Bit of a pump issue with the heating at home- boo, valve it off and have a look. Oh bum, one of the valves has jammed open. Not to worry, drain down etc etc..... but I digress.
Had a look online for standard domestic 130mm 6m head pumps. Screwfix looked cheapest (that I could get quickly), £78 for the one that looked most appropriate (when did pumps start costing that much? Never mind). Didn't order it online, wandered down to the branch thinking to get one over the counter and have a read of the instructions especially the stuff about constant head/constant volume settings. Imagine my surprise when looking through the catalogue to find it priced at about £100. Odd I thought, sure I've got the website set to show prices inc VAT.
So, out to the car park, smartphone on the website- sure enough, £77 inc VAT. So did click and collect, waited for the email & wandered back in.
And as an aside, since this new pump is super duper infinitely adjustable, is there any easy way of making sure I've got it set to the correct head (I'm thinking checking temperature drop across rads or something like). System is traditional open vent, Baxi Bermuda something about 25 years old. 3 zones (all 2 port valves- downstairs, upstairs, hot water), main runs are 22mm with more sharp bends than I'd like but space was tight. Tarty new pump is set to 4.7m at the moment, nice and quiet, rads heating up OK and boiler not cycling.
Ta
Had a look online for standard domestic 130mm 6m head pumps. Screwfix looked cheapest (that I could get quickly), £78 for the one that looked most appropriate (when did pumps start costing that much? Never mind). Didn't order it online, wandered down to the branch thinking to get one over the counter and have a read of the instructions especially the stuff about constant head/constant volume settings. Imagine my surprise when looking through the catalogue to find it priced at about £100. Odd I thought, sure I've got the website set to show prices inc VAT.
So, out to the car park, smartphone on the website- sure enough, £77 inc VAT. So did click and collect, waited for the email & wandered back in.
And as an aside, since this new pump is super duper infinitely adjustable, is there any easy way of making sure I've got it set to the correct head (I'm thinking checking temperature drop across rads or something like). System is traditional open vent, Baxi Bermuda something about 25 years old. 3 zones (all 2 port valves- downstairs, upstairs, hot water), main runs are 22mm with more sharp bends than I'd like but space was tight. Tarty new pump is set to 4.7m at the moment, nice and quiet, rads heating up OK and boiler not cycling.
Ta
