How to extract water from cellar?

wazza2004

Hi my water mains stop !!!! in the cellar has developed a very small leak. It fills a bucket over a day. Have now placed a larger bucket. Can't replace/fix the stop !!!! because the mains tap outside the property is faulty. Got the water board coming to fix it next week. Being disabled I have difficulty carrying the bucket upstairs to empty it. Is there a certain water pump and hose someone has used and recommend? If possible I prefer to shop at Toolstation as it's convenient.

Thanks in advance

tonyh66

yes you can get a pump from toolstation your bucket is going to have to be big enough for the float switch to work though.

FreeBear

A submersible pump - https://www.toolstation.com/draper-61668-350w-clear-water-pump/p98634


Hose - https://www.toolstation.com/lay-flat-hose-10m/p42063


If you need longer than 10m, a connector kit - https://www.toolstation.com/layflat-kit/p81229

coffeehound

They sell condensate pumps including 5 metres of hose but no mention of what height they can pump upwards

https://www.toolstation.com/grundfos-conlift1-ls-condensate-pump/p93749

People have their boiler in the cellar so it should be able to pump a few metres upwards to discharge to the outdoors through a vent

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wazza2004

A good point was mentioned about depth of water in the bucket and if it was deep enough for the submerged pump to work. How about using a fish tank electric pump to extract water? Are they powerful enough to extract up the stairs? I am aware the flowrate will be low etc.. Any recommendation?

Alter_ego

Reccommend a boat 12v bilge pump if you have a battery you can use.

Hedoneit

How about dipping a smaller container into the bucket and carry that up the stairs.
If you do it every now and again you should stop the big bucket from overflowing
Use the money saved from not buying a pump and put it towards getting the stopcock fixed after the outside one is fixed.

wazza2004

Have you read my initial post? Water board is coming end of the week to sort out the outside tap problem. Then I will contact my plumber. At the moment my son does it by emptying the bucket and carrying it upstairs. I am disabled and will find it difficult to do it daily when he is at uni.

Hedoneit

I've read your post and understand that you are disabled i can't understand spending at least £50 to £100 on a pump and hose to use for one week when it could be spent on your plumber when they come out.
I don't know if you have any power in the basement if not you will need an extension lead to
Would be better buying some more buckets and swapping them when it's full and asking the plumber if he could empty them for you (cup of tea and biscuit would help achieve this)