How to Install a sump pump with This Old House

Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to install a sump pump.

Steps:

1 Set sump basin upside down on basement floor; mark its outline on floor.

2 Use demolition hammer to chop through concrete floor.

3 Dig hole deep enough to set basin flush with floor.

4 Wrap the sump basin with filter fabric.

5 Set the basin in the hole.

6 Add several inches of gravel to basin.

7 Lay stone paver on top of gravel.

8 Set pump on top of paver.

9 Connect check valve and PVC pipe to pump; run pipe up a nearby wall.

10 Drill hole through house wall with hole saw.

11 Continue PVC pipe through wall and extend to the outdoors.

12 Mix concrete in trough using a hoe.

13 Fill in around the basin top with concrete; smooth the concrete with a pointed trowel.

14 Plug in pump, then test it by filling the basin with water.