we got flooded here twice yesterday. First time it was the common for 3 houses. The second time, I was thinking it was the same, but was (what turned out to be) a wig sized clump of mud/grass/eck in the vertical at the base of the driveway. We were dumping shopvac tanks down the main drive 25gal at a time.
On Mon, 16 Apr 2007, Dale Leavens wrote: > That is exactly what people do much of the time only the outlet hose is > bigger, I think it is inch and a quarter. You would usually take it some > distance down hill from your home. It is probably forbidden to drop the end > of the hose into a storm sewer but you could probably end it in a gutter. > > If your sewer lines are adequate ... but that too is most likely not legal > and in a real storm situation might even back up. > > Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype DaleLeavens > Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert J. Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 1:45 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] RESump pumps > > >> I am fermiliar with sump pumps and basically how they work but I don't know >> any thing about the out put side, do they usually just run a pipe out the >> wall? >> As I was reading Scott's post about this I had a thought. Why couldn't a >> line be run from the sump basket up the wall and out and then hook up a >> spout that has threads on it so you could just hook up a garden hose and >> run >> it where ever you want. For example you could run it into a naybors >> basement. >> OK well maybe not some one elses basement but seriously you could run it >> to >> a low spot in the yard or into a storm system or what ever works best in >> your case. Is this method already used? If not Why don't they do this? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Behalf Of Scott Howell >> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 5:59 AM >> To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com >> Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] cracked foundation >> >> You know what amazes me is that with all the technological >> advancements that have been made in construction, why hasn't someone >> come up with a basement that doesn't leak. Something that could be >> placed in the hole before the basement is poored. Something like a >> type of plastic liner perhaps or along those lines. I guess its less >> expensive to use block when poor concrete over it, but again, is that >> to save money or does it offer some advantages a totally poored >> concrete basement or is there such a thing? Well its been raining >> like hell for the last 8 or so hours. So, if this puppy is gonna >> leak, its gonna be over the next couple of days. We're to get 1 to 3 >> inches of rain. >> Btw, here's another aside from all this cracked foundation bit. Why >> in the hell do builders install sump-pumps and just bring the outlet >> about six inches from the house. Doesn't it make sense that this >> dumps water right back at the point where it will drain back in? I >> surely don't understand the logic. So, that will be another project >> and no, these issues aren't near eachother or related. >> >> Scott >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:s.howell%40verizon.net> >> >> >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> >> >> To listen to the show archives go to link >> http://acbradio.org/handyman.html >> or >> ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ >> >> The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. >> http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday >> >> The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. >> http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml >> >> Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various >> List Members At The Following address: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ >> >> Visit the new archives page at the following address >> http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ >> For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man >> list just send a blank message to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Yahoo! 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