Hi,
We have a shower waste pump installed beneath our wet room floor which has been leaking. The wet room is part of a loft conversion done by the previous owners and the pump is used to send the water up and over the roof to the waste pipe at the back of the property.
Under normal use there is no leak, but if you stay in the shower too long (15 mins?) which my daughters do, then the pump will cut out, and the water will cease to drain away. The pump will fill up with water (I guess) and at this point the leak occurs. After a while the pump will click back into action and the water drains away.
In addition, when in use, the pump is quite noisy in the room below (which is a bedroom) and also our adjoining neighbours complain about it. The fact it sits between joists seems to create an echo chamber effect, and the sound travels through the walls.
We have finally decided to do something about this, and so have had the ceiling in the room below removed in order that we can access the pump without lifting the wetroom floor. A plumber has taken a look and said we need to replace the pump (it's approx 10 years old), but they can't do it for 2 weeks.
I'm wondering if the pump actually needs replaced. The leaks only happens when the pump overheats and cuts out. The overheating issue must be partly due to lack of airflow as the pump is between joists, and is hard up against the chipboard above. Will link to a couple of photos of it below. The first is the waster water side entering the pump and the second is the outlet side.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/JQzKewQV9hkGeSfN2
https://photos.app.goo.gl/gVjlmJHANvB43Csu2
I'm wondering if we can mount the pump differently whether it might improve airflow, and also if we can somehow 'suspend' it instead of sitting on plywood attached directly to the joists it may help reduce the noise. I'm also thinking that I should be able to do this myself, rather than wait 2 weeks for the plumber.
In addition I'm thinking that even when it cuts out, the pump should not leak (I think the water overflows at the top somewhere) so maybe there is just a missing/worn seal that could be replaced, which may be obvious if I can get the thing out.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how I could approach this?
Thanks,
We have a shower waste pump installed beneath our wet room floor which has been leaking. The wet room is part of a loft conversion done by the previous owners and the pump is used to send the water up and over the roof to the waste pipe at the back of the property.
Under normal use there is no leak, but if you stay in the shower too long (15 mins?) which my daughters do, then the pump will cut out, and the water will cease to drain away. The pump will fill up with water (I guess) and at this point the leak occurs. After a while the pump will click back into action and the water drains away.
In addition, when in use, the pump is quite noisy in the room below (which is a bedroom) and also our adjoining neighbours complain about it. The fact it sits between joists seems to create an echo chamber effect, and the sound travels through the walls.
We have finally decided to do something about this, and so have had the ceiling in the room below removed in order that we can access the pump without lifting the wetroom floor. A plumber has taken a look and said we need to replace the pump (it's approx 10 years old), but they can't do it for 2 weeks.
I'm wondering if the pump actually needs replaced. The leaks only happens when the pump overheats and cuts out. The overheating issue must be partly due to lack of airflow as the pump is between joists, and is hard up against the chipboard above. Will link to a couple of photos of it below. The first is the waster water side entering the pump and the second is the outlet side.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/JQzKewQV9hkGeSfN2
https://photos.app.goo.gl/gVjlmJHANvB43Csu2
I'm wondering if we can mount the pump differently whether it might improve airflow, and also if we can somehow 'suspend' it instead of sitting on plywood attached directly to the joists it may help reduce the noise. I'm also thinking that I should be able to do this myself, rather than wait 2 weeks for the plumber.
In addition I'm thinking that even when it cuts out, the pump should not leak (I think the water overflows at the top somewhere) so maybe there is just a missing/worn seal that could be replaced, which may be obvious if I can get the thing out.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how I could approach this?
Thanks,