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We just got a very wet snow here in Denver. My sump pump has been turning on with increasing frequency over the last day and a half. It's now turning on about every 3 minutes. I replaced the pump last year when I bought the house. Is this normal? Is the water seeping back into the pump and being "recycled"? How do I tell if this is happening?
I have attached images of the discharge area. We have thick clay soils so drainage is very slow. My neighbor says he has put in a drain-tile along the fence but that area is still a pond every time it snows/rains. Should I put in some sort of surface drain (instead of another drain-tile) to carry the water to the street and into the storm drain? Do I need to add more dirt to slope away from the house? Is it normal to hook up the discharge to a pipe that leads to the front so it can flow across the sidewalk and into the gutter?
I plan on putting river-rock in this entire area because I think it will always be soggy no matter what I do -- but that's a topic for another forum.
I have attached images of the discharge area. We have thick clay soils so drainage is very slow. My neighbor says he has put in a drain-tile along the fence but that area is still a pond every time it snows/rains. Should I put in some sort of surface drain (instead of another drain-tile) to carry the water to the street and into the storm drain? Do I need to add more dirt to slope away from the house? Is it normal to hook up the discharge to a pipe that leads to the front so it can flow across the sidewalk and into the gutter?
I plan on putting river-rock in this entire area because I think it will always be soggy no matter what I do -- but that's a topic for another forum.
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