Scottidog
Saturday 9th May 2009 4:26pm
1,513 posts
Quote: Timbo @ May 9 2009, 1:12 PM BST
Cheers Scotti! My nemesis has been a Salamander twin impeller pump, which I was attempting to install under the bath; The tub I had bought is very deep and square, and I was reluctant to raise it because of the head of water between the tank and the shower nozzle, so there is bugger all room to squeeze a pump into. I did eventually come up with a solution that involved lowering the pump under the floor and turning the joists into a Swiss cheese as I fed the inlet pipes out and back in again; but it was still very tight, and by this stage I was also becoming paranoid about the number of draws on the pipes prior to the pump.
So for now I have given up and am getting on with the decorating. I shall probably install the pump at a later date in the airing cupboard and pressurise the whole bloody system; I ought to do it now, as I still have the cylinder to plumb in, but frankly I am sick of the sight of the wretched thing...
I did think I was going to need a qualified engineer when I cut through a gas pipe sawing through the floorboards, but with a wink from the British Gas bloke I have done the repair myself.
Okay if I send you a PM if I have any further crises?
Timbo, that has to be the funniest thing I have read on here! I laughed out loud.
'Joists' and 'swiss cheese' should never be used in the same sentence!
Also the 'wink from the British Gas bloke'..'and done the repair myself'.
Just be careful, PM me if you want yes.
Your not installing an unvented hot water cylinder are you?
Just a tank fed one?
Please tell me, you didn't repair the gas pipe with any sort of 'sticky tape' or anything like that?
>_<