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johnc777

Sump pump check valve

johnc777
10 years ago

Twice now I've been involved with two situations where one of the rubber fittings on the check valve let go and resulted in basement flood. In one case, the flooding was catastrophic.

Does it make sense to replace check valves with ones that are glued in?

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