If your PVC pipe is alredy frozen leading from your sump pump would it help to put pipe insulation around it? or would it keep the ice
from thawing out??

Lorraine: First I would suggest turning off the pump before it burns out.

If you have easy access to the pipe, you might try putting some heat tape (note: This links to Canadian Home Depot, for Lorraine) on the pipe to melt the ice that’s there now and prevent ice from forming in the future.

If you can’t access the pipe, call a plumber to get it addressed.

my sump pump is running but the water can’t get out. i checked outside and the pipe coming out of the house is frozen. nothing underground. i just bought the house in the summer. the hole side of the house is covered half way up with house. how do i fix this.

In extreme conditions you might need to install a thermally controlled “heat tape” inside the exposed section of drain hose.
Just cut a hole in the exposed section of drain hose and run the heat tape through the line to the exit. In the summer time,
unplug the heat tape. In the winter, plug in the heat tape and if necessary cover the exposed drain pipe with a layer of
poly and a few bails of hay along the run.

By removing the check valve it accomplished two things— 1) it allowed the water to drain back into the sump so it was not
stagnant and 2) it allowed air into the line to “replace” the water.
Unplugged sump pump, but much more snow is expected. What can I do? Why would it freeze? I saw someone else say that
running water won’t freeze, but standing water will.
i should make sure this sump pump will more enable to work conditionally and will be more gratitude to th eworkers ….thank you.
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Hardwood Floors

I’m sorry for all your sump and basement problems recently.

Yeah this discharge line having a 90degree turn at the end of it totally doesn’t work. Bascially this makes the pump work harder to push it out the end. This also allows water to settle in the pipe and like you expericed..freeze.

Best idea would be to install what is called an Ice Cop at the first instance of the discharge line outside. The rest of the discharge line can be pitched, all one direction (no turns) to a small dry well (basically crushed stone) which will allow water to seep into the ground.

The icecop basically acts as a protection stop gap. If the line ever freezes or a snake dies in it or something, the water will bubble out of the drain in the icecop and allow for the water to flow out.

I wish I was closer so i could help! Good luck.