A Quick Way to Empty the Wet/Dry Vacuum
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- Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
- Trying my best to stave off another basement flood. Along the way, I had an idea to make emptying the very heavy vacuum container much easier.
Yes, I noticed the water level rising and falling in the drain during the first few seconds of the video. I don't know why it was doing that, unless maybe it was acting as a crude barometer of sorts.
I planned to demonstrate just how full the drain plumbing was by turning on the spigot in the laundry tub. The drain's water level would react almost immediately.
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Three UXWBILL videos in a row? What a great evening this is! I've never had to deal with flooding in basements before, but I have dealt with mass flooding when I lived in Houston. I have to say the city of Houston has to be the dumbest bunch of folks in regards to storm water drainage. I couldn't believe that during the YEARLY flooding down there, people would act as if flooding had never happened before...
I was baffled when I learned that there was a sistren under the city designed to house MILLIONS of gallons of water. It was an even bigger surprise when they city declared they wanted to turn it into a shopping mall... last year they changed their minds and are setting it up to drain storm water into it.
Three videos in one night. My father had a small pit 24x24x12 dug next to the drain in our basement. when the water came up the drain the pit filled and that`s where he would put the sump pump. I hope the sewer dept. gets that fixed.
You’re a genius! Obviously we already knew that, but I have to hand it to you, you’re a tad bit more creative than I once gave you credit.
I lived in an older house that had the same problem with water coming up the basement floor drain. After we got a foot of water in the basement twice in one summer we found a very easy solution to the problem. And no, the solution wasn't move out of the house. Our floor drain was, from what it looks like, similar to yours, with the PVC inner part that is the actual pipe where the water is supposed to drain out of. We PVC welded a threaded part onto that and then made a long pipe with the matching threaded end on the end of the pipe. Then whenever we got a big rain or thaw like you are getting, we'd go down to the basement and thread the long pipe onto the drain. The water will come up the pipe, but won't fill the basement.
Heck of a good idea, Bill! Just a thought here... Place your shop vac on a chair or something to elevate it. Then you could open the drain plug on that shop vac and have it drain down into your second shop vacs bucket where your sump pump would be placed. The thinking is that you could turn on your shop vac, it would suck water up and then it would drain immediately out of the bottom and into the second/lower shop vac bucket which contains the sump pump. You may have to deal with the shop vac 'outrunning' the sump, but that might be worth attempting if you're dealing with a lot of water.
He would still need to cycle the shop vac as it won't suck water with the drain open on the bottom. But he wouldn't need to open it.. shut it off then drain the water to the other bucket and pump. then seal and suck.. then repeat.
@@RossTheGenMan Good point, I forgot about the suction issue when empty.
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The award for Back-handed Compliment of the Year goes to.... [opens envelope]... Jay A. Jennings!
My favorite Red Green quote! Lol
I don't care what you film, I find it all fascinating. Maybe your voice just puts that spin on it. Hard to say!
At my previous employer, we had a tank full of hot water and solution for paint process. We used a submerivable pump. Took a long time to pump all 600 gallons out of it. Handy trick if only that pump was available when I need it after I flooded the warehouse twice and used wet-dry vacs to soak up the water. Lots of walking back and forth to dump water.
We used to have the same sump pump installed in our basement - you can just hit the float switch with your hand; it isn't live. :P
themaritimegirl It's always a good idea to treat any electrical part near water as though it _could_ be live.
@uxwbill true that. My sump pump is very picky at starting up and takes a few tugs to start it, especially when I fill the area with hot water from the hot water tank (leaking at the service/drain valve) that's in a pan. My solution to get it to start sometimes is a long wooden pole to push the switch upwards since the string keeps breaking when I try to pull it. One time it was clogged by rodents building a nest in the pipe outside the house that connects to the sump pump.
Good old reliable Craftsman 5 hp 16 gallon shop vac. We have that exact model and keep on a going very reliable compared some these cheap model today.Hopefully city fix your back drain floor water problem. Nothing worst basement getting wet from drain problem and not from wall itself.
We have one too, sadly the motor is starting to sound awful. :/
Sometimes, I'd love the idea of having a basement under the house, but then I'm reminded that they can often suffer with flooding, so, nah, I'm good... :P
Bill, What about going one step further, mount the pump in the drain and connect your wet alarm via a relay to turn the pump on.
Put the two electrodes from the alarm just in the drain, so it never gets a chance to overflow.
zx8401ztv The pump wont physically fit in the drain.
