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Plumbing problems don't wait - neither do we!
Plumbing problems don't wait - neither do we!
If you’ve got a bathroom in your basement, you probably have a sewer ejector pump. Gravity can’t push waste uphill, so the pump does that job for you. It sits in a pit, collects everything from your basement toilet and sink, then pumps it up to your main sewer line.
When that pump quits working, your basement bathroom becomes useless. The toilet won’t flush, the sink won’t drain, and if you keep using it anyway, you’ll have sewage backing up into the pit and eventually onto your basement floor. Not a situation you want to deal with.
Most pumps fail because they’re old and worn out. The motor burns out after years of use. Sometimes the float switch sticks and the pump won’t turn on when it should. Other times, something got flushed that shouldn’t have been (baby wipes, feminine products, things like that) and it jams up the impeller.
We get calls about ejector pumps that run constantly too. That usually means there’s a leak in the discharge line and the pump can’t keep up. It’s trying to pump water that just keeps coming back.
Repairing or replacing an ejector pump takes us a few hours. We pull the old pump out of the pit, check the discharge line for problems, and either fix what’s broken or install a new pump. We test everything before we leave to make sure it’s pumping properly and shutting off when it should.
Some homeowners don’t even know they have an ejector pump until it stops working. It’s usually in a corner of your basement with a lid on the pit. If you hear it running all the time or your basement bathroom isn’t draining, give us a call before it becomes a bigger mess.