How to remove water from the basement

How to remove water from the basement

If there is water in the basement, there may be several reasons for this. The most important of them lies in a large amount of precipitation during rainfalls. This also includes the melting of snow in the spring. As a result, there is a “flooding” of the site and flooding of the house, or rather, its basement. The reason may also be violated by groundwater mode. Do not discard and breakthrough pipes. In any case, if water appeared, there is no time to search for reasons, the room should be saved immediately.

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To eliminate the consequences of the flood, naturally, it is necessary to pump out all the water from the basement. This is done with a drainage pump, because with buckets and basins you can escape until late at night, and the motorcycle is not suitable because of its overall dimensions.

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Drainage pumps are designed for pumping polluted waters, including those in which there are mechanical impurities, garbage, and dirt. Although they are characterized by low power, the pressure creates a large one-6-10 m. The performance of the installations is about 3-15 m3/h. They are suitable for use in the basement, cellar, vegetable pit, garage, private house and basement of high -rise buildings.

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If the water in the basement is very contaminated, there are fibrous inclusions, large particles of garbage, it is better to give preference to the use of the fecal pump.

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If the water has already appeared in the basement, lower your pump to the depth, putting any leaf material under it. You can make a recess in the floor and put the device there. In this case, he will work as submersible.

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If there is a threat of flooding of the room, you can set the water level on the float switch in advance. When water reaches this level, the pump will turn on by itself. Water will be pumped out. This is a very convenient function, especially if you are absent, and the water begins to arrive. The minimum inclusion level on some drainage pumps is 5 mm!

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If the water from the cellar does not leave, but remains, then wait until it leaves naturally. Then it will be possible to restore the waterproofing of the basement.

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When the water came off the basement, ventilate the room. Take out of it all things, wooden shelves, metal racks, boxes, pallets, grocerates. Carefully remove the basement, clean the floor. After cleaning, you can do the leak.

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It is desirable that the basement dried out naturally. It takes at least two days. Then - the turn of accelerated drying. This is especially important to do in the fall or in the winter.


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To accelerate the basement, you can use a small homemade brazier. Any metal bucket is suitable for its manufacture. Put it in the middle of the room and light it in it. Make sure that the flame does not burn out, and throw firewood. Hot air emanating from the fire will quickly replace raw, which stagnated in the cellar. Thanks to this, the walls of the cellar will warm up well and dry. And smoke at this time will destroy all insects, mold and spores of the fungus.

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After driving work, the basement take up the shelves. Wash them well, it is also advisable to soak them with an antiseptic composition. Do this with the help of the most ordinary copper sulfate.

When the basement completely dries, take up the issue of waterproofing the room.

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