How To Vacuum Water with a RIDGID Wet Dry Shop Vac
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- This video will show you how to vacuum water in a wet basement with a RIDGID wet/ dry shop vac. This video explains, and shows you what you need to do to prepare the vacuum, and also a cool RIDGID pump accessory that attaches to the vacuum and will pump the water out.
Purchased from Home Depot
RIDGID Vacuum: www.homedepot.com/p/RIDGID-12-...
RIDGID Vacuum Pump Accessory:www.homedepot.com/p/RIDGID-Qui...
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So back in the day when I was younger using a wet dry shop vac I was doing it wrong I never remember bags or different filters or ever hooking a garden hose up
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Are the pump attachments still available? I’ve searched HD, Amazon etc and can’t find them
Best video on the tube for how to use this. I’ve searched everywhere and most people just forget to cover the basics and just go on and on about how the machine performs. Thank you, sir!
Exactly, I just ruined my air filter yesterday when sucking water.....
Everyone is trying to sell you something 24 hrs a day...They also hope for you to break it so it can end up in a landfill so you can buy another Made in China, well until all the industry in China gets to everyone has cancer levels like America. Africa is the next stop for Big corporations to poison. Cancer follows the industry. Remember the owners did not want to relocate to China to save money on labor and give away jobs. They were getting out of dodge before all the poison kicked in our land, air, and water. Humanity in 2021 has to go back to the manual ways of doing things. Earth is sick and god is going to show back up to flood, cook, freeze and burn this place. The virus known as humans always survive like rodents and roaches. The most important thing he covered was safety - electricity is a wonderful thing even today but it is nasty if you throw water on it and it needs to flow through one's body...Cardiac problems are the new normal following big pharma' s golden goose jab. What else can go wrong? Avoid anyone being a salesperson at all costs. We need to spend less money on things we don't need. I wish you all the best in whatever this life has to offer in the coming future...its going to get worse before getting better.
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Super helpful. I thought I had to buy a special wet filter for this thing to be water ready. Didn’t know it’s as simple as removing the dry filter
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Am grateful for people who are willing to show how to do something, because I have no one to advise me and this video is excellent. I was looking at a RIGID wet/dry vac at Home Depot and will definitely get one now that I know how to use the wet part of it.
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67 year old widow , water in basement from storm Elsa today, haven't used the shop vac in some time to remove water in basement. Thanks for the excellent video refresher course. Thumbs up. Many thanks !!!
Actually had to run to Home Depot as the pump I had didn't work. The seasoned staff at home depot were clueless , useless as to where I would find the wet/vac water pump accessory. Needless to say one is best to use their own devices. I found it and attached it, good to go. Thanks again
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Our basement flooded yesterday and your video was extremely helpful refresher. Thank you so much for posting this!!
Glad this video helped you out. Have a great day!
Excellent video! You covered all the important tips and I love how you show to attach and use the pump to remove the water from the Vac. Thank you!
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My storage unit has about a 1/2" of water on the floor because of a leak in the roof from a recent hurricane. I thought of using my rigid shop vac but had a lot of questions and then I found your video. I'm literally going to start vacuuming the water out of my storage unit after I post this. Thank you very much for sharing the information.
This is exactly what has happened to me after the very heavy rains we have had in Sydney. Great video!
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Thank you so much for this video. My dad wasn’t home and me and my mom used this for the first time and it was a breeze thanks to you!🙏🏾
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This video is totally awesome. My 97 year old mom just had her basement flooded due to a main break. She doesn’t have any homeowners insurance and if I have to do the cleanup this info is invaluable.
I am glad you enjoyed my wet vac video, hope it helps to remove the water out of your basement.
Hey how’s the basement doing?
I worked in Water Mitigation for years. I can help yall if needed
Omg! My basement floods as well when too much rain. We don't have a sump pump yet so we have to drag the wet vacs out to drain and come back in. That little pump attachment is going to be a back saver! Thanks for the video!
