Pumped Mains???

[Riley]

Simple question, is this allowed??

http://m.NoLinkingToThis/p/salamand...?cm_mmc=Email-_-E13W07AP-_-Banner-_-Homeboost

I was always taught at college that you can't pump mains? Any thoughts??

thanks in advance

 

[glenno1]

You can in certain circumstances

 

[Riley]

Thanks glenno1 I'm assuming where the pump reacts to the flow and only boosts if it needs it is allowed. Which I guess would make sense as its not a constant drain on the mains flow.

 

[Ray Stafford]

Exactly. The homeboost monitors the flow and only kicks in when it drops below 12 litres per min.

Full details on this link.

 

[Riley]

Thanks Ray appreciated

 

[Centralheatking]

Its a good device BUT is it not like the internet so when all your neighbours have been out and got one cause you took their water you all will be back to square one ?

Exactly. The homeboost monitors the flow and only kicks in when it drops below 12 litres per min.

Full details on this link.

 

[Centralheatking]

The inventors will make a fortune

Its a good device BUT is it not like the internet so when all your neighbours have been out and got one cause you took their water you all will be back to square one ?

 

[HTG-Apprentice]

Its a good device BUT is it not like the internet so when all your neighbours have been out and got one cause you took their water you all will be back to square one ?

Then someone will invent a stronger one, so the cycle continues!

 

[vern]

Then someone will invent a stronger one, so the cycle continues!

Water regs stop them going above 12 l per min

 

[on31ll]

Water regs stop them going above 12 l per min

yes it does to me and you being respectable plumbers but there are cowboys out there that will happily fit a bigger pump !

 

[chris watkins]

I know this is a few day's old but there seems to be a bit of confusion over pumping/boosting water supplies.
It has always been allowed to install a pump connected either directly or indirectly to a mains supply. (although we didn't want to shout about the direct option for fear that custards would just shove one on, as I found last week)
The 12 Litres per Minute (0.2L/s) comes about as this is the threshold over which the installation must be notified to the water undertaker (written approval obtained) before the work can be carried out. G/R6.1

 

[on31ll]

I new that. And if refused the undertaker must give reason ! Id no answer in 10?14? Days then its safe to assume its ok

 

[on31ll]

What do you guys do when you find a pump on the mains ? Just inform customer its wrong ? Ive bever had this problem then i reply in this thread go to a house where she cantr use her electric shower when theres sombody else using the mixer shower i then find the kitchen sink has a pump on it off the mains and the mixer shower has another pump on the mains ! So what do i do ?

 

[Riley]

Tricky one ain't it you'll be in the wrong with the custard if you tell em it's wrong

 

[on31ll]

Yer its a nice customer but its not like im gonna cap it off and walk away untill its done right !

 

[Mike Jackson]

Tell her that it's illegal and she's liable to a fine if not corrected. Then fit a Stuart and Tuner mains boost pump for her and a flow restrictor on the kitchen sink.

 

[on31ll]

Its not that shes on a gravity cylinder ! But the tap on the kitchen its like a spray arm requires high pressure ! So im hoping to get an unvented install from it !