Dale, I think it's a little over 7 lbs to the gallon. Hopefully, wheels were available.
-----Original Message----- .From: "Dale Leavens"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> .Sent: 4/16/07 3:39:50 PM .To: "[email protected]"<[email protected]> .Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] RESump pumps . .My goodness man! 25 gallons of water is one hell of a weight! Even your .American gallons must weigh a couple of hundred pounds. . .I would hustle out quick and get me a sump pump, they aren't all that .expensive and a few lengths of hat hose out a window. They aren't all that .powerful but will eject probably hundreds of gallons an hour. . .Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] .Skype DaleLeavens .Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. . . .----- Original Message ----- .From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> .To: <[email protected]> .Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 4:05 PM .Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] RESump pumps . . .> 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: <[email protected]> .>> 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: [email protected] .>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] .>>> Behalf Of Scott Howell .>>> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 5:59 AM .>>> To: [email protected] .>>> 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. 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