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Thanks for the video..helped me out alot and saved me from spending $3000...only spent $130 on the parts!! Thank you!!
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Perfect! Thanks for the video, just woke up 5am to a flooded basement...
That’s the worst. Hope you make out ok
same thing happen to me today. Prefect video for a bad situation.
This never gets old. I always wondered about the pump. Great little demo.
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Thanks for the vid, I didn't realize my shop vac was so versatile.
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I never had the pleasure, haha, of having to use the shop vac for sucking up. Water. I wasn't sure if I should remove the filter or not. Thank you for making your video, very helpful.
Glad this helped you out
Great video. Appreciate it when a diy video is clear, concise and works. THANK YOU for the help 🤙🏻🇺🇸
Glad to help
Man, what a great way to use a shopvac. I’m getting the attachment. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for watching. Hope this helped you out.
Whenever the water comes into the basement, I freak the f-out. I always come to your channel because you have a much better disposition about the whole thing. You seem calm, confident, and ready to roll with the punches. I get there eventually using all the same equipment, but I just wanted you to know that your video is something of an inspiration to me when the basement floods. Thanks for the great content!
Thanks for watching Dan! Actually just bought a brand new Ridgid vacuum. The one in the video called it quits after like 16 years! Had it forever.
I know, he’s so calm over it. I have water I’m cleaning up now and I want to buy another wet vac in case mine shits the bed. I really worry about losing power in a storm because that’s game over.
Cool video. Also Utility pumps will pump out with just 1/8 inch of water remaining in basement to save time and then you can finish up with shop vac.
I have one of those too.
I had no idea Rigid had that pump. Great presentation. Thank you so much!!
Happy to help!
Thank you so much! I had a rug I was trying to clean and it was too big for my top load washing machine & I didn’t have a carpet cleaner so I ended up washing it in the bathtub but I didn’t have a way to dry it, it was soaking wet. I live in an apartment so I have no way to leave it out to dry so I’m like great what do I do. Then I remembered I had this thing & had no idea how to use it to suck up water, so thank you so much for this video!
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ha ha ha, "had this thing", that's hilarious! Good job! I agree, this was a good basic video!
Thanks bud.. This Monday morning sucks but you have help immensely
Glad this helped you out!
Thanks for info didnt know my Rigid did this ,............water in basement from recent storm!Great job !
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This was super helpful. Plus the info about the pump was just what I needed. Thank you.
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Great video don't have this actual Shop-Vac when I was planning on buying one used. For my swimming pool this looks like a perfect Shop-Vac
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks ! I didn't know there was a pump accessorie
Thanks for watching. That pump works well...pretty good tool to have kickin around
Thank you so much. I have a friend who keeps thinking she doesn't need to change her air conditioning filters in Florida. So of course she's got water in the air handler unit so I'm going to take my shop vac over tomorrow and I'm going to suck the water out. I'm still going to love her. But thank you for the instructions. Sheesh. Gail in Central Florida September 29, 2020.
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Thank you for having the courage to share! Very informative/helpful etc. :D
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Just bought the 9gal. Thanks for this. Very helpful!
Thanks for checking out our Rigid shop vac video, hope it helps you out!
Thank you so much for your video! Incredibly helpful to vacuum water out of my pool!
Glad it helped!
Dude, thank you. I just bought one of these RIDGIDs to clean up some water in a pond that needs serious cleaning. I needed a little training. Thanks again.
No problem. Glad to hear this helped you out.
If the pond is deep you can use a transfer pump or a sump pump till they don't pick up water anymore and then finish up with a vac. I believe it will be much faster because you won' have to stop the vac and start the pump then stop the pump and start the vac and so on and so on. Get my drift.
Fantastic video! You answered so many of my questions.
Glad it was helpful!
I'd like to thank you for this very educational video. I have over the years had several flooding problems in my home and this combination of the water vac and pump is perfect. I will be purchasing both. Thanks again.
