# sump pump **URL:** \ **Category:** Plumbing Inspections\ **Created:** [July 21, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/sump-pump/79554 "2013-07-21T15:42:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![asilva2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/asilva2/32/264754_2.png) [@asilva2](https://forum.nachi.org/u/asilva2)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/sump-pump/79554/1 "2013-07-21T15:42:26Z")
hi like to find out what is the other pump that i found in the basement? ![2013-07-20 15.40.14.jpg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/original/2X/8/8940857abc53a98dc02b88e39ba4ba3f6b9aa905.jpeg) thank you ---
**Author:** ![nthornberry](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/nthornberry/32/1982_2.png) [@nthornberry](https://forum.nachi.org/u/nthornberry)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/sump-pump/79554/2 "2013-07-21T15:45:45Z")
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**Author:** ![asilva2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/asilva2/32/264754_2.png) [@asilva2](https://forum.nachi.org/u/asilva2)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/sump-pump/79554/3 "2013-07-21T15:49:37Z")
Thank you i am new on it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![nthornberry](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/nthornberry/32/1982_2.png) [@nthornberry](https://forum.nachi.org/u/nthornberry)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/sump-pump/79554/4 "2013-07-21T15:51:05Z")
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**Author:** ![asilva2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/asilva2/32/264754_2.png) [@asilva2](https://forum.nachi.org/u/asilva2)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/sump-pump/79554/5 "2013-07-21T15:54:44Z")
nope. it’s a unfinished basement and nothing else over there, but it’s walk out basement ---
**Author:** ![nthornberry](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/nthornberry/32/1982_2.png) [@nthornberry](https://forum.nachi.org/u/nthornberry)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/sump-pump/79554/6 "2013-07-21T16:18:28Z")
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**Author:** ![gmathias1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/gmathias1/32/194308_2.png) [@gmathias1](https://forum.nachi.org/u/gmathias1)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/sump-pump/79554/7 "2013-07-21T18:31:36Z")
Where is this(state). This looks more like a sump pump with a winter bypass. The Y fitting is upside down. In the summer it pumps outside and in the winter into the main sewer line. ---
**Author:** ![nthornberry](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/nthornberry/32/1982_2.png) [@nthornberry](https://forum.nachi.org/u/nthornberry)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/sump-pump/79554/8 "2013-07-21T18:38:44Z")
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**Author:** ![kleonard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/kleonard/32/170953_2.png) [@kleonard](https://forum.nachi.org/u/kleonard)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/sump-pump/79554/9 "2013-07-21T20:25:09Z")
> [@asilva2](#): > > hi like to find out what is the other pump that i found in the basement? > > ![2013-07-20 15.40.14.jpg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/original/2X/8/8940857abc53a98dc02b88e39ba4ba3f6b9aa905.jpeg) > > thank you It’s a grinder pump. They are used when dirty water or waste needs to be pumped up & out. Did you see the main sewer going through a wall above the the floor level? Is the laundry in the basement? Is there a bathroom rough in? ---
**Author:** ![jkeilson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/jkeilson/32/59574_2.png) [@jkeilson](https://forum.nachi.org/u/jkeilson)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/sump-pump/79554/10 "2013-07-21T21:10:08Z")
> [@kleonard](#): > > It’s a grinder pump. They are used when dirty water or waste needs to be pumped up & out. > > Did you see the main sewer going through a wall above the the floor level? > > Is the laundry in the basement? > Is there a bathroom rough in? That is correct. Around here they call them crock pumps or in the trade "Shi…t ejectors…LOL Jim The end is near. ---
**Author:** ![nthornberry](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/nthornberry/32/1982_2.png) [@nthornberry](https://forum.nachi.org/u/nthornberry)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/sump-pump/79554/11 "2013-07-21T23:25:27Z")
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**Author:** ![mcyr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/mcyr/32/173319_2.png) [@mcyr](https://forum.nachi.org/u/mcyr)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/sump-pump/79554/12 "2013-07-21T23:41:59Z")
Could be both, connection of exit drain pipe would say. I have seen vented sumps like the picture. ![2013-07-20%2015_40_14.jpg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/original/2X/c/cfa73d356ba39d30d2fbbbdfd6289d2c08c2e0fa.jpeg) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jkeilson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/jkeilson/32/59574_2.png) [@jkeilson](https://forum.nachi.org/u/jkeilson)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 11:41am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/sump-pump/79554/13 "2013-07-22T11:41:26Z")
> [@nthornberry](#): > > I still want to know about this sump with two output options. > > The picture I see very clearly has a vent. **These people are lucky- pre plumbed basement for a bathroom**! That is very common around here in most new construction. At least for the past 10 years or so. I get asked on almost every inspection of a new or 10 yr or less home, “Jim, what is this”…:shock: Jim The end is near ---
**Author:** ![dgagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@dgagne](https://forum.nachi.org/u/dgagne)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/sump-pump/79554/14 "2013-07-22T14:30:35Z")
It looks like a vent coming out of the slab for a floor drain and the floor drain is going into the sump. Is there a condensing piece of equipment next to the water heater? ---
**Author:** ![nthornberry](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/nthornberry/32/1982_2.png) [@nthornberry](https://forum.nachi.org/u/nthornberry)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/sump-pump/79554/15 "2013-07-22T16:21:16Z")
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**Author:** ![dgagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@dgagne](https://forum.nachi.org/u/dgagne)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/sump-pump/79554/16 "2013-07-23T14:50:56Z")
you are right, it would seem like alot of work to avoid a condensate pump, maybe the floor drain is also serving the floor …floor drain. There appears to be a 3" receiver about 2’ from the sump with 2 pipes draining into it. There may be a future bath roughed into the slab also. ---
**Author:** ![Rony\_Mikal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8c91f0/32.png) [@Rony\_Mikal](https://forum.nachi.org/u/Rony_Mikal)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/sump-pump/79554/17 "2013-07-25T12:47:03Z")
Booster pump. ---
**Author:** ![smarcus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@smarcus](https://forum.nachi.org/u/smarcus)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 2:28am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/sump-pump/79554/18 "2013-08-15T02:28:34Z")
what is the result of reaching water to test sump pump? ---
**Author:** ![kleonard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/kleonard/32/170953_2.png) [@kleonard](https://forum.nachi.org/u/kleonard)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 10:45am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/sump-pump/79554/19 "2013-08-15T10:45:42Z")
Did an inspection a few days ago & found a good example of a fresh water sump next to a grinder sump. ![P8070009.jpg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/original/3X/f/3/f305080b97cda435c728ae94a305d7989fc57117.jpeg)