Pump in attic

[Bronwyn]

Hi
Hope someone can help me. I'm busy redoing my shower and connecting it to mains.
My plumber on advise from another installed the pump in my loft
It's a Grundfos amazon double negative 3 bar.
So everything connected and this pump is not working. Now that he researches it
He finds out that it can't go above the hwc. I really don't want him to redo this. Is there
Anyway to make this work. I've read that installing in a loft is doable......
So frustrated with this bathroom fit atm. Any ideas would be welcome.

Cheers

 

[Masood]

Installing in a loft is fine, but not if the cylinder is in the room below! Shouldn't be too much hassle relocating the pump to the airing cupboard, surely?

Post some pictures of the airing cupboard, and the loft, pump location etc. and we can advise.

 

[Riley]

It has to be an installation fault. Most shower pumps will work in the loft as long as there is height between the bottom of the cwsc and the top of the pump. Check MIs for specifics. A few pics of the install would also be helpful for us so that we may see what is at fault. As Mas says though if there's room have it in the airing cupboard

 

[Bronwyn]

Will send some photos when i get back home. Speaking to him this morning he is wanting to move it back down to the airing cupboard, but, the only place available for it would be above the cylinder tank, where i place my linen. He is worried about the heat that rises from the tank though. Any ideas about placing the pump there?

 

[Riley]

To be honest most parts of an airing cupboard are hot so I wouldn't worry too much about that

 

[Bronwyn]

Thanks. Im using a good plumber but he made the mistake of taking advise from someone else regarding this pump. And my mood is turning tense so just wanted to understand what is actually going on and what can be done about it, to avoid an outburst.

 

[Howsie]

I guess your good plumber doesn't read installation instructions or fit many pumps...

 

[Bronwyn]

yes...... that too. not sure what to say to him, as his quote is now slowly been changed to a daily cost. This isnt my fault so im not really happy paying for additional work on what should have been installed correctly to start with.

 

[Howsie]

Don't accept it and stand your ground. It's his fault by the sounds of it so I expect him to put it right FOC.

 

[Masood]

yes...... that too. not sure what to say to him, as his quote is now slowly been changed to a daily cost. This isnt my fault so im not really happy paying for additional work on what should have been installed correctly to start with.

You shouldn't accept that. Nobody knows everything but you should not be paying for his lack of research. If I need to install something I haven't encountered before, I download installation manuals before quoting the job, not during or after the installation.

I would be rectifying this installation FOC if it were me who had made the mistake.