We have lived in our house for 4 years. Every year we talk about doing our sump pump project and every year the snow falls before we get it done. This year we decided it was finally time to get this project done.
Here in MN we have a hole in our basement floor that the water under our house runs into. When the hole fills up, there is a sump pump that pumps the water out of our house. Our basement is lower than most, so our pump runs all the time. We always have a stream of water running in front of our house. We decided to bury a pipe in our backyard so the water can run to the pond.
We didn't think this project would be that hard, rent a trencher and throw some pipe in it, but we were WRONG. The lumber yard here in town only had 3 inch pipe, but we didn't think that would be a problem because the trencher did a 4 inch trench. Doug had to keep the trencher really straight or the pipe wouldn't fit in the hole. Then there were also big rocks that he kept hitting.
It was a really long day, but I think the boys enjoyed playing outside ALL day long.
After 3 Saturdays working on the project, we finally got it done. I hope it works better this winter and doesn't freeze!
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