Woke up in the early hours of Sunday morning to hear our shower pump motor running... To cut a long story short, it transpired that one of the flexible hose connections had broken (between flexible pipe and screw connector) and so water was pouring in to the kitchen below (and had been doing so for probably about half an hour). Took a lot of cleaning up and we're still waiting for the ceiling and carpets etc. to dry out.
This is the second time in 15 years that we've had a leak involving the shower pump (Salamander) and I'm just grateful that we discovered both when we were in the house and, say, weren't out or away at the time. If it had been left running for a few days, the consequences aren't worth thinking about.
Just wondered if anyone had any advice how we could minimise the probability of this ever happening again. For example, are some flexible connectors better than others (including the ones that come with pumps)? Should I always turn off the 4 small taps on the pump when we go away etc just in case? Seems a lot of trouble to go to but don't want the problem again if possible.
This is the second time in 15 years that we've had a leak involving the shower pump (Salamander) and I'm just grateful that we discovered both when we were in the house and, say, weren't out or away at the time. If it had been left running for a few days, the consequences aren't worth thinking about.
Just wondered if anyone had any advice how we could minimise the probability of this ever happening again. For example, are some flexible connectors better than others (including the ones that come with pumps)? Should I always turn off the 4 small taps on the pump when we go away etc just in case? Seems a lot of trouble to go to but don't want the problem again if possible.