andy stewart said:
Right- I have a pump, but how far is it to siphon back to? There was a drain hole that took water last saturday. Or would it have to go back to the Eating house to drain the sump?
There is a drain right by the concrete dam at the entrance to the sump - this is blocked.
There is another drain about 30 meters back towards the eating house.
It is on the lhs of the passage as you approach from the Eating house and just before the small annoying lake.
Was it here that you were bailing with an orange bucket??
I only say this because it looked like the drain hole had had some stuff washed in recently.
If so - please take care not to wash more stuff into the hole - we spent some time last night digging it out. The last thing we want is for this hole to become blocked too.
The pipe in place is an old fire hose from an office. Red rubber, I reckon its about a 1/2" int. diameter. Please do not fiddle about too much as we now have it just about where we want it. There is hopfully enough slack to push down the drain hole - hopefully to a level lower than St vals sump and hence get a syphon effect.
Could I also ask that any extranous gubbins are removed. I spent a couple of trips last year clearing out broken buckets/hose/placky bags/sweet wrappers - etc etc.
There was one more broken orange bucket/a rusty tin can and a blue poly sheet . so if you have any spare room on the way out it would be much appreciated.
I am leaving the big bore black rubber pipe and any buckets that are not broken.
Good luck - Sam