Thanks for watching. Hope this helps you out
so happy I just figure out I don't need that filter for wet vac. I almost replaced it thank you
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They make a foam filter specifically for water pickup. I'd recommend using that just in case you pick up any other junk along with water. In my experience at least, you're never sucking up perfectly clean water and a good amount of gunk gets stuck on the foam filter that may have otherwise blown through the vac motor which isn't good for it. Wet pickup foam filter, very durable/washable/reusable: www.amazon.com/Ridgid-Genuine-Replacement-Application-Vacuums/dp/B00LBHOI2C
I was waiting for someone to say that they tried to use the wet vac and ruined the filter. At least I knew enough to double check on that. It's always something isn't it when you're a homeowner..ah the joys...
Great video. Thank you for sharing!!!
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Mahalo for demonstrating this. just borrowed one and dunno how to use it, but i saw your example so i'm way more confident about it. aloha no!
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Really nice of you to demo so much.
Glad you liked it!
Appreciate this! I'll get s pump now! 😎👍🏾
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thank you... i just needed to know how to suck the water correctly
and your video did the trick.
thanks again
buddy s.
No problem, thanks for watching.
Awesome. Thank you for your help!
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Thanks for this seem like a chill dude have a great day!
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Great video, super helpful! Thank you for sharing. it would be helpful for some of us to understand how to connect the various hoses together in the right sequence, if you could please add that detail.
I will keep this request in mind when I have to vacuum up water again.
I just bought the 4 gallon Ridgid wet dry vac. Now I need the pump to add on.
Home Depot has them
Thanks for the vid! I went out and bought it for the same reason.
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Thx for the instructions on how too great 👍🏻 job
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Well done buddy, very helpful
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Simple and to the point, thanks!
You're welcome!
I had no idea that there was a pump attachment for my rigid. Great to know. Thanks.
You don't need the pump unless you're sending the water up vertically (e.g., out of a basement) and you don't have a sump pump. If you have a sump pump, roll the vac to the sump pump, remove the cap at the bottom side of the vac and quickly insert a sock over the hole if you want (as a dirt filter). Gravity works great! No extra water pump needed. ~ Isa, Tiny House Northeast
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Thanks bro 💯🖤 just got one and this helped
Glad I could help
Thank you! Great vid.
Glad you liked it!
I had no idea about the pump attachment. Thank you for this video, Sir.
You're welcome. It's a pretty handy attachment to have
You might want a transfer pump
Great video. Thanks!
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Thank you for this video!
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👍🏾👍🏾 Great video!! I came here because I wanted to know if this “wet vac” in particular could suck up a large amount of water since I will be flooding my car seats. I can get different nozzles sold separately. And now I know I need to take the air filter out. 😭 I would have messed the entire vacuum up if I didn’t watch this video so Thanks! 😊
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great job! anyreason y you dont need a filter installed when picking up water w/wet vac? i hear its not necessary, but not totally sure, dont wana screw up motor
Never had an issue.
Good video any chance anyone know the thread on that drain. I was thinking of getting some attachments in the PVC department at the brick and mortar
I am not sure of the size.
Very informative. Thanks
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You can actually run the pump and vac at the same time which I did when my basement took on water - about as much as shown in your video. It would not work for a large amount of water or a body of water like a bathtub then as you indicate it would have to be a 2 step process.
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Very simple n good video. Thank you
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Very helpful. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Great purchase And value
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I just watched this video and heard you say you were in NH!! I live in NH also and I need one of those pumps but no Home Depot has them now!
Yeah, I purchased this pump for my Rigid shop vac, wonder if they discontinued them mine still works great after all this time. Thank you for watching our video that shows you how to use a shop vacuum to vacuum up water in a basement.
@@HomeOwnerRepair yup I don’t understand why they would discontinue it
This was very helpful. Thanks.
