Hi all,
I recently had my bathroom updated from the original because we wanted a nice powerful shower - and because we have a gravity fed system we opted for a shower pump. Pretty much after the first week we had problems in that the pump would only operate if the thermostat on the shower was turned to cold - if you tried to make it hot the pump would stop.
The only way we could get it to work would be to loosen off the hot water valve into the pump and bleed it until hot water came through at which point the pump would kick in.
This isn't ideal - actually its a total pain in the a***. Just last week I had to have the pump replaced because the original began to leak - I thought this may have been the cause and once replaced the problem might be fixed - but no it worked once it was replaced but the next day the same problem occurred.
I've spoke to the plumber who fitted the new one and he seems to think that the hot water tank is full of air which is getting into the pump and preventing it from working until it is bled.
Times are a bit hard at the moment and I cant afford another plumbing bill - is there anyway I can fix this myself?
And also does anyone have any similar experience with this and what may be the cause?
Thanks for any help on this.
PS the pump is a deva pum40
Thanks again.
Tim
I recently had my bathroom updated from the original because we wanted a nice powerful shower - and because we have a gravity fed system we opted for a shower pump. Pretty much after the first week we had problems in that the pump would only operate if the thermostat on the shower was turned to cold - if you tried to make it hot the pump would stop.
The only way we could get it to work would be to loosen off the hot water valve into the pump and bleed it until hot water came through at which point the pump would kick in.
This isn't ideal - actually its a total pain in the a***. Just last week I had to have the pump replaced because the original began to leak - I thought this may have been the cause and once replaced the problem might be fixed - but no it worked once it was replaced but the next day the same problem occurred.
I've spoke to the plumber who fitted the new one and he seems to think that the hot water tank is full of air which is getting into the pump and preventing it from working until it is bled.
Times are a bit hard at the moment and I cant afford another plumbing bill - is there anyway I can fix this myself?
And also does anyone have any similar experience with this and what may be the cause?
Thanks for any help on this.
PS the pump is a deva pum40
Thanks again.
Tim