Storm Cellar Advice

[sailor]

I'm selling my place here on Lake Cisco..(Hint--See Classifieds)
I purchased, a house in Eastland..
Anyway, it has a storm cellar in the back yard. It looks to be very well built.
But the door has leaked, and rain water has gotten into it.
It appears to have two/three inches of water in it now. Can't really tell.
Got any (reasonable) suggestions on how to dry it out. I know about a shop-vac.
But, I ain't hauling that thing up the steps full of water...
I'd like to get it functional again, and put a new door on it..

Thanks.

[RR 314]

submersible pump, shop fans and then fix the door. The beauty about the sub-pump is you can gently sling it in and not crawl in the sludge (well, until you bust the squeegee out).

[sailor]

submersible pump, shop fans and then fix the door. The beauty about the sub-pump is you can gently sling it in and not crawl in the sludge (well, until you bust the squeegee out).

Thanks--- considered the sub pump too..
Just wondering, if it will suck up something so shallow.
I ain't crawling nowhere

[wayne 20]

bilge pump

[BrianL]

subpump

Any chance it has electricity? We had an old drive thru with underground tubing that we installed a subpump with a float.

[stykshooter]

Thanks--- considered the sub pump too..
Just wondering, if it will suck up something so shallow.
I ain't crawling nowhere

My son uses a sub pump and wraps screen around it keeps the big stuff out..

[tex4k]

You can get a submersible at harbor freight for pretty cheap if there's one anywhere close to you.

[Gummi Bear]

Talk to Ken over at Grandpaw's Toolshed.

He should have a pump that'll fix you up fast.


"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately" - Thoreau

[bwssr]

bilge pump

this

Mine didn't have a gasket around the door, and in a HEAVY rain, I got some water..I used some camper top gasket from Home Depoe, stuck it to the door...good to go

[TexasBob]

Thanks--- considered the sub pump too..

Just wondering, if it will suck up something so shallow.

I ain't crawling nowhere

Zip tie the float switch in the on position before tossing it in. On and off by plugging it in but you can burn it up in short order so go slow and careful. Should get you under a half inch. Still a shop vac and stairs in your future to get it 100%

[hightech]

These work to about 1/4 of water.
I think I paid around $60 at HD.

[sailor]

Thanks gents.....

[Boomer57]

If your lucky the cellar has a sump hole in a corner, once its pumped down low enough you can pump the floor dry. But the you'll need to hose and scrape the floor a couple times to finish the job.

[sailor]

If your lucky the cellar has a sump hole in a corner, once its pumped down low enough you can pump the floor dry. But the you'll need to hose and scrape the floor a couple times to finish the job.

I'm sure, you wouldn't mind coming over, and demonstrating for me....
Don't know about the hole..I'll check when I can..