Sump Pump Repair: Pumping Up Your Home’s Comfort
Living in beautiful Tampa means enjoying year-round sunshine and warm weather. However, the flip side of this paradise is the frequent afternoon thunderstorms and occasional tropical storms that can bring heavy rainfall. While a cloudburst might provide a welcome respite from humidity’s stranglehold, it can become a homeowner’s worst enemy if it finds its way into your basement. Thankfully, you won’t have to worry as long as you have a properly functioning sump pump to guard against flooding and water damage.
Typically installed in the lowest point of your basement or crawlspace, the sump pump sits in a sump pit, a hole dug specifically to collect water that seeps in from the surrounding soil or enters through foundation drains. As the water level rises in the pit, it triggers the pump’s float switch. That activates the pump’s powerful motor to push the collected water back out and away from your home. The water flows through a discharge pipe that leads to a storm drain, retention pond, where it cannot harm your home’s foundation.
Tampa’s frequent heavy downpours and low elevation makes basement flooding a real possibility, making your sump pump a true ally.
Call Us When Sump’ing Comes Up
Sump pumps are finely engineered machines, but they work in extreme environments and occasionally require attention.
Whenever your sump pump feels down in the dumps, it’s time to call in the cavalry from Service Minds Benjamin Franklin Plumbing. While ignoring a minor issue might seem harmless initially, neglecting a potentially faulty sump pump can lead to significant consequences that come with allowing water to loiter in your flooded basement. These include damage to carpets, walls, furniture, appliances, and stored belongings.
Even worse, water can seep into your foundation and weaken it over time, leading to cracks, leaks, and potential structural issues that will require a boatload of money to fix and may even make your home impossible to sell.
Allowing your basement to remain damp creates a breeding ground for mold and mildew, which can pose serious health risks for your family. Mold remediation is a specialized process that requires professional intervention and can be a budget killer.
Stay safe and dry.
Call us if your sump pump hints that it needs help:
- Reduced activation: A pump that runs less frequently than usual or is slow to activate even during heavy rain may need its intake cleaned, or its float switch replaced.
- Strange sounds: A properly functioning sump pump should produce a low hum. Grinding, clanging, or other loud noises point to internal damage, or a foreign object lodged in the pump.
- Water accumulation: Standing water in your basement despite seemingly normal pump activity should invite a call to inspect the discharge line, check valve, and pump capacity.
- Short cycling: Turning on and off in rapid succession puts unnecessary strain on the pump and could be caused by a malfunctioning float switch or a blockage.
- Continuous operation: Your pump should turn off when water levels drop sufficiently. If it doesn’t its float switch could be on the blink, or you could have a leak.
Keeping Tampa Basements Dry
At locally owned and operated Service Minds Benjamin Franklin Plumbing, we’re dedicated to helping our neighbors banish the damp from their basements and crawlspaces. We’re your one-stop shop for all your sump pump needs, including 24-hour-a-day emergency repairs. Our team is always on call, ready to respond quickly and efficiently to minimize water damage and get you back to your normal routine.
Our highly skilled and licensed plumbers bring vast experience to servicing both submersible pumps, which work silently underwater, and pedestal pumps, situated above the pit for easier access. We’re familiar with all makes and models, so no matter what kind of sump pump you have, we can diagnose and fix any problem you have.
Choose Service Minds Benjamin Franklin Plumbing:
- Local expertise: As your Tampa Bay area plumbers, we understand the unique challenges of Florida weather and are familiar with the specific sump pump needs of the region.
- Licensed technicians: Our plumbers are skilled, licensed, and background checked.
- Complete transparency: We believe in up-front pricing and full disclosure. You’ll receive a clear and detailed estimate before any work begins.
- Guaranteed satisfaction: Your happiness is our quest. We offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee on all sump pump services.
Make an appointment online. We will be there on time, true to our reputation as the Punctual Plumber. If there’s any delay, it’s you we pay! You heard that right. If we’re late to your service call, you’ll collect $5 for every minute we’re behind schedule. You could get up to $300!