John's Waterproofing Case Studies: Power Outage Turns off Old Sump Pump in Basement - Tangent, Oregon
Challenge
A lot of people rely on a sump pump to keep their basement dry. A homeowner in Tangent was no different. She trusted that her sump pump would keep her basement dry. That is until there was a big storm that passed by. Thanks to the storm, there was a power outage. Thanks to that power outage, this homeowner's sump pump shut off and her basement flooded during the storm. The homeowner was quite frustrated. She wanted to make sure that this never happened again. But she didn't know how to protect her basement from any future power outages or pump failures.
Solution
The best option for this homeowner was to get an UltraSump sump pump. The UltraSump has a battery operated backup pump just in case of power outages, primary pump failures, circuit breakers tripping or pump becoming unplugged. The backup pumping system turns on automatically when needed and the built-in alarm tells the homeowner when the backup pump kicks in so that power can be restored for the primary pump. So if the power goes out, there's a second power source. If the primary pump fails, there's a second pump. If the primary pump switch fails, there's a second pump switch. The UltraSump sump pump provided this homeowner with the reliability and peace of mind that she needed. And most importantly, the UltraSump sump pump keeps her basement dry, no matter what the weather does.