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Finally got the sump pump installed. Hardest part was digging the hole which was 22" of mostly rock with a little clay mixed in. No more leaky basement!

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[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

A lazy/cheap thing you can do to stabalize the soil is mix in some part concrete with the dirt, tamp down hard, and water. Not fully concrete but will prevent errosion and shifting quite a bit.