Thought you meant Arizona homes all have bolted lids on their sumps.
No way I unbolt the sh-ty ejectors.
I could show you a pretty picture of the one I had replaced.
We have both sump pumps and sewage pumps in VERY few basement homes, shame there isn’t more, they stay about 75-80 degrees all summer long—Perfect—
They do if they have a Pump in the sump----
In Massachusetts…if it’s bolted, it’s a sewer ejector.
I simply run all water (in the basement) until I hear the pump kick in.
I have inspected several homes recently that had the sump pump bolted and caulked and vented to the exterior for radon mitigation.
Exactly…same here in Michigan. I won’t be unbolting the sh!tty things.
Not legally…
Pretty common around here. Are the rules different out your way?
http://www.radon-environmental.com/images/sump-suck.jpg
A suction point in a sump pit showing sealed cover. Note the suction gauge mounted on the vertical suction pipe coming through the sump cover.
Sure, thanks. I wasn’t thinking that direction…not a lot of radon up here.
I’m not sure about the exact mitigation installation regulations in Massachusetts, but I have never seen a sump pit utilized for a Radon mitigation. I don’t see a problem with utilizing a sump pit as it saves time in coring the floor.
Every last radon system that I’ve seen in Massachusetts always penetrates the floor through a cored hole.
http://www.masscertifiedhomeinspections.com/?D=117
The EPA states: “One variation of subslab and drain tile suction is sump hole suction. Often, when a house with a basement has a sump pump to remove unwanted water, the sump can be capped so that it can continue to drain water and serve as the location for a radon suction pipe.”