Sump Pump Services

Sump Pump Repair and Installation

When you have a perimeter drainage system installed in your home, your sump pump is your main line of defense against a basement flood. If you can't count on your sump system to be powerful or reliable enough, then you can't count on a dry basement. And what good is the space if it gets wet?

At Amanda Plumbing, we install sump pumps that are designed to protect your home or building from unsanitary and damaging ground and flood waters. Our plumbers offer a variety of submersible sump pumps that can be installed into a basement pit. Because severe weather that causes flooding may also cause a power outage, our plumbers also install battery-operated sump pumps to provide you with a backup source of water removal in the event of an electrical outage. We have an answer to clogging sump pumps, power failures, torrential rainfall, and much more!

Every technician at Amanda Plumbing is trained extensively in diagnosing and repairing sump pump issues and sump pump drainage issues. Because of our confidence in our technicians, we offer sump pump replacements as a pre-priced service, billing by the job with up front pricing given at the time of scheduling rather than coming out for an estimate and pushing any high-pressure sales.

How To Check Your Sump Pump

You can test your sump pump by running water through it. Fill your sump pit with enough water to raise the float until the pump kicks on. If you’re filling the pit and the water level gets near the top of the pit, but the pump doesn’t activate, you may have a bad switch. If the pump does activate, it should lower the water level in the pit, removing almost all of the water.

If you’re not able to add water to the pump, you can lift the float arm up and see if the pump turns on. The method will not confirm water will actually be pumped out of the pit unless it is holding at the time of the test.

How To Check Your Sump Pump

Any hole dug deep into the earth is bound to filter in water, especially when it rains. Your basement is exactly that. A 7-foot-deep hole in the ground. Water will naturally try to fill this hole whether it's from a recent rain filtering down through the dirt or possibly just an unfortunately high water table around your home.

To combat this, we use nature against itself. By digging an even deeper hole and creating a path of least resistance by means of perforated drains under your basement floor, we lure the water into a trap. Once the water fills the sump pit enough to lift the float, a switch activates triggering an impeller in the sump pump to pull the water up and out of the pit through a sump discharge line and away from your home.

Why does your sump pump run when your neighbor's does not?

The most likely cause is improper or malfunctioning drainage outside the home.

In nearly every instance around central Ohio, your sump pump discharge drain will exit your house and tie into the same drain your downspouts use. If you refer to our DOWNSPOUT DRAINAGE page you will find the common issues with these drains explained.

These same blockages keep your sump pump from pushing water all the way to the street. Have it instead overflow out of your drain connections, down the outside of your basement walls, and back into your sump pump. This creates a cycle of frequent pumping with only a small portion of the discharge water reaching the street.



Your neighbor, whose drains may be in better working order, will experience much less activity from his sump pump because the water flows naturally away from the house after being pumped.

With a little work, your system can be made to work just as well!

Sump Pump Repair

Although we do not recommend repairing the pump itself, your pump system may require maintenance such as leaks on discharge lines, malfunctioning check valves, or rocks stuck in impellers. All of these can be easily repaired with a quick service call by our trained professionals.

When to consider sump pump installation

A common reason why people have a sump pump installed is because they have experienced one or more floods in their basement. The cleanup of a flooded basement is time-consuming and costly. Flood waters can also damage mechanical systems, items stored in the basement and the home's floors and foundation walls.

Do you need a battery backup pump

This question can be answered with another. Do you have a finished basement? Do you have anything in your basement that you care about? The most common large-scale home insurance claim is for a flooded basement and most basements flood without warning.

A battery backup sump pump system is more than just a secondary power source. It is a complete sump pump system operating totally separate from your main pump save for sharing a discharge line.

This means that a battery backup sump pump will:

• Continue operation of the sump pump system in a power outage
• Continue operation of the sump pump system if the main pump fails
• Aid in water evacuation in a situation where your main pump cannot keep up with the incoming flow.