LSB Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Right boffins having looked at the price of residue pumps both buying and hiring does anyone have an ideas on how to pump out about 3in of water currently sitting on our suspended slab floor. We have been using a wet hoover, but it takes ages as we have to keep emptying it. This issue is likely to carry on due to the slow speed of our build, we are unlikely to have a roof this year. TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Dirty water submirsible pump. If there are ANY stones, get one with a stainless steel impellor, not plastic/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMo Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 I did this most days on our build, had loads of rain. I found the quickest and easiest was actually a dust pan, scoop and throw over the stub wall. Or into a big bucket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveasteading Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 3 minutes ago, JohnMo said: into a big bucket First the pump, then this for the rest. Or brush it out of a door or gap? There are specialist pump suppliers who can advise, because many sump pumps need more than 3" to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Puddle pump https://floodandwaterpumps.co.uk/collections/puddle-pumps Couple of millimetres they claim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSB Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 The water is about 1 -2 inches deep and the room is 6m * 4m approx. Submersible pump no good as water needs to be over the top hence puddle (residue) pump, but they are very expensive. Too big an area for the dust pan and brush approach. We have been sucking it out with the water vacumn, but that only takes a bucket load and then needs to be moved manually to empty. We spoke to pump suppliers and they advised puddle pump, but new are £100's and to hire is £60 per day. Just wondered if anyone had any ideas. Thanks for all the above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveasteading Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 (edited) If you formed a hole in the floor slab where would it go? What is preventing the water running out at the walls? Edited March 8 by saveasteading Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSB Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 1 minute ago, saveasteading said: If you formed a hole in the floor slab where would it go? it's 200mm thick with mesh and then heave protector then oversite so not really feasible. as it's under the DPM no doors or gaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell griffiths Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Get one of those pumps that fit on an electric drill. mount it to a block of wood, cheap drill and leave it running for twenty mins. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenki Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Possibly leave it? No roof then it's just going to keep coming back, let it fill up and use a submersible as and when (just looking at it from an alternative angle) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveasteading Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 20 minutes ago, LSB said: it's under the DPM no doors or gaps. Couldn't you drill a hole, or several, for now? put a pipe in it for tidyness and to cast the water away? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenki Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 2 hours ago, saveasteading said: Couldn't you drill a hole, or several, for now? put a pipe in it for tidyness and to cast the water away? Good idea, core a 40mm hole in the wall, dig outside adjacent to hole and stick in a submersible. Pick the lowest spot on the slab edge😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 11 hours ago, LSB said: We spoke to pump suppliers and they advised puddle pump, but new are £100's and to hire is £60 per day. So the 90 quid one in the link I posted up is no good then? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSB Posted March 9 Author Share Posted March 9 4 hours ago, SteamyTea said: So the 90 quid one in the link I posted up is no good then? it probably is, I commented again before looking at the link. Hubby is going to look at link later to possibly buy one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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