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Does anyone have a sump pump in their basement, and if so, does it pump the water into the sewer line? And do you have a check valve? I have a French drain that was hooked up to drain directly into the sewer line, which caused problems when the sewer backed up because of tree roots. I’m now considering connecting the French drain to a sump pump which would be installed and then drain into the sewer. I was told that because of the configuration of the piping, that the sump pump would not need a check valve. The thing is that my basement is dry and the French drain was probably overkill, so maybe I should just have the connection to the sewer pipe cut off and capped – so the French drain is just non-functional, rather than have the sump pump installed. Any advice on what to do? Also, and recommendations on sump pumps?