Water at a summer cottage is required not only for owners to comply with sanitary and hygienic standards. It is necessary for watering plants, caring for the territory and pets, refreshing and bathing in the hot summer season. Agree that it is difficult to lift the entire required volume from the source manually with buckets.

However, there is a way to alleviate the difficult fate of summer residents - this is a homemade water pump. Even if you do not have the funds to buy pumping equipment, you can become the proud owner of a useful technical device. To build it, sometimes literally one power of thought is enough.

We have collected and systematized for you valuable information about making almost free homemade products. The models presented for consideration were tested in practice and deservedly received recognition from the owners. A detailed description of the manufacturing technology is supplemented with diagrams, photo and video materials.

This pump is likely to be the simplest and cheapest, because the raw materials are literally wasteful, i.e. do not cost anything at all.

To implement the idea for its assembly, the following materials are required:

• plastic bottle with a stopper;
• plastic bottle without stopper;
• a piece of plastic pipe of a suitable diameter;
• outlet hose.

First, you need to make a petal valve.

We take out the gasket from the lid of the plastic bottle. We cut it in a circle so that the gasket in diameter becomes smaller than the neck of the bottle. At the same time, you need to leave a narrow sector intact, about 15-20 degrees.

The sector must be left such a width that it can easily swing, but not come off.

Drill a hole in the center of the plastic bottle cap, about 8 mm. Insert the gasket and screw on the cut neck.

The purpose of screwing in the neck is to clamp the membrane and obtain a petal valve

Insert a plastic pipe into the finished valve. Cut off the top from the second plastic bottle. It should look like a funnel. We fix it over the plastic pipe.

We put on the drain hose on the other end of the plastic pipe. The simplest home-made pump for pumping water is ready.

The tapered portion will help the liquid open the petal. In addition, the valve will not hit the bottom.

With a sharp movement of the hand up and down, we force the liquid to rise through the plastic pipe to the spout. Then the liquid will flow by gravity.

There are still other options:

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A summer cottage and the presence of a well on it is a joy for every nature lover. Especially if the village has electricity and it is possible to pump water for irrigation from the well using a powerful unit.

But what to do if there is no electricity at all or it was temporarily cut off ?! Of course, you can simply carry water to the beds with buckets, but this is tiring, and just for a long time. Especially if the gardens have a large area.

We bring to your attention a solution to the dilemma - assembling a water pump with your own hands. And believe me, such a water machine will work, although a little slower than an electric pump, but still quite productive. Consider several options for do-it-yourself pumps.

Is it worth thinking about the fact that producing your own home pump is not profitable and will not lead to anything. We are ready to prove to you otherwise, referring to several advantages of such work:

• Firstly, the summer resident will always have a device at hand for supplying water from the well upstairs, even if the electricity is cut off.
• An important point is saving the family budget. So, electricity tariffs are growing by leaps and bounds, and a powerful pump in working order shakes a lot of kW. Such pump cycles, even for the purpose of watering the beds in a month, can result in a tidy sum for the average family.

Important: you can only assemble a manual piston pump with your own hands. All other types of pumps (vane, diaphragm, vane) are more difficult to assemble on their own.

The operation and device of the piston unit for the well

A piston is installed in the flask (body) of the pump, which, under the influence of physical force on the lever, moves up and down. The piston has an inlet and outlet that are closed by valves. At the moment of pressing the lever, the piston descends down the flask and opens the inlet valve. Water fills the working chamber, the pressure rises in it. Due to the differential pressure, the water is pushed out through the outlet valve of the device.

Important: the performance of a piston-type pump is on average 2-3 liters per cycle (pressing the lever). But at the same time it can be increased by increasing the cross-section of the body and the piston in it. Most often, such pumps are used for an Abyssinian well. But provided that the pump is securely fixed, it can be used with a conventional well.

Stages of work to create a pump

• First you need to prepare the cylinder body. It can be made from a pipe cut of the desired section. It is desirable that the pipe diameter is at least 8 cm. And its length is 1 meter.

Important: the cross-section of the case for a hand pump does not have to be round. It can be either a square or a polygon. The main thing then is to adjust the cross-section of the piston to the shape of the body.

