I ran across an ejector pump today that was located in a basement floor. There were no pipes coming out of the pit, and the sewer line was not an overhead sewer line. But it looks to me as if there was some type of vent in the top of the pit cover as anybody ran into this before?
Are you certain that’s an ejector pump and not just a sump pump? With the condensate drain passing through the lid it looks more like a sump pump pit that has a lateral discharge buried in the floor slab.
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I’m with @megbert2 . It must be a side discharge under the floor.
You might be able to remove the little rubber gromet to get a look inside. Also, is that the WH TPR discharge you caught in your picture (2nd picture below)?
Thank you for responding. I think it’s a ejector pump just because there is a sump pump located just a few feet from it that is discharging to the exterior.
I believe it’s an ejector pump. It looks like the floor drain and the air-conditioning condensation line is running into it. There is a sump pump within 10 feet of the ejector pump. It’s a separate pit altogether.
The water heater relief valve extension pipe was not connected and was just lying next to the water heater, so that’s why you’re saying that in the photo. That was noted in the report as the safety issue.
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Were you able to open the cover on the other pit? If so, could you tell if the two pits were connected by a pipe or tile?
I had these two a few weeks ago. One was basically a backup for the other. If yours is a similar type of setup, you would expect to see two discharge pipes though, one from each pit. Is it possible the other pit had two discharge pipes coming out of it?
Do you have a picture from further away that will capture both pits?
I would say that none of that means with any certainty it’s actually an ejector pump and not a sump pump. It could be an independent sump, or it could be tied to the same drain tile as the other pit. There are two floor drains and a clean out cap in the photo. Without opening the lids up, there’s no way to know for certain how everything is tied together. In my area it’s not uncommon to see homes with two sump pumps installed (even next to each other) for a variety of reasons. A proper ejector with a grinder pump would also need to have a plumbing vent.
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My guess it’s an ejector pump pit without the pump for a future bathroom in the basement thats being used as a sump pit for the HVAC condensation drain. If the homeowner decides to install a basement bath the HVAC will need it’s own condensation pump.
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