about 10 C.
So the 4 feet of snow has all but melted and the ground is thawing and man, oh man, am I ever lucky to have just purchased a new sump pump before Christmas.
Why buy a new sump pump in the heart of the winter? Well, my water softener drains into my sump hole and on December 24th when I went into the work room, where the sump hole is, I smelled electrical meltdown and traced it to a humming (and stuck) sump motor. So, as sugar plums were dancing in my kids’ heads I replaced the sump pump.
Very, very, fortunate for me. This kind of luck NEVER comes my way.
Neato - I just got myself a new sump pump, too. Of course, this is after it failed miserably and a lot of water got into my basement (don’t worry - I kept the concrete floor empty out of mistrust of the sump pump)…but I’m really pleased that I finally got a new one, as I was unsure of the age of the old one. Plus, according to a couple people I talked to, I got an awesome one.
We’ve had some crazy snow and now a week of even crazier rain, so I’m very glad I got one too. I don’t mind having to clean up all that water, now that I know my pump is reliable!
I had a similar piece of luck when I wandered into the utility room one day this fall and heard a strange whining/humming sound coming from the septic pump. 'Course, I had no idea that’s what it was, but my terror of all unidentified sounds worked in my favor (for once), and my husband was able to quickly and efficiently replace the pump without the customary raw sewage spill with accompanying high-volume cursing.
I’d be careful with that fate-tempting thing you have going on, though.
