Sewer & Drain · Nashville, TN
Sump Pump Installation in Nashville
A new pit, pump, check valve and discharge line carried well clear of the foundation, where none was before.
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Sump Pump Installation in Nashville, Tennessee
A new pit, pump, check valve and discharge line carried well clear of the foundation, where none was before.
For sump pump installation, Nashville's Sewer and Drain works across Middle Tennessee — licensed, insured, with the price in writing before the work starts. Drain and sewer crews who clear the stoppage first, then put a camera down the line and show you what caused it.
Why homeowners call
Signs that bring people to us for this
- Sewage coming up a floor drain
- Every drain in the house slow at once
- Gurgling toilet when the washer drains
- Sewer smell in the yard or basement
- A soggy, sunken strip over the sewer line
- Roots back in the line every year
- Sump pump running and running
What is included
What our sump pump installation work includes
- Pit located at the low point
- Hole cut through the slab or dug in the crawl
- Perforated basin set in washed gravel
- Pump set level on a firm base
- Check valve and union fitted for future service
- Discharge pipe sized to the pump outlet
- Line carried out to ground that falls away
- Dedicated outlet and a high-water alarm added
How Sump Pump Installation goes, from cleanout to final pass
The pit goes where the water collects. In a basement that is usually the lowest corner, or the spot where existing drain tile can be brought to it. In a crawl space it is the low point where puddles form after rain, and a vapor barrier, if there is one, is cut and sealed around the basin lid.
A standard residential basin is about eighteen inches across and roughly two feet deep. A smaller pit fills and empties faster, so the pump starts more often and wears out sooner, while a larger one gives each cycle more water to move. Where inflow is heavy, a bigger basin is worth the extra digging.
Discharge pipe is usually inch-and-a-half PVC with a check valve just above the pump and a union so the pump can come out without cutting pipe. Outside, the line should drop to daylight or a pop-up emitter, with a freeze guard fitting near the house so an iced-over line in January can’t back the pump up.
Plug the pump into its own outlet. Shared circuits trip when something else on them starts up, and an extension cord is a common cause of failure. A high-water alarm on a separate outlet tells you when the pump has stopped, which a quiet pit never will.
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Other sewer, drain and septic work
Sump Pump Services
Sump pits, pumps, check valves and discharge lines for basements and crawl spaces that take water in a hard rain.
Learn moreSump Pump Repair
A pump that hums but will not empty the pit, cycles every few minutes or runs nonstop, put right or honestly condemned.
Learn moreSump Pump Replacement
A worn-out pump swapped for one sized to how fast the pit fills, with the check valve replaced at the same time.
Learn moreBattery Backup Sump Pump
A second pump on its own battery that takes over when the power goes out in the same storm that fills the pit.
Learn moreService area
Sewer and drain calls we take across Middle Tennessee
Our trucks reach Nashville and 100 more towns in 12 counties, and we take sewer and septic calls anywhere within about an hour of the city.
FAQ
Sump Pump Installation: what people ask first
Does my basement need a sump pump?
If water comes in through the floor or where the wall meets the floor during heavy rain, yes. A sump fed by drain tile around the inside of the foundation collects that water and pumps it out before it spreads across the floor. A basement that stays dry through wet seasons usually doesn’t need one, and a damp one may need grading or gutters first.
How deep should a sump pit be?
Most residential pits are about two feet deep and eighteen inches across, deep enough that the pump sits below the drain tile it collects from and the float has room to travel. The basin should have holes or slots to let groundwater in and sit in washed gravel so silt stays out. A pit that is too shallow or too narrow makes the pump cycle constantly.
Can a sump pump be installed in a crawl space?
Yes, at the low point where water collects after rain. The pit is dug into the soil with a perforated basin set in gravel, and the discharge runs out through the foundation wall to ground that falls away. Where there is a vapor barrier, it is sealed around the basin lid so the pit can still be opened for service.
Does a sump pump need its own outlet?
It should have one. A dedicated outlet on its own circuit means a freezer or a space heater won’t trip the breaker the pump depends on, and it avoids extension cords, which overheat and work loose. Plug a high-water alarm into a different circuit, so a tripped pump circuit doesn’t silence the alarm along with it.
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Call or write to Nashville's Sewer and Drain with what the drains are doing; we clear the line first and price any repair from the camera footage.