# Sump pit with holes in bottom

**URL:** <https://forum.nachi.org/t/sump-pit-with-holes-in-bottom/226219>\
**Category:** Misc. Discussion\
**Created:** [March 1, 2023, 1:28am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/sump-pit-with-holes-in-bottom/226219 "2023-03-01T01:28:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![jjonas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/jjonas/32/301755_2.png) [@jjonas](https://forum.nachi.org/u/jjonas)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/sump-pit-with-holes-in-bottom/226219/21 "2023-03-01T02:46:41Z")

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> [@bcawhern1](#):
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> That sounds like a terrible idea

I’ve heard of some areas/inner-cities requiring them on some properties for ground water recharge wells.  
Perhaps the idea derived from old cistern tanks.

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**Author:** ![mparks3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/mparks3/32/277434_2.png) [@mparks3](https://forum.nachi.org/u/mparks3)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 4:56am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/sump-pit-with-holes-in-bottom/226219/22 "2023-03-01T04:56:06Z")

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At first I thought you were talking about this.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/original/4X/4/9/7/4974bb935b4b84bdb6dcb338d6af0a8aaa37cecf.png)

This is Zoeller but others have similar requirements but different location requirements for the hole.

> [@ashirley2](#):
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> So the water drains directly into the ground under the pit in the basement.

So, the pit is there so you can watch the water drain?

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**Author:** ![mdurante](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/mdurante/32/289617_2.png) [@mdurante](https://forum.nachi.org/u/mdurante)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 4:56am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/sump-pit-with-holes-in-bottom/226219/23 "2023-03-01T04:56:14Z")

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> [@ashirley2](#):
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> 60 tons of stone under the basement floor.

If the basement floor is around 1200 sq ft, that’s about a 12" layer of 'stone "… Give or take a little depending on what kind of stone it is…

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**Author:** ![jjonas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/jjonas/32/301755_2.png) [@jjonas](https://forum.nachi.org/u/jjonas)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 5:05am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/sump-pit-with-holes-in-bottom/226219/24 "2023-03-01T05:05:48Z")

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> [@mdurante](#):
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> that’s about a 12" layer of 'stone "

Which would make it a better _Radon Pit_ than a _Sump Pit_!

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**Author:** ![ryoung7](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/ryoung7/32/188798_2.png) [@ryoung7](https://forum.nachi.org/u/ryoung7)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/sump-pit-with-holes-in-bottom/226219/25 "2023-03-01T14:13:41Z")

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> [@mwilles](#):
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> Under what license!

That’s it?  
Grow up.

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