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When you think of winter, what comes to your mind? Colder weather may be one, but you also probably think of rain, storms, and even snowmelt. Winter is quite the season for us here, and weather events can lead to flooding dangers that can lead to significant damage to homes in our area, including yours. Of course, you can protect your home against flooding with one very important system\u2014the sump pump.<\/p>\n
If your home already has a sump pump, you\u2019re in good shape! But, you need to check and make sure it\u2019s actually ready to do its job if needed. Since your sump pump only comes on occasionally, during an emergency, it\u2019s important to know if it\u2019s ready to do its job at any giving moment. Keep reading as we help you give your sump pump a short inspection and a test. You\u2019ll learn ahead of time if you need sump pump repairs, or even if you should start looking into an upgrade.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re sorry if it seems like we are asking an obvious question, but it\u2019s still one that needs to be asked. Your sump pump might have gotten unplugged on accident over the season, and you do not want to find this out once flooding has occurred. It\u2019s also wise to check on the outlet your sump pump is plugged into to ensure it\u2019s a GFCI outlet, for your home safety. Make sure too that the \u201creset\u201d button hasn\u2019t popped up.<\/p>\n
Check out the sump\u2014or rather, the pit\u2014where water collects. Is there any debris in it that needs to be cleared away? Debris can potentially get caught in the sump pump\u2019s lines.<\/p>\n
This is also called the \u201cweep hole,\u201d and is located on the discharge pipe. If this area of your sump pump gets blocked, it could airlock the sump pump, preventing it from functioning as it should.<\/p>\n
Now comes the part where you actually test the functionality of your sump pump. Take a bucket of water and pour it into the sump pump. Watch to see if it raises the float and then activates the motor in the pump. Check the weep hold to see if a small stream of water comes out of it. Make sure that once the pump has finished removing the water that it shuts off again.<\/p>\n
Once you\u2019ve gone through the above steps, be sure to look over the rest of the piping and visually inspect if there are any leaks. Even if you just suspect a leak, please call us right away.<\/p>\n
If you test your sump pump and it doesn\u2019t work, or doesn\u2019t work as you think it should, <\/em>then we recommend giving our staff a call right away so we can give your sump pump a closer look, and a professional touch.<\/p>\n We\u2019ll be able to accurately diagnose the problem and find the best way to fix it so you can count on this system all season long.<\/p>\n For <\/strong>Ashburn, VA plumbing services<\/strong><\/a>, contact <\/strong>AllTech Services, Inc.<\/strong><\/a> today! <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Keep reading as we help you give your sump pump a short inspection and a test.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[87,124],"class_list":["post-1108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plumbing-service","tag-ashburn","tag-plumbing-services"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alltechservicesinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alltechservicesinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alltechservicesinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alltechservicesinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alltechservicesinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1108"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.alltechservicesinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1114,"href":"https:\/\/www.alltechservicesinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108\/revisions\/1114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alltechservicesinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alltechservicesinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alltechservicesinc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}