We are going to put a sump in and may reroute a drain to it. That way, if the water starts to come up again, it will trigger the pump.
go buy a four inch plug or a inflatable test ball. Plug the pipe. When the water level goes down remove the plug so the drain can work again incase the washer breaks or a pipe leaks.
builtrodewreckedit That will not work for the same reason that hydraulics do (specifically the tremendous amplification of an applied force).
@@uxwbill inflatable test balls are designed to hold back the water for a test where they plug near the sewer and fill a pipe with water. I have seen hundred foot runs with 30 feet of lift. In your case your only asking it to hold back what maybe at its worst 2 feet of lift.... Lets say if you did nothing your basement only floods two feet.... your only going to ask it to hold back two feet of lift pressure.
@@uxwbill Well Bill if you won't believe me that a plug will work. You could clean around the drain and epoxy a five gallon bucket to the floor with a hole cut in the bottom and stick your pump directly into the bucket at least you won't have to vacuum any more :-)
Hey Bill, have you ever considered installing a backwater valve on your sewer pipe right before it leaves under the house? They act as a one way valve to prevent just this sort of thing. Not sure what your local ordinances will allow you to do, but it seems like a project you ought to be able to tackle over a weekend. As long as the family doesn't mind walking to the roach palace to use the washroom temporarily!
ACA332 It is something we have planned, likely when they come through and tear out the old sewer in the street.
Just want to say your running side commentary is pure gold! Had a great laugh and learnt a few things.
I am glad to hear you enjoyed the video.
Uxwbill MOVE TO HIGH GROUND! Bye the way, love the Canadian content comment about Red Green.
The real big gun.....HENRY VACUUM!
The regular Henry Hoovers can't suck up water I'm afraid, but the Numatic vacuums do a pretty good job at it
Get a Plug that you can secure, and Pump in AIR with a Compressor and Blow it back out to the street...
That is brilliantly and delightfully devious. I wonder if it could work.
Bear in mind that the water only came in here because it had no place to go. Most likely, the air would bubble out and escape the first chance it had. Even if it didn't, it'd take a LOT of pressure to drive it back up to street level.
I'm also not about to drag my air compressor and its cast iron tank all the way into the basement.
Been there Did that, too many times..
Great story teller.
were basement drains common with hosues there? we never have em up here in canada
I'm in Toronto and I've got one. I thought they were standard in all basements.
@@RatKindler in the newer neighbhroods there sump pumps but no basement drains
Thats why i upgraded to a 6HP 16 gallons wet dry shopvac whit drain plug and lonnng hose easy emtpy just remove plug and voila BTW alllways use a foam filter to protect the vacuum motor when sucking up water
They don't make foam filters for these old craftsmans, also all they really do is get nasty and make the motor mist waster out the back
Couldn't you just shove the tube of the sump pump down the drain so you don't have to use the Vac or will it not fit ?
The sump pump will not fit in the drain.
You seem to have a new set of washer dryer are those maytag's ? Why not buy Speed Queen ?
Dicofole They are neither of what I would have bought or new.
From 4:10 to 4:34 on time line, it takes 25 seconds to fill up the 16 gallon tank.
You should invest in a back-flow prevention valve
That’s for clean water not drains
they make them for drains too - www.citywindsor.ca/residents/maintenanceandfieldservices/Sewers-/PublishingImages/backflowSchematic.jpg
They sell a pump that attaches to the drain cap and it connects to a garden hose. I don't know if it will fit on your unit given the age.
I could have put something like a small 120 volt AC or 12 volt DC pump inside the vacuum.
I'm not sure the trash in the vacuum would pass through such a pump or a garden hose. Even the sump pump had some trouble with it.
Just buy a Rigid Wet Vac, and get the pump attachment for it. It will pump all the water out of the Vac with the flip of a switch, and you don't have yo deal with opening the Vac up each time it needs to be pumped. I linked the products below and a vid showing it in use.
Also, if the source of all your flooding is because of that drain backing up, I'd consider disconnecting the drain from the sewer system., especially if that's a combo storm/sanitary system. You're getting toxic raw sewage into your basement.
If you need to drain ground water from under you foundation, I'd just dig a sump pit in the floor, and pump the water out into the backyard with a sump pump.
Video of someone showing how the pump works...
ruclips.net/video/KhPbhzqo3HI/видео.html
www.homedepot.com/p/RIDGID-Quick-Connect-Pump-Accessory-for-RIDGID-Wet-Dry-Vacs-VP2000/100496507
www.homedepot.com/p/RIDGID-16-Gal-5-0-Peak-HP-Wet-Dry-Vac-WD1640/300114266
I picked up an actual shop vac that came with a pump attachment built in. You just hook a garden hose to it, and it blasts it out the garden hose. Handy little setup
Charles Deens My budget does not run to Ridgid anything. Which is unfortunate as they are seemingly _the_ name in pipe threading.
