reduntant shower pump

[nacnud21]

HI,
i'm considering changing my 45year old warm air heating and immersion water heating to a combi boiler and rad system, one slight obstacle is I have a shower pump and thermostatic mixer shower system, the pump part obviously will not be usable with the combi boiler, but I presume the thermostatic mixer will, the issue is the pump is built in under the bath that has only recently been tiled and so is inaccessible, can the pump be left plumbed in with its power removed? I presume the impellars will cause a bit of resistance to the water flow, has anyone had to do this?

thanks.

 

[kbdiy]

the issue is the pump is built in under the bath that has only recently been tiled and so is inaccessible,

Not exactly the wisest thing to do in my opinion. What happens if there is a fault with the pump or access is needed to the plumbing?

 

[nacnud21]

the issue is the pump is built in under the bath that has only recently been tiled and so is inaccessible,

Not exactly the wisest thing to do in my opinion. What happens if there is a fault with the pump or access is needed to the plumbing?

thanks for the reply, the pump has been there for some time it has an access for maintenance hatch on the other side of the wall which would allow the pump to be removed if maintenance was required but that would be achieved with the pumps screw on flexes. what wouldn't be easy to do is remove the pump and replace the pumps flexes with their threaded ends, i was just curious if the water feed could be run through an inactive pump without issue.

 

[kbdiy]

Well mine does allow water to flow seemingly without obstruction but that may vary by manufacturer I guess.

 

[Galoka]

Yeah, i've part way through a bathroom refit. new pump installed, but not wired in yet. Flow through the pump seems ok into the bath, though not actually tried it on a shower yet as not installed that yet.

Suck it and see I think. It would be possible I'm sure to bypass the pump if there is an access hole - connect to the threaded ends of the flexis