Above ground sump pump retrofit.

Well the battle with the sump pump is finally over. I was finally able to install the sump pump tonight with my slightly engineered above ground basin. Basically the issue was I had a small 5 gallon basin with my old sump pump which couldn't pump out water draining from our washing machine fast enough. It eventually rusted out and died so we bought a new sump pump. Of course when i brought the new one home it did not fit in our basin. So i bought a new nice 18 gallon basin. Now the problem arose that it did not have a side intake on the basin. After travelling to multiple supply stores it was finally recommended to me to go to a pool supply store for the piece I needed. So tonight I finally got to test out my plumbing skills and install this new sump pump. It went pretty smoothly at first. Laid out all the supplies i needed. Drilled the hole in the side of the bucket 15 inches high on center. Make sure its high enough so the waterline does not reach. but alas, the hole i drilled was an 8th of an inch too small. Why? because I had a 2 1/8 inch hole saw which I use to install doorknobs so I thought it would work. Of course a job is never complete without a trip to Lowes. Ran to Lowes got my new shiny 2 1/4 inch hole saw and I'm ready to roll. I drill the new hole (By the way, if you need to drill a hole on top of an existing hole with a hole saw... so many holes... use a piece of spare wood behind the hole you're trying to drill. It worked wonders.). installed the flange or whatever its called so now I have a nice drain into the side of the basin. I then added a threaded pipe to the pump and cut a 12" drain pipe to connect with the threaded pipe in the pump. These pieces are connected with a rubber compression gasket. Seems to work fine. I haven't seen any water coming out of it. Then on the side of the basin, I used a similar setup. Had a threaded pipe into the flange, and cut another piece of pipe to fit to the drain under the utility sink. Tested the pump out and it pumped like a champ. Covered it all up and cleaned up. I think i may get a new lid, it seems like it will leave water in the basin, and I don't want that to make the basement stink. Oh well, that should be an easy change.