• Now two brackets need to be welded to the pump body so that the future lever is located between them freely. The brackets are attached to the top of the pump.
• The next step is to drill the holes for the inlet and outlet. Accordingly, we make holes in the lower and upper parts of the case.
• The lower part of the housing must be closed with a lid. It can be metal, fixed by welding, or just larch. The latter is in excellent contact with water, without decay.
• It is also necessary to close the upper opening of the flask with a lid. This is not necessary, but a cover will increase the efficiency of the pump and prevent water from splashing when it is being lifted.
• In the top cover we make a hole for the stem. It should be in the form of a slit.

Making a piston for the pump

Now you need to make the main working unit of the pump with your own hands - the piston. It needs to be made from the following materials:

• A disc made of metal, the thickness of which should be about 3-4 cm;
• A piece of dense rubber of the same section as the piston (the thickness of the material must be at least 5 cm).
• We make holes about 1 cm in diameter over the entire surface of the piston (metal disc). There should be several of them.
• Cover the disc on top with a rubber gasket and connect them.
• A cut must be made through both piston elements in the central part in order to securely fix the rod.
• A rod made of metal or steel can be used as a rod. Its length should be 1-1.5 m. The stem is threaded through the hole formed in the piston and fixed from below with a strong nut.
• We attach the upper end of the stem to the lever after it is pulled out through the upper housing cover.

Making a lever

It remains to make a working pump lever. To do this, take a pipe with a diameter of 3 cm and a length of about 35 cm. One end of the pipe must be flattened with a hammer and a bolt hole made here. In the future, it is through it that the bolt will pass, which will also be located in the two brackets. This is how the lever is attached. The upper end of the stem is also brought to the bolt, securely fixing it. The outer side of the operating arm can be wrapped with electrical tape or a piece of rubber hose can be put on it for easy grip.

The inlet valve is mounted from a cut of dense rubber. Its diameter should be slightly smaller than the inlet. In the central part of the valve we form a hole and mount a guide in it. It is thanks to her that the valve will always return to its place after the piston returns to its usual position.

Important: the guide must be longer than the distance from the drain pipe to the lower end of the pump body.

The finished pump is pushed onto a pipe, the length of which should reach the water mirror in the well. It remains to securely fix the pump at the walls of the source in order to freely raise water from it.

Fire pump

Another simple pump design for a well. In this case, you need to prepare the following materials:

• Metal barrel with a volume of 150-200 liters;
• Outlet tap;
• Water intake hose;
• Bricks for laying a small stove.

We assemble the structure in this way:

• First, lay out a small brick stove so that a barrel stands on it.
• Now in the side of the tank at the top we make an inlet, and in the side at the bottom - an outlet for the tap.
• We attach a hose to the inlet pipe, the length of which will reach the water mirror in the well, and a tap to the outlet.

Such a pump will work according to the following principle:

• First, pour 3-5 liters of water into the barrel.
• We make a fire in the stove and wait until the water heats up well.
• Putting out the fire in the oven. After that, the heated air will go into the well, and the pressure in the tank will become rarefied. As a result of this phenomenon, water will begin to flow into the tank. As soon as the barrel is full, you can open the tap and take water from the tank through a standard hose attached to it.

Solar pump

And you can make a pump for a well that will work from the sun. To make it yourself, you will need:

• A metal can of any capacity (the larger, the better, but, as a rule, they take a tank of 50 liters;
• Rubber heating pad;
• Metal tube in the form of a lattice filled with propane-butane;
• Two valves - inlet and outlet.

Assemble the structure in this way:

• A rubber heating pad (pear) is mounted in the can, we first tightly connect it to a tube in the form of a lattice;
• The grate is placed on the sunny side of the well, however, like the can;
• We attach a hose to the inlet pipe, and lower its second end into the well;
• We close the outlet with a valve in the form of a faucet.

Such a homemade pump will work under the influence of heating the propane-butane in the tube. It boils at the lowest temperatures. As soon as the tube heats up, it must be poured with cold water, after which the substance will cool down. This, in turn, will inflate the pear, and water will begin to flow into the reservoir. At this moment, the tube will heat up again and immediately cool down due to the water passing through the system. The process of continuous pumping of water from the well will be ensured.

