Here is a diagram of what our system looks like. I doubt the sprinkler caused it, it was more likely ground water but regardless, I went to go check it out in the basement. I didn't spray for an excessively long amount of time, nor did I spray particularly closely to the house but when I came inside after, the sump pump was running. Saturday night, after a completely dry day that was forecasted 100% to rain (I've never seen a 100% forecast before, only fitting that they were completely wrong) I decided it was time to set up the sprinkler for the first time. Since that heavy rain, we haven't had any rain in almost 2 weeks. We had one very heavy rain since moving in and the pump didn't seem to be going too hard, despite the fact that the area is notorious for basement flooding I felt safe given this information. There are two pumps, they are back up powered with a battery and there is an alarm that will go off if the floor in the furnace room gets wet (covering us for both sump pump/draining problems and hot water tank leaks as well). The pump system itself was replaced when the renos were done 4-5 years ago (not sure if it was kosher for upgrades to be done without changing the discharge location, that's a topic for another day). The sump pump system was put in back when you were able to drain directly to the sewer line, new homes in the area must drain back onto the lot. I recently purchased a newly renovated but older home in an area that is prone to basement flooding.
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