shower drain pump

[Guest]

the drain pump fitted at present is obviously too small it is a whale in line, tried fitting a slightly larger one but still will not pump the shower drain. Tried a non return valve also as water returned when pump stopped. It has to pump about 3' & up to the outlet skin fitting.
Anyone got advice/suggestions re what type of pump can i get to do the job, i can't think of any way forward myself.
Many thanks

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[Col]

No expert on this, but mine has got a sump that the shower drains into. When the water reaches a certain level, a float switch operates a small bilge pump all contained within the sump.
Sump has a gasketted lid that contains smells, but can be removed for servicing, so it doesn't matter if sump hasn't been completely emptied- It isn't going to leak!
Works for me. Hope this helps.

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[stephenh]

Even the smallest whale pump should be adequate.
However shower pumps are the most vulnerable because of hair and soap.
One single hair can wind round a flap / nonreturn valve and render it useless.

Try :-
stripping pump and checking for hair ( even one !)
fitting a fine inline filter and cleaning this regularly.

Hope this helps

Stephen

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[stephenh]

if my previous post is the answer then the ultimate solution would be No 1 haircuts all round for all and any who come aboard......

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[gtmoore]

I have a Whale Gulper pump fitted directly into the waste pipe. It's a diaphragm type pump. Despite the adverts I needed to fit a course filter with it. It is quite happy to run dry and will pump air and water. I just switch it on before jumping in and switch it off when I'm finished.

Details of it are at <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.whale.ltd.uk/marpro/gulp220.html>http://www.whale.ltd.uk/marpro/gulp220.html</A>

HTH

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[Spacewaist]

Dont s'pose theres already a filter in this system? These symptonms sound like mine behaves when the filter is blocked.

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