Somthing about putting that vacuum hose in that drain just feels wrong, but I don't know what.
Miles Prower It isn't really made for that kind of work. I minorly overheated the vacuum motor once.
Very resourceful.
My grandmother just threw a good sumppump in the trash a week or two ago. Told her to keep it so I could use it for something like this, but guess she couldn't wait to get rid of it.
I really do love your videos, and watch all of them. So please answer me this.
Won’t the water being pumped from the sub pump go right back into the sewer that your sucking it from anyway? Like it just loops back eventually??
I put the hose out in the yard somewhere. It'd have a long way to go.
Audio is slightly offset to the left channel on your two most recent videos. Just thought you might want to know about it. (its not my PCs audio or my headphones, i did check.)
That's what a stereo microphone *does* and in this case, it is doing so accurately.
uxwbill sorry. I thought you filmed these on your iPhone and I didn’t think iPhones had stereo microphones. My bad.
Edit: I managed to completely forget that you film the majority of the videos on the “scanning election handycam”. Sorry about that.
I don't shoot video on phones if I can help it (or as long as I'm not feeling extremely lazy). The optical zoom also gives away the game.
Not a bad idea for now hope you get it sorted
B-but, I wanted a cookie! 🤣🤣
Yes, cookies solve everything!!
hi ya doin bill i really like yoyr channel..the computer stuff is the best ..you do a great job..
i love red green.
Good idea!
RAM something down the drain to plug it completetly and stop water coming up it.
I feel pretty certain that hydrostatic pressure will blow a plug right out of the drain.
@@uxwbill as someone said below you should install a backflow preventer.
Aw God bless you
Thanks fore the warning
But I wanted a cookie 🙁
John Smith Not until after I have washed my hands, you don't!
@@uxwbill 🤣🤣🤣 definitely
Same here
0:10 you can see it rising!
Could you not of just plug the drain temporarily with one of those inflatable bags
I would tell you no, but a number of people say otherwise.
Has there been any good news in regards to the sewer situation improving now that the people involved know of the issue? Having someone that cares that has the power to help is certainly a good thing, but it sometimes is nothing more than talk. I definitely hope the conditions have improved because this should never happen.
The whole sewer system was ripped out and replaced with separate systems. It took a long time and was definitely a little inconvenient, but it was worth the wait.
@@uxwbill that's excellent news!! Here's to the basement floods hopefully being history for your family!
Maybe configure something so both are running at the same time and water just goes right to the street?
I had no pump that would fit in there with which to try such.
Little loud shop at 6, and yes I have that and it is a 6 gallon I never liked that vacuum because it was loud as crud
OUR CITY WATER DEPARTMENT FINALLY HAS A GOOD SUPERVISOR...THE LAST ONE REDIRECTED HIS OWN WATER LINES AFTER TASTING THE WATER AND SEEING IT COME OUT OF THE HYDRANTS.
4:56 eew that water is nasty!
That's what sewage can look like.
@@uxwbill I figured.
Won't lie if I was under the threat of duke water entring my home id call off lived in a basement and the last two years I was there we will call the wet years
Omg the same problem I have ! The city doesn’t do shit 🤬
@4:53, so there is no need for a special foam sleeve thing when vacuming water ?
No and all they do is get nasty and cause the motor to mist shit water out the back anyway
@@bread-gz3rl so what's their point
@@IsaacParbery it's kinda like a filter on a cigarette, sure you can do without it but the life of your shop vac would prefer to have it.
@@bread-gz3rl it stops big chunks of dirt from getting into the motor, of course it is required. and also the filter is not going to cause "shit water" from misting out of the back of the vacuum.
That water looks pretty nasty
Yeah....
the water smelled so bad that even I could smell it.
Yummy
I have the same shop vac
But but I want a cookie 🍪
I hear they are available at grocery stores all over the world. You can also make them!
Skip step one and directly place the pump on the drain to suck water out
Won't fit.
But thera are pumpsin the market that can be attach two hoses one for the drain and the other to dipose the water
I used what I had, it worked for the purpose and I certainly hope not to have to do this with any kind of regularity! It's not always the best technology that wins the war.
Similar issue they just say whatever sounds good instead of being honest and really trying to figure it out
Get rid of the floor drain, block it off so water can not come in.
Wear rubber gloves, dude. Infections are real.
That's a Wrap YOLO
@@AwesomeGames56 How dare you
Cafeteria food!!!
It looks like throw up