This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shares a permanent way to collect and disperse sump-pump water. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)
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Shopping List for How to Install a Dry Well for a Sump Pump:
1 1/2-inch-diameter Schedule 40 PVC pipe
PVC elbow and couplings
line-marking spray paint
plastic drywell tank and cover
crushed stone
plastic tarp
landscape fabric
PVC primer and cement
rubber pipe connector and two stainless-steel hose clamps
pop-up release valve
grass seed

Tools for How to Install a Dry Well for a Sump Pump:
pointed shovel
wheelbarrow
utility knife
PVC pipe saw
drill/driver fitted with 1 1/2-inch diameter hole saw
screwdriver
leaf and garden rakes

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