So, it became clear that making a pump for a well with your own hands with minimal skill can be very simple.

All materials for the water pump can be bought at a flea market or in a specialty store. The main disadvantage of factory pumps is the need to connect them to electricity. But both in private dachas and in villages, electricity is often not available. A factory electric pump is good, but you also need to have a backup in case the power goes out.

• • How to make a do-it-yourself centrifugal pump
  • We make a diaphragm pump with our own hands
  • Why do we need a pump for water: we create a case for a pump with our own hands
  • Summer residents recommend: a pear for pumping liquid
  • What to make a water pump with your own hands (video)

A do-it-yourself centrifugal pump can be made in a few days. This is a pump in which the water flow and pressure are created using centrifugal force. It arises from the action of the moving blades of the wheel on the water.

The centrifugal force principle is widely used in pumps. Among the insides, one can note the shape in the form of a spiral and the presence of a shaft on which the impeller is installed.

To make a centrifugal pump with your own hands, you need to have the appropriate knowledge and experience.

The wheel is of two types:

• Open type;
• Closed type.

In the open type, blades are placed on the disk. In the closed type, the blades are located between the rear and front discs. They can be located away from the direction of the wheel.

To make a centrifugal pump with your own hands, you need to put a valve for it on the end of one side of the water hose. Immerse this end in water and fill the entire system with water.

If you don't have a free valve at hand, but you have an old washing machine, you can remove the valve from it. Old washing machines have test tubes that are suitable for closing unnecessary holes in the pump mechanism.

For correct design, it is recommended to draw the pump in two projections so that you understand the mechanism of the pump. To create it, you need to find blades to create centrifugal force. It is advisable to choose them from durable materials so that they do not break under the pressure of water flows. It is preferable to opt for metal. They are placed inside the main round body, from which water will flow. It can be made from a plastic or iron barrel. You just need to reduce its size.

Plastic materials can be used to create a diffuser for water flow. A stream of water will flow through it. The diffuser should be positioned at an angle to the round body.

These are the basic elements needed to build a centrifugal pump. It can be collected from available tools. The main thing is that the materials are of high quality and without cracks. If you make a pump with your own hands, then it will be able to fully provide you with water.

We make a diaphragm pump with our own hands

For giving, an excellent option would be to make a diaphragm pump. This is a water production unit that is made on the basis of cast iron.

The pump has a special element - the piston. It is needed in order to independently clean up dirty water. This is an important nuance that plays in his favor in choosing pumps for summer cottages. Self-cleaning allows dirt, sand, grass to not accumulate inside the pump.

The diaphragm pump can be used to pump water that contains insoluble fractions. It is sometimes used to pump out faeces.

Before making a diaphragm pump, you need to watch a training video

The main element of the pump is the diaphragm. The diaphragm pump is excellently used in summer cottages where electricity is constantly cut off. In such a device, the pumping of water is carried out thanks to valves in the amount of two pieces.

In order to make it yourself, you will need material for:

1. Membranes;
2. Valves;
3. Branch pipes.

First, you must prepare the working chamber - the space where the main work of the pump will take place. To do this, you can take a small metal container. Plastic materials can also be used. Many summer residents recommend buying a membrane. This is due to the fact that it must be sealed and vacuum. In contrast to the chamber, valves and nozzles, for which plastic materials can be used.

To make a diaphragm pump, take a container, that is, a chamber, cut a hole on three sides. Use a drill. Water will flow from both sides on the sides, where valves and nozzles must be installed. In the third hole, from the top, install the membrane. The simple design will allow water to be pumped out.

If light often disappears in your summer cottage, and there is no way to use an electric pump, then the membrane option will be very useful. For the manufacture of a diaphragm pump, a minimum amount of materials must be used, thereby spending little money. Make a pump with your own hands, and you can always have access to water.

Why do we need a pump for water: we create a case for a pump with our own hands

In summer cottages, situations sometimes happen when the electricity is turned off. In order for you to have water constantly in the house, you need to make a water pump. This is one of the main elements of the hand pump.

With your own hands, you can make a homemade manual and diaphragm piston pump. Vane, vane, drainage and wind pumps are difficult to make on your own. There is also the so-called Musho pump, which is powered by solar energy. There is also a wave pump, the principle of which is the oscillation of waves.

