Thanks oldestguy. The city guys who fixed my frozen waterline determined that it was about 22" below grade at the city end as it came 'over 'the main watermain rather than 'under' it. Not sure what that means. Also, they said that it wasn't insulated properly and they'd need to come back and fix...
I've included the images here as attachments as my dropbox links may not be work.
http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=950c69cf-3626-426a-a6e3-a8dfe88b450c&file=2015-03-20_14.07.03_sm.jpg...
Thanks for all the great feedback. A little more info...
Last November when I moved in, my next door neighbour (2nd in the block) had a leak in the water main in her front yard. This caused exactly the same symptoms as I'm getting now (my pump continuously cycled). I would assume therefore that...
Good information! I think I remember the builder saying that the sumps were somehow tied together (probably through the weeping tile). This is so that if one owner is is away for a while (this is a bit of a vacation community)and their pump breaks down, the others will pick up the slack...
I'm new here and and electrical engineer, so I'm hoping some of my geotechnical friends can help! My apologies if this is not the right discipline.
I bought a new end unit town house in Ridgeway, Ontario (4 units in the block). I noticed my sump pump would run any time it rains, fair enough...
