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Re: Need to get wet/dry shop vac mainly for basement leaks. Home Depot, Sears, or Amazon? - Dennis S - 08-14-2013
DRR wrote:
For your use, especially with a drain nearby, I would get a smaller portable unit.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/RIDGID-4-Gal-Wet-Dry-Vac-WD4070/202077241?N=c2f8Z2bctjlZ2bctjmZ2bctjn#.Ugv6pmTXTak
The larger ones with higher HP and larger gallon capacity are great, but their large size makes them more "shop" vacs. I have one for example, that I use in the garage and around the yard, but I can't carry it into the attic to service my AC drains. Using it for any purpose inside the house is unwieldy. If you have a drain nearby and it only rains occasionally, I'd get the light duty vac I linked above, and vac up 4 gallons at a time, and then just empty it into the drain and start over.
The ones I've seen like that require you to get on your knees to vacuum the floor unless I looked at the pictures wrong. I need to stand up and do it. Plus, I want to take the opportunity to have a bigger sure-nuff shop vac to handle whatever comes along.
Re: Need to get wet/dry shop vac mainly for basement leaks. Home Depot, Sears, or Amazon? - bruceko - 08-14-2013
Shop Vac has a 16 gallon unit that is a wet dry vac but also has a built in pump that you can hook a hose upto to drain the tank after it is full.
I know Lowes has it but I can't provide a link here at work bucause all shopping sites are blocked.
Re: Need to get wet/dry shop vac mainly for basement leaks. Home Depot, Sears, or Amazon? - Dennis S - 08-14-2013
40sf @ 1/8" (.125) deep = 5cf
1cf = 7.48051948 gallons
5cf = 37.4 gallons
Unbelievable!
Re: Need to get wet/dry shop vac mainly for basement leaks. Home Depot, Sears, or Amazon? - MikeF - 08-14-2013
Ombligo wrote:
5cf = 37.4 gallons, so you would need a 40 Gallon wet dry to do it in one trip. They don't make those
Yes they do:
but then you need an air compressor to run it, so get one of those also...
Re: Need to get wet/dry shop vac mainly for basement leaks. Home Depot, Sears, or Amazon? - space-time - 08-14-2013
Ombligo wrote:
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But an idea --Maybe a bucket head vacuum for $22 and a pool vacuum hose. Just put the pail over the drain (with the bottom cut out), attach the long hose to it, put the floor attachment to the other and vacuum away. the water goes straight down the drain.
Buck head
Pool hose (this is 24')
I never used one of those but I thought they suck air from the bucket, and the vacuum sucks water and dirt into the bucket, in other words the dirt and water never go through the motor. If this is so, then cutting out the bottom of the pail will render this useless.
Re: Need to get wet/dry shop vac mainly for basement leaks. Home Depot, Sears, or Amazon? - bruceko - 08-15-2013
here is the link for the shop vac i mentioned aboveLowe shop vac
Re: Need to get wet/dry shop vac mainly for basement leaks. Home Depot, Sears, or Amazon? - space-time - 08-15-2013
bruceko wrote:
here is the link for the shop vac i mentioned aboveLowe shop vac
I got that one, if not very similar for $29 on Black Friday I believe.
Re: Need to get wet/dry shop vac mainly for basement leaks. Home Depot, Sears, or Amazon? - Grateful11 - 08-15-2013
The Sears Wet Dry Vacs are pretty hard too beat. I destroyed one by forgetting to put the float in that shuts
down the suction when it gets full of water. The last one, a 16 gallon Sears, I bought has been around here
for about 12 years and I've used it numerous time to vacuum up the water in our leaky basement and I roll
it over to the basement drain and unscrew the plug and let it drain out. However poured our basement floor
must have made it as flat as possible because water can be sitting 1/4"- 1/2" deep at spots and the water
can't find it's way to the drain.
Make sure you get one with the 2 1/2" hose, stay away from those little 1 1/4" hoses as you may want to
use for vacuuming up leaves in the Fall and stuff. Rarely does the 2 1/2" hose clog.
Re: Need to get wet/dry shop vac mainly for basement leaks. Home Depot, Sears, or Amazon? - Ombligo - 08-15-2013
space-time wrote:
[quote=Ombligo]
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But an idea --Maybe a bucket head vacuum for $22 and a pool vacuum hose. Just put the pail over the drain (with the bottom cut out), attach the long hose to it, put the floor attachment to the other and vacuum away. the water goes straight down the drain.
Buck head
Pool hose (this is 24')
I never used one of those but I thought they suck air from the bucket, and the vacuum sucks water and dirt into the bucket, in other words the dirt and water never go through the motor. If this is so, then cutting out the bottom of the pail will render this useless.
Thinking about, I believe you are right.. oh well it was an idea, just not a workable one.
Re: Need to get wet/dry shop vac mainly for basement leaks. Home Depot, Sears, or Amazon? - cbelt3 - 08-15-2013
FWIW... my big honking Sears model also works as a leaf blower.