Please DONT use that flex pipe. It is a terrible material. Sry you bought it but grab the blue material in one hand near a black end and hold the end of the flex pipe (black part) in the other...pull apart and you will see a clear tube under the blue. This stuff is just terrible. You have the correct white part and one of the black 90 ells. You can buy different length poly nipples rather than that flex tube. If you want a distance more than they have in nipples just get 2-1/2" male adapters and a short piece of 1/2" pvp pipe. Just use the male adapters and pipe to make your own length nipple. Good luck, Tom

I take it your not on a septic?? But a public sewer? Did you pay any of the numerous plumbers to run a camera down your sewer line? To make sure that it is not broken?? My dad is just selling his house. Plumbing works fine. An inspection of the plumbing - paid for by the buyers - found that his plumbing line is broke. Been sending waste into the ground for who knows how long.... Now, it's going to get repaired. So, have you had your plumbing insides checked? If your on a septic - then you should be looking into your 'as built'.

You may be right about just digging a sump beneath where I am going to cut the pipe. A few shovelsfull isn't really that much, is it? In fact, I have an old hand operated bilge pump that would probably get most of the water out after the dirt settles a bit, and I need to excavate some room to work in anyway. Don't know why I didn't think of that. I guess 4 gallons sounded to me like more than the 2/3 cu. ft. it really is. I'm not sure how I'm being charged for sewer at present, but I don't think it's based on my water usage as reflected by my water meter readings. More likely it has to do with things like number of bedrooms, existence of a swimming pool, hot tub, and the like. I don't think gardening counts, because the water stays on the land. But thanks for the idea -- I'll look into it. I have to say, I'm a bit surprised at how cautionary many responses have been about the legal aspects of having one's own well. As I've tried to point out, many of the households in my neighborhood are presently on wells, and some have recently changed from "company" water to nature's. A number of the parcels are larger than my 1/2 acre, several people have horses, and one neighbor has a horse and a mule. As far as I know there is no problem keeping chickens or goats. And every once in a while, I hear what sounds like a gunshot or two and wonder what that is about. My wife and I were "allowed" by the county to design and build our own home 20 years ago, and she and I did the whole shebang, including plumbing and electric, while being visited frequently by our, sometimes intrusive but usually helpful, building inspector.

Was the problem ever identified and rectified? I am having the same dilemna at my house. I have lived in this ranch built in 1960 for about a year and a half. Two weeks ago I noticed the crock was about 3/4 full and the pump wasn't working. I manually lifted the float and the pump ejected the water that was in the crock. I did this for about 5 cycles and was surprised the crock kept taking on water. I eventually burned the pump out and had to bail the crock by hand. I installed a new 1/2HP submersible pump (someone else bailed while I went to Homeless Depot). The new pump has been cycling twice a minute and the incoming flow is showing no signs of tappering off. I considered a leak in the city water lead to my house but have not noticed any soggy spots in the lawn. I attached a pool hose off the 1-1/2" discharge point outside the house at grade. I ran the pool hose all the way to the ditch at the street to avoid ponding outside the house and further foundation drainage. I am baffled with this situation as the sump did not run like this last spring at this time, and the pump I replaced looked original.... so it must not have been overworked during the last 48 years. We have not had rain in over 6 days and the crock continues to take on a steady stream of water. My only thought is the water table has risen and is now at a depth equivalent to my perimeter foundation drains. My neighbors are not experiencing the same problems - and they're houses are relatively at the same grade as mine. I could replace/add a larger capacity crock.... but I need to get the water to seive before getting into that weekend warrior special. Any other ideas for potential causes before I have to call in the profesionals to assist? Thanks