Need new shower pump - recommendations?

Slattsy

Are Salamander pumps really that unreliable? They seem to get bad reviews online.
I need a 2.0 - 3.0 bar pump. Minimum 2.0 bar anyway. Whats the best ?

shane0007

Grundfos or Monsoon

LIFFY FISHING

Slattsy wrote: »

Are Salamander pumps really that unreliable? They seem to get bad reviews online.
I need a 2.0 - 3.0 bar pump. Minimum 2.0 bar anyway. Whats the best ?

Monsoon 3 bar twin ref 44328 3 year warantee.

Slattsy

Cheers lads.

can you recommend a decent outlet in Dublin where i can price a few up?

LIFFY FISHING

Slattsy wrote: »

Cheers lads.

can you recommend a decent outlet in Dublin where i can price a few up?

City Building Supplies
Botanic Building Supplies
Hevac
Davies

Slattsy

cheers for that appreciate it.

Finally can i just ask the main difference between plastic and brass ended pumps. Is it longevity?

K.Flyer

Generally brass bodied pumps are more durable. The other main difference, particularly for Stuart Turner, is that their plastic bodied pumps are intended for a single shower and nothing else from the pump. You can run a full bathroom or two off a brass bodied pump with no problem.

Slattsy

Well it will just be for a shower. Used no more than twice a day.

Should I go with the plastic end considering the usage?
Or is it still worth getting the brass ended pump?

Few hundred quid in the difference too on the monsoon one's I've my eye on.

gifted

I fitted a gundfoss 2 bar plastic body pump in my house at the weekend and while there's good pressure the down side is the noise...very very loud, even with the flexi pipe that comes with it, i can feel the vibrations going along the copper pipe heading to the bath mixer. Going to change the copper pipe that connects to the bath to flexi pipe this weekend and see does it make a difference.

K.Flyer

K.Flyer wrote: »

Generally brass bodied pumps are more durable. The other main difference, particularly for Stuart Turner, is that their plastic bodied pumps are intended for a single shower and nothing else from the pump. You can run a full bathroom or two off a brass bodied pump with no problem.

In addition, as gifted has said above, plastic bodied pumps tend to be more noisey, but vibration can be down to positioning and pipework.

gifted

K.Flyer wrote: »

In addition, as gifted has said above, plastic bodied pumps tend to be more noisey, but vibration can be down to positioning and pipework.

Yep, I've fitted mine next to the cylinder in the hot press on wooden floors, I put 2 garden slabs under it with a tea towel in between them and clipped the copper pipe well but still the noise and vibration is fairly bad, herself just looking at me with one eyebrow raised...code for fix it!!!:rolleyes:

Slattsy

Ah the noise. Never even thought of it!
Really that bad?

Edit. Just seen above comment. Brass ended pump it is I reckon!

gifted

fierce..

shane0007

gifted wrote: »

Yep, I've fitted mine next to the cylinder in the hot press on wooden floors, I put 2 garden slabs under it with a tea towel in between them and clipped the copper pipe well but still the noise and vibration is fairly bad, herself just looking at me with one eyebrow raised...code for fix it!!!:rolleyes:

Garden slabs?
I would have thought that would make it 10 times worse for hollow vibration noise.
1" rubber mats from farmers co-op works well.

gifted

garden slab or concrete base on wooden floor in hot press?...garden slab won, bloody heavy enough to carry , rubber mat seems interesting though, any co-op sell them?

shane0007

gifted wrote: »

garden slab or concrete base on wooden floor in hot press?...garden slab won, bloody heavy enough to carry

To me it would be like putting one of those old style alarm clocks, (the ones with the two bells on top) on a plate to make it louder!

gifted wrote: »

rubber mat seems interesting though, any co-op sell them?

Yes. Ganbia outlets or farm industrial suppliers or co-ops.
Some may only have the larger 6ft x 4ft sizes for cattle sheds but smaller are also available.
The rubber is better than concrete as it will absorb rather than resonate.