[djmcmath]

When it rains, we get water in our basement. It isn't a lot, but a couple inches in the deep spots is enough to make a mess. If I keep the gutters clean, it takes a lot more rain to cause problems, and I've addressed the general humidity issues with a dehumidifier, and so it's been kind of back-burnered.

Then I decided to get A/C. The inside part of the system should clearly go in the basement, but I don't really have a drain that's low enough to catch the condensation from the cooling coils.

So I'm thinking I should put in a sump pump and kill two birds with one stone. I know that the right way to put in a sump involves cutting a lot of trenches in the floor and setting up drains that all point to the sump, but that's a lot of work for a "while you're in there" sort of project. I also hate to put a bunch of effort into the floor, because the long-term goal for the basement is to dig it down several more feet and add some finished space down there.

I'm considering just cutting a hole and putting the sump pump in it -- not very sophisticated, and it probably wouldn't help with the wet basement at all, but I'd be able to dump the condensate in there, anyway.

Thoughts? Is there a simple solution that I'm just not seeing?

Thanks,
Dan