replacing hot water heater

[LazyPup]

Those little drill powered pumps are excellant for emptying water heaters, hydronic boilers or water beds but they would not be suitable for pumping standing water out of a basement.

For pumping standing water you would need either a sump pump or a submersible utility pump.

Wayne pump company makes a number of submersible utility pumps that are set up with a 3/4" garden hose output as well as sump pumps. These type of pumps begin at about $45 and go up depending upon what you choose.

[snowdog]

Originally Posted by LazyPup

Those little drill powered pumps are excellant for emptying water heaters, hydronic boilers or water beds but they would not be suitable for pumping standing water out of a basement.

For pumping standing water you would need either a sump pump or a submersible utility pump.

Wayne pump company makes a number of submersible utility pumps that are set up with a 3/4" garden hose output as well as sump pumps. These type of pumps begin at about $45 and go up depending upon what you choose.

i wasn't thinking of using a pump like that to pickup & empty the standing water, but to use that type of pump to empty out my wet/dry vac after it fills up, similar to the emptying out of the water heater idea

i know that i need to suck the standing water up first with the vac, but then thought i could use that type of pump to empty out what i've collected in the vac, through a hose going into the washer outlet way up on the wall, perhaps what will be done to empty my water heater

does that sound feasible?

of course i'm hoping i no longer will get any water down here (and haven't ever since my next door neighbors basement has been waterproofed), but in the past, i have had roughly 30-40 gallons of h2o to cleanup after some killer rains, which was alot of work just in the running up and down the steps carrying all that water

thanks again for the advice