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jkblxy (KS)
I have ground water leaking into my ejector pit, when we get heavy rain, and it only goes as high as the inlet pipe (where the leak comes in) and no higher.
The ejector pit is new and not operational, which means I do not have anything draining into it yet (no finished bath in the basement).
The water is leaking from around the rubber gasket that fits around the 4" inlet pipe.
I have read in previous posts on this problem, to seal it with silicone, however, I'm not sure what the correct steps are. For example, do I remove the rubber gasket, seal around the pipe with silicone, then put the gasket back on? Is more silicone necessary after putting the gasket back?
Can anyone tell me the proper step by step instructions to fix this leak. I don't what to have to worry about any leaks if and when the pit is operational.
thanks for any help!
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packy (MA)
how do you know that is where the leak is?
anyway. if is is there, get a 4 band sheilded coupling. if you want to smear some silicone on the pipe first then do that. tighten the bands really well and the silicone will squeeze out the end.
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jkblxy (KS)
I can see where the water is coming in from. I don't think a coupler would solve the problem, since the water is coming in from where the "outside" of the pipe meets the concrete. Perhaps I'm not explain correctly, but this issue has been posted on this site before and the answer was to use silicone. I'm trying to find out the steps used to fix with silicone. But thanks for the reply.
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Wheelchair (IL)
The simple answer is to dig up the ground outside the "high water table" and seal the leak from the outside and re-pack the soil.
Best Wishes
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jkblxy (KS)
Sorry Wheelchair, but that's not the answer. The 4" pipe is buried in the basement floor. As I said, it empties into the ejector pit, although it is not hooked up to a toilet, shower, etc, yet.
The solution is to seal the gap leak where the water comes in, around the outside of the pipe where there is a rubber gasket. I just wanted to know how others have sealed it, since this topic has been on this site previously, although it was a few years ago. But thanks for the reply.
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chris theriault (Canada)
Did you ever find a solution to this? I have the same issue.
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