To make a pump, you need to take a flask. This is a normal body in which a piston is placed. It, in turn, has two openings: an outlet and an inlet. Make them so that you can lift the water. Close both openings with valves. Next, make a lever for pumping out water.

You need to make the pump housing from durable material.

A thick pipe with a diameter of 3 centimeters is suitable for the lever.

Make holes on top in the barrel, on the side one more under the tap. Attach the hose. Please note that the hose must be of such length that it can reach the water mirror inside the well.

The pump design includes:

• Metal barrel for 150-200 liters;
• Outlet tap;
• Water intake hose.

On one side, flatten the pipe with a hammer, and make holes for the bolt on the other side. Use the brackets to secure the lever. When installing the pump, keep in mind that there may be a sewage system under you. Check these points in advance according to the drawings.

The pump is quite simple to make if you already have all the necessary materials at hand. Follow the instructions and then you will be able to make the entire pump design efficiently and without errors.

The pear is necessary for pumping liquid, and is also used for pumping gasoline. It is often used in the automotive industry. Each hose has its own mini-bulb. You can buy such a hose in stores. Or buy a separate hose and a separate pear.

The pumping pear is a cylindrical shape that tapers from the sides. This is to connect the hose at both ends. In the area of ​​the narrowing of the pear, metal rings are attached. This helps the hose to be firmly attached to the bag.

The pear design is:

• Rubber mold:
• Metal rings at the ends of the crash;
• Additional hose for work.

A pear for pumping liquid is inexpensive, so everyone can afford it.

It is easy to use a hose with a bulb. It is enough to take one end of the hose and lower it into a well or other container with water. To determine the direction of the hose, namely which end to lower into the water, you need to look at the pear. It has a directional arrow drawn on it.

Pay attention to the arrow on the pear.

Direct the other end into a container where the liquid will be poured. Next, click on the pear, and the water is pumped.

The pear serves as the simplest device for pumping liquids. It can be bought in a store at low prices, which causes demand among the owners of summer cottages. The mechanism is easy to use. It is enough to direct the ends of the hoses and press on the bulb.

What to make a water pump with your own hands (video)

A water pump is needed in every cottage. It allows you to quickly pump out water from the well. You can buy a pump in a store, or you can make it yourself. To do this, it is enough to choose high-quality materials and apply ingenuity. However, you can only make pumps with your own hands, which represent a simpler design. But they do a good job of pumping water too. This way you will enjoy drinking water on a sunny day. Therefore, we wish you the best of luck in making the pump yourself!

After acquiring a land plot, the summer resident begins to solve the most important problems: you need to start somewhere in order to settle down. The most important thing is to provide yourself with water. Indeed, since life originated in water, without it all living things cannot exist for a long time. You can bring water from somewhere, but only for personal needs. The watering problem cannot be solved using this method. It is good if there is water at least near the site. Any, even a small, reservoir will suit: a river or at least a trickle. The ideal option is a spring, but this is rarely so lucky. It remains to get a pump. By the way, at first, a homemade water pump is suitable. Its use will remove the acuteness of the problem.

Such a pump model, which does not require electricity to operate, can be used by craftsmen who are lucky enough to purchase a site on the shore of a small but very turbulent river.

The hose is laid into the barrel in even turns without kinks and kinks. And the whole structure as a whole looks rather unpretentious, but with its help water is regularly supplied to the shore

To create a pump you will need:

• a barrel with a diameter of 52 cm, a length of 85 cm and a weight of about 17 kg;
• a hose wound in a barrel with a diameter of 12mm;
• outlet (supply) hose 16mm in diameter;

There are limitations for the immersion environment: the working depth of the flow should not be less than 30 cm, the speed of movement of water (flow) - 1.5 m / s. Such a pump provides a rise of water to a height of no more than 25 meters vertically.

Components: 1 - outlet hose, 2 - sleeve coupling, 3 - blades, 4 - polystyrene foam floats, 5 - spiral winding of the hose, 6 - inlet, 7 - bottom of the structure. The barrel floats perfectly

Details of the use of this pump can be seen in the video.

