Shower Pump - have I done something wrong?

[dennyboy]

Hi all, went out to a leaking overflow today - found to be coming from a fortic indirect cylinder - isolated the supply to the ball-valve via a ball-fix valve that was only serving the ballvalve, changed the washer and seat and turned the water back on, jobs a good-un, valve shutting off properly, so on my merry way

but an hour ago I got a call from the tenant saying her shower pump wouldnt turn off? - didnt even know it had one? - anyway off I trot like the good plumber I am
Cant hear anything in the bathroom till she says I'll have to switch it on!
anyway to cut a long story short...

a cursory glance told me it was wired via the boiler programmer and set to recieve a supply when hot water was called for? - not wired into a fused spur - anyway it started as soon as she flicked the switch even though the (bath filler with shower attachement btw) was turned off
Tbh it sounded like a bit of a diy job - she said a plumber had fitted 6months ago but the husband later said it was only a month old
At that point they both started carrying on threatening fire and brimstone, so I just walked out

So.... If there anything I've done that could have caused the pump to not turn off? - I didnt even drain the fortic etc, just isolated the supply to the ballvalve for a quick washer change?

 

[kevplumb]

shower pump on a fortic

 

[dennyboy]

and no doubt the overflow will be going again in the morning

 

[kevplumb]

can't see from your description you have done anything wrong

where is the cold feed to the shower taken from ?

if as you say it looks like a diy botch they could be trying it on

 

[dennyboy]

oh its deffo a botched job - who in their right mind puts a shower pump on a fortic and then wires it to work only when the hot water is on via the programmer - I'll be honest, I didnt even look at the pump under the bath, I just looked at the wiring, a fortic cylinder....

Sorry love, get the plumber/husband back to deal with it - I just wanted to be 100% sure when the gaffer asks me in the morning what I'd done and if it was anything I could have done
btw this is an housing assc house, so they shouldnt have got it done anyway without asking permission off the landlord - cant wait to see their faces when they get a bill for the call-out

 

[kevplumb]

check the cold feed to the shower methinks it might be off the main and backfeeding

hence the overflow