Sump Pump Service & Installation

Have your sump pump checked regularly for proper function. It's the one appliance in your house that does nothing at all until the night it has to do everything, and almost every flooded basement we see in the Northland was protected by a pump that had been sitting untested for years. Guardian Plumbing tests, services, repairs, replaces and upgrades sump systems for homeowners in Gladstone, Liberty, North Kansas City and the surrounding communities.

A real service visit is more than pouring a bucket into the pit. We check that the float moves freely and isn't hung up on the basin wall or the discharge pipe, confirm the check valve is holding so water isn't cycling back down, inspect the discharge line all the way to its exit to make sure it isn't buried, crushed or dumping against the foundation, verify the pump is on a dedicated and properly grounded circuit, and clear the silt and debris out of the basin that would otherwise jam the impeller.

Where the risk justifies it we install a battery backup or a second pump — because Kansas City's heaviest rain tends to arrive with the storms that take the power out, and a primary pump on a dead circuit is just a heavy object in a hole. We'll size the pump to the water your pit actually takes, route the discharge so it can't freeze shut in January or recirculate back toward the house, and show you how to test it yourself twice a year in about ninety seconds.