Sump pump getting louder? PIC attached

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Sump pump getting louder? PIC attached

Mark F.
Rental Property Investor · Northern NJ · Member since 2019 · 672 posts · 677 votes

Hello BP,

I've noticed my sump pump is getting louder lately. I'm unfamiliar with maintenance on these as I didn't have them where I lived. I've never seen a set up like mine, it has what appears to be a pump then it runs to where I can't see anything. Any advice on how to access the area (not sure its even behind this wall) and how to quiet it or conduct maintenance. Thanks!

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Christpher Schuebel
Professional · Milwaukee, WI · Member since 2015 · 35 posts · 27 votes
5y

Unless I'm missing something what your showing in your pictures isn't a sump pump.  It's a water meter. 

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  • Mark F.
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    Rental Property Investor · Northern NJ · Member since 2019 · 672 posts · 677 votes
    5y

    Well I have a brand new digital meter courtesy of the water commission. Thanks for the explanation of the meter guys, I do appreciate it and I love to learn more than necessary. Honestly... I had a serious brain fart. I've seen a bunch of water meters down in Florida but all the ones I saw were by the sidewalk and not inside the home. Again, I feel extremely dumb as I even knew that was the water shut off. I had to use it the first week I moved in when I replaced all the rusted and almost broken toilet shut on/off valves. I'll clean up the excess water and mold. Thanks @Matt R and @JD Martin for the in depth explanation! And I opened the ball valve all the way after he left. 

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  • Matt R.
    Blue Springs, MO · Member since 2015 · 481 posts · 313 votes
    5y

    @Mark F. Thanks for posting back with the results!  That helps everybody calibrate their advice to the next person.

    @JD Martin Thanks for the details on the sweep hand and how the "odometer" works.  I'm going to check the meter at my rent house and at a relative's house the next time I'm there, just to see what I have.  (The one at my house is in a can in the front yard, which is currently covered with a protective layer of dirt and old leaves. :D )  I know at least one of those two has the mechanical number wheels and the red triangle, but I don't remember about the sweep hand.

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  • Erik B.
    Rental Property Investor · Amityville, NY · Member since 2018 · 351 posts · 441 votes
    5y

    Oh that new meter is looking real pretty!! Glad you got it handled.

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  • Thomas Greer
    Real Estate Consultant · Member since 2020 · 80 posts · 102 votes
    5y

    This thread has been helpful.  If there is one area that I was deficient in (and there is more than one), is construction/M&E for both residential and commercial.  It's amazing my primary home is still standing despite my ignorance.

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