five minute plumbing

[kivihiili@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

heres a bonus wide angle shot:

this post isn't too long. what happened was that at this friends house, their washing machine started leaking a whole lot of water and wasn't draining properly.

their roommate reported that they just took out some bedding and the dryer wouldn't work, and we together discovered the dryer was waterlogged to the point of malfunction. and then realized the floor was covered in flowing water.

it began leaking through the ceiling to another floor, so it needed to be drained quick.

our first strategy was to somehow use the big yellow waterproof vacuum to remove the water but that clearly wouldn't work given how much water there was. here's a photo.

our next thought was how else we could get it out through that window, maybe using the vacuum pump as a sorta water pump. then we thought: siphoning!

trying just the vacuum hose alone, it wasn't nearly long enough. but our friend told us about some PVC piping they had laying in their closet. so, we electrical taped a couple lengths onto both ends (only one's visible in the photos sorry), and then used the other vacuum their to try and start the siphon.

it took a little fiddling and a container that happened to be just outside the shot to catch some of the water but our friend and us managed to do it! a little bit remained at the bottom but we soaked it up with some rags.

sadly the ceiling of the floor below is a little damaged. but some damage control is better than nothing!

sweet dreams y'all :3