Option # 2 - homemade wave pump

The pump also takes advantage of the nearby river. In a body of water without a flow, such a pump is unlikely to be effective. To make it, you will need:

• corrugated pipe of the "accordion" type;
• bracket;
• 2 bushings with valves;
• log.

The pipe can be either plastic or brass. Depending on the material of the "accordion", the weight of the log must also be adjusted. A brass pipe will fit a log weighing more than 60 kg, and a not so heavy load is suitable for a plastic pipe. As a rule, the weight of the log is selected in a practical way.

This version of the pump is suitable for a river and not with the most turbulent current, it is important that it be simple, then the "accordion" will decrease, and the water will be pumped

Both ends of the pipe are closed with bushings with valves. On one side, the pipe is attached to a bracket, on the other, to a log placed in water. The operation of the device directly depends on the movement of water in the river. It is her oscillatory movements that should force the "accordion" to act. The expected effect at a wind speed of 2 m / s and at an increased pressure of up to 4 atmospheres can be about 25 thousand liters of water per day.

As you can imagine, the pump is presented in a simplified form. It can be improved by eliminating unwanted torque from the log. To do this, fix it in a horizontal plane by installing a ring stop on the lift with a bolt. The pump will now last longer. Another option for improvements: soldered lugs on the ends of the pipe. The sleeves can simply be screwed onto them.

Particular attention should be paid to the preliminary preparation of the log. Do not forget that it will be placed in water. We prepare a mixture of natural drying oil and kerosene at a rate of one to one. We saturate the log itself with the mixture 3-4 times, and the cuts and ends, as the most hygroscopic, six times. The mixture may begin to solidify during operation. When heated in a water bath, it will return fluidity without losing other properties.

Option # 3 - differential pressure oven

The craftsmen, whose idea was embodied in this miracle of engineering, called their brainchild a "pump-oven". Of course, they know better, but at the initial stage of its operation, this pump looks like a samovar. However, he really does not heat water, but creates a difference in pressure, due to which his work is carried out.

For such a pump you need:

• steel barrel for 200 liters;
• primus or blowtorch;
• branch pipe with a tap;
• mesh hose nozzle;
• rubber hose;
• drill.

The branch pipe with a tap must be cut into the bottom of the barrel. Close the top of the barrel with a screw plug. A hole is pre-drilled in this plug and a rubber hose is inserted into it. The mesh nozzle is needed in order to close the second end of the hose before it is lowered into the reservoir.

This version of the pump can even be called witty and, most importantly, this "device" will certainly work well

About two liters of water are poured into the barrel. A heating element (kerosene stove or blowtorch) is placed under the barrel. You can just make a fire under the bottom. The air in the barrel heats up and goes out through the hose into the reservoir. This will be noticeable by the gurgle. The fire is extinguished, the barrel begins to cool down, and due to the low internal pressure, water from the reservoir is pumped into it.

On average, it takes at least an hour to fill a barrel. This is provided that the diameter of the hole in the hose is 14 mm and the distance is 6 meters from the place from where the water is to be raised.

Option # 4 - black grille for sunny weather

For this product, special devices are required. Where, for example, do you get a black grid, in the hollow tubes of which contains liquefied propane-butane? However, if this part of the problem is solved, the rest will not cause any particular difficulties. So, there is a grid, and it is connected to a rubber bulb (balloon), which is placed in the can. There are two valves in the lid of this can. One valve lets air into the container, and through the other air with a pressure of 1 atm it enters the air duct.

It is really better to make the grill black, because black products always heat up more actively under the bright summer sun

The system works like this. Pour cold water on the grate on a sunny day. The propane-butane is cooled, and the pressure of the gas vapor decreases. The rubber cylinder is compressed, and air enters the can. After the sun has dried the grate, the vapor will inflate the pear again, and the pressurized air will begin to flow through the valve directly into the pipe. The airlock becomes a kind of piston that expels water through the shower head onto the grate, after which the cycle repeats.

Of course, we are not interested in the process of watering the grate itself, but in the water that collects under it. Experts say that the pump functions perfectly even in winter. Only this time, frosty air is used as a cooler, and the water extracted from the ground heats up the grate.

Option # 5 - plastic bottle blower

If the water is in a barrel or other container, then using a hose for irrigation is problematic. In fact, everything is not so difficult. You can literally construct a home-made pump for pumping water out of scrap materials, which will work on the principle of compensating for the liquid level in communicating vessels.

