Is it possible to have a drip system if my house sits on a slab?

[180gallons]

I looked for your 600 thread with pics but couldn't find it.

 

[JK47]

I looked for your 600 thread with pics but couldn't find it.

I'll go take you some real quick. Hold please

 

[JK47]

I'll go take you some real quick. Hold please

Here you are 1 180gallons

Sorry I have a bunch of empty tank equipment sitting front of the containers. The stack of black containers hides my pump and reservoir. The top bins hold food and extra heaters etc....

 

[180gallons]

How do you get water to the sump area before it's pumped out?

 

[JK47]

How do you get water to the sump area before it's pumped out?

You mean fresh water into the tank or from the sump to the reservoir for the pump?

 

[180gallons]

You mean fresh water into the tank or from the sump to the reservoir for the pump?

From the sump to the reservoir for the pump.

 

[jaws7777]

Most certainly. Just check the pump for head height. Sump pumps are not like aquarium pumps. They are designed for basements so most will pump vertically to surprising limits. Before the "what if it fails" police arrive, buy two. Set the float one inch higher than the first and it won't come on unless the other fails. Home Depot pumps are $50-$100 and last a long time.

I don't know why more people don't do this. It took me forever to try it and then I was upset with myself for having waited so long.

I like this idea...2 pumps im a card carrying member of "what if something fails" group lol

 

[skjl47]

it would be possible to pump it up into the attic and then over to a outside wall and back down?

Just check the pump for head height

hello; Another option is to run the water into the plumbing system of the house. That is the pipes into which the toilets and the sinks drain. At the very least not as high as the attic.

Question - some slabs have a drain built into the slab when the cement is poured. The last two houses I have lived in did. Have you looked for a floor drain, say in a laundry room??

 

[180gallons]

hello; Another option is to run the water into the plumbing system of the house. That is the pipes into which the toilets and the sinks drain. At the very least not as high as the attic.

Question - some slabs have a drain built into the slab when the cement is poured. The last two houses I have lived in did. Have you looked for a floor drain, say in a laundry room??

It seems that all of my plumbing is under the slab and I haven't seen a drain. My floors are covered with tile, carpet and laminate. A floor drain close by would be ideal. This is my first house that has been on a slab, I sure miss having a crawl space.

 

[skjl47]

Hello; is the slab in what might be considered a basement with the slab floor below the outside ground level or is the slab at or near ground level which makes it the floor of the rooms of the house?