being customer focused also, but not a plumber, i made it work by re attaching the impellor to the rotor. after the strip and rebuild with a bit of epoxy, the customer was informed of the repair and is expecting a replacement early in the week. refitted unit at 10 pm sat night to which the customer was extremely greatful, not expecting anything other than a cold house till monday. (its still pumping, sun 1pm)
as for the size questions, its a large 5 bed detatched house with rads and underfloor heating plus dhw through a cylinder. boiler is remote to house, oil fired, with all controls in same room. (3 x 3 ports valves, timeclock, all stat return cabling etc) unfortunately didnt take a pic of it all, as its a nice looking job. apparently it was owned / built by a heating engineer prior to the presant occupants buying, (2 year ago), so surprised that no duty / standby pump was installed.
customer advised of potential pump price, to reply with "well we need one so we'll pay whatever it is"
didnt expect it to be a long thread as it will all be sorted when the wholesalers re open mon!
neil
ps- for the benefit of kevplumb-
QUOTE" I did read the question
evening again!
called out to a central heating system not warming up this aft, and to cut a story short, the pump wasnt pumping correctly. removal found the impellor spinning freely on the rotor.
this is a statement!
QUOTE"questions i now have are;
a) anyone know where i get one before monday to get them heating back on,
b) how is the impellor fastened to the rotor, for the possibility of a temporary fix
c) is this a common problem?" QUOTE
these are questions!
try Q&B where are they? not heard of them over here
you really inspire confidence posting on a diy forum OK
rather insulting considering your response to the original "question"!
i'll leave it at that....