Water injection occurs as a result of several forward movements. The valve, which is located under the lid, does not allow water to return to the barrel, which forces, when its volume increases, to flow out. A frivolous, at first glance, structure is a fundamental help in summer cottage work.

For a hand pump you need:

• a plastic bottle, in the lid of which there must be a plastic membrane gasket;
• hose suitable in length;
• a standard tube, the diameter of which corresponds to the size of the neck of the bottle.

How exactly you can assemble such a pump and how it will function, look at the video, where everything is explained in detail.

Option # 6 - a detail from a washing machine

The habit of buying new things when there are old analogues is very ruinous. I agree that the old washing machine is no longer able to compete with the new models, but its pump can still serve you well. For example, it can be used to pump out water from a drainage well.

The washing machine has long served its purpose. It was simply supplanted by new models with new capabilities. But her heart - the pump can still serve the owner

For the engine of such a pump, a 220V network is needed. But it is better to use an isolation transformer with reliable isolation of the input and output windings for its power supply. Do not forget about high-quality grounding of the core or the metal case of the transformer itself. We measure the power of the transformer and the motor.

We use a centrifugal type of pump, so we put a valve at the end of the hose, which is lowered into the water, and we fill the system with water. The check valve, which is disassembled in the photo, can also be removed from the washing machine. And the blue lapped cork was just perfect so that the extra hole would also be closed. Surely you will find something similar in your stocks.

Literally from the trash, as it turned out, you can collect a completely functional thing that does not just work, but does its job well and quickly

The resulting homemade pump works very well, pumping water from a depth of about 2 meters at a decent speed. It is important to turn it off in time so that air does not enter the system and does not have to be filled with water again.

Option # 7 - Archimedes and Africa

Everyone remembers well the story of the screw invented by Archimedes. With its help, water supply was carried out even in ancient Syracuse, which did not know electricity. A very ingenious use of the Archimedes screw was invented in Africa. The carousel pump serves both as entertainment for local children and as a fully functional structure that provides water to a small settlement. If you have children and they have friends who love to ride the carousel, take this experience into your arsenal.

1- children's carousel, 2- pump, 3- aquifer, 4- reservoir with water, 5- column with water, 6- water return pipe in case of overflow of the reservoir

As you can see, there are a lot of opportunities for water supply. And electricity in this matter may not participate at all. It turned out that even a schoolboy can make some water pumps with his own hands. It is important that there is desire, a bright head and skillful hands. And we will give you ideas.

In this video tutorial we will show you how to make a water pump using a plastic bottle. As you can see, the performance is such that it can be used for household needs.
To make a mechanism with your own hands, you need a small box with a lid. Can be used from shoe polish. Punch a hole in the middle with a nail and a hammer. Using scissors, we expand the hole to a size that allows you to insert the shaft from the motor. We measure out a circle on a tin plate with this blank. Cut out the circle with scissors and insert it inside.

Mark a hole in the middle on a tin circle and punch it with a nail. We measure out a small strip of tin, equal in width to the height of the lid. from the box. We cut the strips, which will become blades.

We make a cut on the workpiece by creating an open segment. We put the blades on the glue. We put the part with the cut segment on the motor shaft and fix the blades with glue.
Now, with a hacksaw, cut off a small piece of the tube from the felt-tip pen. We make a cutout on it, as shown in the video about the water pump.

We put a plastic tube on the box through the adapter. We glue the joints, we also glue the previously prepared piece of the tube from the felt-tip pen. We put another plastic tube on his nose. We coat everything with glue.

We take the container and make a small hole closer to the bottom, suitable for a plastic tube. We connect all the contacts of the engine with a battery or a power supply. We fill the container with water and start the hand-made water pump.

Water pipe pump and wheel

Next, see the pump in action, which is made of water pipes. The mechanism is driven by a lever, the forces are transmitted to the wheel. As it spins, the wheel pulls a rope around it with a plurality of pistons attached to it, which grab the water and transfer it up the pipe.

The mechanism based on plastic water pipes is simple and can be repeated as needed.

The video shows the principle of operation and the mechanics of water movement through this device.