Sump Pump Installation and Repair in Dieppe, NB

Dieppe sits on the Petitcodiac River, and a basement sump pump here works against spring melt, heavy rain and ground that is slow to drain. Then the by-law decides where the pump's water may go. Call +1 (506) 306-2963.

The ground under Dieppe

The Moncton Parish soil survey, which names Dieppe as a population centre, says the low permeability and poor structure of many lodgment tills leave excess moisture in the soil (Agriculture Canada soil survey). It also notes that tide-deposited sediments are common along the Petitcodiac River, and that its tidal silty marine soils are poorly to very poorly drained with extremely slow subsoil permeability (same survey).

Ground elevation in Dieppe runs from about 5 m to 45 m (Wikipedia, Dieppe). A lot at the low end and one at the high end are different problems, so we look at your lot, not the town average.

The same survey describes drainage across the wider area as fair to poor in flat-lying ground and only slightly better as relief increases (Agriculture Canada soil survey). The Moncton A normals add about 120 days a year with at least 1 cm of snow on the ground and about 294 days with a maximum above 0 C (Canadian Climate Normals, Moncton A), so a pump here works through a long season of snow cover and thaw.

November 2010 on Chartersville Road

During the November 7 to 11, 2010 storm, Chartersville Road in Dieppe flooded, while Moncton recorded 109.9 mm of rain over November 5 to 7 and a 13 m high tide rose on the Petitcodiac (NB Environment and Local Government). Chartersville is the Dieppe neighbourhood also known as Leblanc Village (Wikipedia, Dieppe).

A flood on one road in one storm does not tell you what your basement will do. It tells us to ask where water has shown up before. In a normal year the area gets about 892 mm of rain and 310 cm of snow (Canadian Climate Normals, Moncton A), and a pump works through all of it.

Where the pump's water may go: By-law 78-5

Section 25 says no person shall discharge storm water, ground water, roof run-off, sub-surface drainage or foundation drains into a service connection or sanitary sewer (Dieppe by-law 78-5). Section 45(1) says that where a storm sewer exists at adequate depth, a building owner shall install a branch storm sewer to take storm, ground, roof and foundation drain water (same by-law).

Section 55 says an owner, before receiving a storm sewer connection or renewing a storm sewer service pipe, shall file an application for a storm sewer permit in Form C with the City Controller (same by-law). At provincial level, NB Reg. 84-187, s. 13(4) says a local government shall not allow connection to a public water or sewer system unless a plumbing or special plumbing permit has been issued (NB Reg. 84-187).

Which of these applies depends on what sits outside your property. We plan the discharge around that and talk it through with you before any work starts.

What a Dieppe installation looks like and costs

Sump pump work starts from $300. In Dieppe the discharge route is one of the biggest variables, because of sections 25 and 45(1). Pump type, whether the existing pit can be reused and how long the discharge line runs also move the price. You get the price before work starts.

When you call, give us a cross street or a landmark such as the Dieppe Aquatic and Sports Centre (Wikipedia, Dieppe), and tell us what the basement is doing: damp, wet only in spring, or taking on water in storms. Our sump pump service page explains the options between pumps, and the plumber in Dieppe page lists what else we do here. The same service is on our Riverview sump pump page.