Spent a few hours last weekend doing one of the last basement jobs remaining, and one I’ve put off for a long time…I finally got our backup sump pump all wired up. I plumbed it in ages ago, but haven’t been real excited to put the last bits together. It’s a small separate pump that sits next to the main pump in the pit. Each has its own discharge tube coming up, but then they “Y” together in the wall. The backup pump runs off battery power so in case the power’s out and the main pump can’t do it’s job, it’ll still keep the basement dry. A wall adapter keeps the battery charged and a small control panel provides battery/charger status and alarms. We’ve never had water problems in the basement, and the house sits generally high for the street, but there are times when the main sump runs a LOT. It’s one of those things that may never get used, but there’s much peace of mind in having it. To finish out the sump closet we applied some vinyl tile and baseboard. This may makes us one of the few people to ever finish out the area around their sump, but later we will be adding storage shelves in the upper part of the closet so we wanted it fairly presentable.
I also realized I hadn’t posted any pics of the finished electronics rack, which sits recessed in this closet. We installed a fairly typical steel pro audio rack to house the components. The small DVD shelves to the right of the rack were finished a couple weeks ago using some aluminum channel and 1/4″ birch.
The niche that the rack sits in is closed off to the inside of the closet to reduce sound from sump on the occasions when it kicks in. In order to access the back of the rack and the wiring, the whole rack actually slides out and rotates. Pretty sweet and extremely handy!
Tags: Basement
I for one appreciate your finished sump-pump room, as I have a partially finished furnace room.