We just had a french drain system put in the house about 3 months ago. We did this because water came up from the water table and through the basement floor and flooded about 1/3 of the basement about 2 inches thick...anyways, we only see water typucally during the srping thaw, but as I write this MA is going through a heavy rain cycle, supposed to last a couple days....anyways, the french drain is working great (here is a video of my setup working,
Since the french drain was put in, I've fully finsihed the basement off with a new set of stairs and carpet. The more i sit here tonight i worry what i would do if i lost power... i mean the pump has been working for last 5 hours....on for 10 seconds, off for 40 seconds....repeats cycle. What should I do? Generator? Battery back? If so is this somethign i can do or should I pay someone to do it. Because my system runs so nice now, and we dont have any water issues unless a HEAVY HEAVY rain or the spring thaw i'm not to worries about my pump failing (i continue to test it even when its not in use)....but i worry about a power failure, granted we barely get them.
Thoughts?