Pumping water out of my storm shelter.

Man, we been getting so much rain. I have to keep this pumped out because I'd hate to have to get in it and have water up to my waist.

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Education

Tags:

• storm
• shelter
• sump
• pump

[CreatorXCode]

What i am thinking about doing is to use a Plastic Vertical Rain Water Tank 1500 to 2500 min 79"H this should work very well. then i will use put it under ground, I will have to modify the top with a door and air vents to circulate the air.

A New water tank cost any where from $600 to $????? depending on the size. this is very cheap compared to the fabricated ones, So when I start this project i will post a video. Look at : raintankdepot .c

[matt78tv]

@CreatorXCode Hey, just be careful when using something that will keep water out completely. When the ground freezes it will rise and push through your floor that I one reason I opted for the galvanized steel pipe and just used a little cement in the bottom and a sump pump.

[lilryry1993]

wow believe it or not but here in vegas thats las vegas in nevada you wold actually get in trouble for dumping that much water but they may make an exception beacause of the rain

[matt78tv]

Seriously, I guess in vegas the water needs to be conserved because I know that the water in vegas is all piped into there. It probably took 15-20 minutes of pumping to get the water out and you can see how much water was coming out. Not sure how many gallons but it was a lot.

[CVRealMan]

if i were you i would run the PVC pipe farther away from your house otherwise its kinda defeating the porpoise

[clj7]

your place looks so cosy. You've got everything you need

[roflpwnize]

that makes me thirsty

[jak929]

@spruance420 A body can't melt... dumbass

[Freezingred2]

you have a pretty big mobile home!

[matt78tv]

I built it myself using a piece of 4' culvert galvanized pipe. I bought an ten foot piece and placed probably a little over 5 feet under ground and then there is about 2 feet above ground with over a ton of concrete poured around it. I like the way I have it under my bedroom but if I had to do it over I would have just built a small concrete room above ground connecting to a closet in my bedroom. I did consider using a concrete septic tank because some say they make a great storm shelter.

[matt78tv]

Sure