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Could someone please explain how the RIDGID wet/dry shop vac prevents motor damage or water leakage into the motor compartments when used without a wet filter? 😕
Thank you! Such a helpful video. And your accent! Love it! Guessing you're from Revere. :)
Little father north...but close..lol Thanks for watching.
THANK YOU FOR THIS INFORMATION
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Thank you, nice video.
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Thanks for keeping it simple
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Very helpful...thanks!
You're welcome!
does removing the filter before performing a wet vacuum risk spoiling the motor? like in case there are debris in the liquid or what not. I am currently using a Karcher wet vacuum and it seems like it is recommended to keep the filter intact for wet vacuum
I haven't had any issues with vacuuming water this way.
This was a really good video but I'm having trouble finding the pump that you attached to the shop vac. Do you know if it's still available and what exactly it would be called?
I am not sure if they still sell them, they should. I bought it at Home Depot.
Thanks you it really helped alot!!
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Thanks for the video this is awesome 👍🏻
No problem 👍
I have questions. 1. If you have a sump pump, why did your basement flood? 2. Did you install the nozzle that directs the water downward in your shopvac, this is required on mine so water doesn’t go into the motor. 3. Not so important, but if you have an external pump why not pump it in a toilet or out a window?
Thanks for the vid!
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Thanks Tone.... came in handy
Thanks for watching Bob
Great video ! Thank you !!
Glad you liked it!
great video thanks!
Hope this helps you out
Is it safe to clean clogged gutter with it? Which will have leaves wet gunk and standing water. Will the gunk or leaves get into to motor If I vaccum with standard filter being removed.
I wouldn't attempt it with this. I typically clean mine by hand.
Can you use the external pump simultaneously with the vacuum as you pump out water?
Not sure, haven't tried it.
Sometimes my backyard gets e lot of water. Can I use the pump while I'm using the vacuum. That way I can just vacum and it pumps the water out as I go?
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Great video!
Thanks for checking it out.
Do I absolutely need a pump? I have a leak and it went to the room next door and soaked up a big portion of the carpet so i won’t be vacuuming up a lot of water.
No the pump just makes it easier to empty, but it is not required to vacuum up water.
Can you use the vacuum to suck up water thr same time as the pump is on, pumping out water while you suck up water? Or do I have to do one first then the other?
no because the pump pumps the water out too fast.
thanks for the guide king
Happy to help
Can you tell me how to use 4 gallon model as a blower and where to insert the muffler,thanks
We currently do not have a video that covers this model
When you put the filter back on do you just wash where the filter goes?
Typically I will clean and dry everything inside.
Do you need to purches the exterior pump for continuing flow?
No it just makes it easier to empty the shop vac
Good job! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
very helpful thank you
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God, this takes me back to college days, doing janitor work during break.
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Great product ,I like it
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Could I just purchase the pump and use it as a handheld pump with the hose connected draining into the sump pump?
Possibly
How do you dry vac with it? Seems like everything was blowing out of blower port.
If you are dry vacuuming you should be running an air filter. Also make sure that the ball inside where the blower motor is is moving freely.
Could I use this set up to suck the water off my winter pool cover
Possibly..or you can do this with a garden hose...hope this helps you out. th-cam.com/video/yEMd0Aq2a_A/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Q2_5JxGfYs9NdhDI
Can you run both of them at the same time? I’m not sure if the shop vac and suck enough water to keep up with the 10 gallons per minute but it would be nice
No water pump is too fast
Could this pump push water uphill 8 feet? We use a wet dry ridgid 15 gallon vac to drain the last of a swimming pool for repairs and you are right about how heavy a full vac is this may save Us about 2 or 3 hours of Heavy grunt work
It may be able to. It's pretty strong
When soaking up the water, Is it normal for the shop vac to get loud like it has a blockage similar to when normal sucking like it would on a towel? I got scared it was gonna break.
Yeah it may get a little more high pitched in sound.
Thank you SO much !
You're welcome!