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sexobon · 09-10-2018, 09:27 PM

It wouldn't hurt to own or rent a gasoline operated sludge pump which will work even if the electricity goes out. It can be used two ways:

To avert a flooded basement, dig a trench straight across the yard with one end deeper than the other and put the intake hose at the deep end. The output hose goes off to the side of the house. This requires tending to the pump outside in a storm.

Put the basement contents up on bricks or boards and use the sludge pump to evacuate water from the basement floor. Be sure to get a pump that will raise a vertical column of water high enough and fast enough to keep pace with the storm. The pump will still have to be outside; but, it can be right next to the house and maybe just outside a door.

In either case, be sure to have enough hose lengths to reach the intake point and to discharge the water well away from the house.

ETA: Sludge pump a.k.a. slurry pump.

09-10-2018, 09:27 PM	#1494
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	It wouldn't hurt to own or rent a gasoline operated sludge pump which will work even if the electricity goes out. It can be used two ways: To avert a flooded basement, dig a trench straight across the yard with one end deeper than the other and put the intake hose at the deep end. The output hose goes off to the side of the house. This requires tending to the pump outside in a storm. Put the basement contents up on bricks or boards and use the sludge pump to evacuate water from the basement floor. Be sure to get a pump that will raise a vertical column of water high enough and fast enough to keep pace with the storm. The pump will still have to be outside; but, it can be right next to the house and maybe just outside a door. In either case, be sure to have enough hose lengths to reach the intake point and to discharge the water well away from the house. ETA: Sludge pump a.k.a. slurry pump. Last edited by sexobon; 09-10-2018 at 09:41 PM.