HELP! My basement is flooding as we speak! There is about an inch of water everywhere. There are sub pumps, and my family is working diligently to stop it, but it's still coming in. I've looked throughout my basement and found that a good amount of water is coming from this one hole in the wall, about a half of an inch round.
If anybody knows how to clog a small hole with household items PLEASE ANSWER. The roads are flooded so we can't go to the store for anything, so we are going to have to use household stuff. Thank you so much!
2007-04-15 15:47:40 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
dont fight the hole, work with it. channel the flow from the hole into a garden hose with the other end into the toilet or in your basement sewer drain.
Good luck
2007-04-15 17:18:04 · answer #1 · answered by rockystartz 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Forget about any solution that involves trying to seal the hole from the wall side. Your basement wall is probably rough, dirty concrete; nothing will stick to it.
One poster suggested packing the hole with wood. That's not a bad idea; if you can find a piece that fits, more or less, hammer it in. It might take awhile to cut enough small pieces to fill all the gaps, though.
You might see if you have any modelling clay. Got any kids in the house? The kind of clay that *doesn't* dry out will be better for this than Play-Doh, which will tend to dissolve in water.
The water is probably not under a lot of pressure so your plug doesn't need to be very sturdy -- but you want to do your best to stop up the whole thing. A small trickle will tend to widen into a stream.
I caution you, though, that once you plug one hole, you'll probably find another. You may be in for a long night. Sorry.
2007-04-15 16:46:45 · answer #2 · answered by Xiong 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hammer in wood slivers until the hole is filled. Really! Start with a piece close the the size of the hole and keep putting in more.
2007-04-15 16:10:20 · answer #3 · answered by RickinAlaska 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Start filling the basement with clean water from a faucet. It will equalize the pressure. Then if the basement floods all the way, there will not be as much mud and silt.
2007-04-15 15:52:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Grab some steel wool pads and a screwdriver. Pack the wool into the hole with the screwdriver. If all else fails, grab a couple of Tampax and use them.
2007-04-15 15:54:26 · answer #5 · answered by sensible_man 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Duct tape and rubber sheets. Then place something heavy against the wall to provide counterpressure.
2007-04-15 15:52:29 · answer #6 · answered by rishi_is_awake 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try many bath towels, it will slow it down, just pile them into the hole and then wiegh it down with somehting. not much else you can do. pump the water out, fill in the whole with towels or old clothes.
2007-04-15 15:51:06 · answer #7 · answered by carneymaster11 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might gets some flour, wet it into a ball and plug
it with that, and then put duct tape over it to keep the
ball in place.
However, its not going to last long at all.
2007-04-15 15:51:25 · answer #8 · answered by Elana 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
>>I have never tried this, but I would think if you could put something in a trash bag and then put against outside part of whole, maybe it will plug it up. Good luck
2007-04-15 15:52:00 · answer #9 · answered by Yahoogirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Poor planning on your part does not constitute an automatic emergency on my part. This storm has been forcast for several days. Should have prepared. Keep the sump pumps going and try to get the water out as fast as possible. Not much you can do at this point without specialized sealants that will work under pressure and when wet.
2007-04-15 15:52:38 · answer #10 · answered by troythom 4 · 0⤊ 5⤋