Home improvement (2 Viewers)

[ann post]

Just to help burn down your house

if there is soot, and the bearings are making noise then are the bearings getting dry?

 

[magicbastarder]

i don't think that's soot, it's just the brushes wearing away slowly. kinda like brake pads would.

 

[ernesto]

in the last few days it's started making more noise than usual; i talked to a couple of lads and one said it's almost certainly the bearings, but that it won't crap out instantly, you can get up to a year sometimes before they fail completely.

i've tried bleeding it, didn't seem to be any air in the system, and i'll try cleaning the filter next, for pig iron.

one guy quoted supply and fit of a new pump for €180, or supply and fit of a new shower for €380.
he also seems to sell refurbed pumps for €50, not sure if i'd have the chops (or my wife would let me) to repair an electric shower with a new pump.

TBH honest, unless its a straightforward job and not something too plumber-y, (i sometimes call me Da for his semi-expert advice), id reckon have a go at replacing the pump yourself. youd have to drain the entire heating system though. pumps go eventually so it will need replacing at some point regardless.
youd only be out the price of the pump. installing a new shower with the same / updated model is a piece of piss and totally DIYable
either youre in a for an evening of youtube videos and research and a few hours of trying to fix it, or youre going to just pay the man

 

[ann post]

I paid the man for mine a few years back.

 

[pete]

GAMI

Always.

 

[magicbastarder]

id reckon have a go at replacing the pump yourself. youd have to drain the entire heating system though. pumps go eventually so it will need replacing at some point regardless.

it's a cold feed only shower with a tap on the infeed pipe, and a bleed tap too so that shouldn't be the difficult part.

 

[pete]

Case study:

Had to unblock the drain under the corner gutter drainpipe. Tried to do it without taking the grill covering the drain off as it was a fairly tight squeeze to remove it from under the drainpipe.

Eventually realised it was a Drain Rod Job and managed to move the drainpipe out of the way enough to remove the cover, whack in the drain rod, and sort the problem.

Went to put the cover back on and the entire drain pipe detached from the gutter and dropped about 3 inches into the drain.

With the assistance of my neighbour I managed to manoeuvre the drainpipe back into place from ground level and got it reconnected(ish) to the gutter, but only after knocking another bit out and dropping it on our heads.

Now I’ve to borrow a ladder and go up and fix the thing properly before the first bit of proper wind brings it all down again.

NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I’D JUST GAMI TO UNBLOCK THE DRAIN IN THE FIRST PLACE. Or at least it wouldn’t have been MY problem.

 

[magicbastarder]

ah, but you'd miss out on the pleasure of watching that whoosh as the blockage clears and the water surges away.

 

[ernesto]

it's a cold feed only shower with a tap on the infeed pipe, and a bleed tap too so that shouldn't be the difficult part.

had to replace one of our cold feed showers a fe wmonths ago. just got the same model again it was a simple swap. handy enough

 

[GO]

Piece of piss to replace that shower yourself . Just get the same model bingo bongo

 

[JohnnyRaz]

40A
Not for the faint hearted.
Before you go near it check that it’s on its own 40a trip switch, and that that trip switch is after the rcb/elcb.
If the answer to part 2 of above is ‘no’ you’ve been risking your life every morning

 

[ernesto]

GAMI

Always.

only if youre time poor and cash rich.

 

[egg_]

GAMI = get a man in?

 

[ernesto]

40A
Not for the faint hearted.
Before you go near it check that it’s on its own 40a trip switch, and that that trip switch is after the rcb/elcb.
If the answer to part 2 of above is ‘no’ you’ve been risking your life every morning

or just turn off the master circuit breaker

 

[pete]

GAMI = get a man in?

Always

 

[JohnnyRaz]

or just turn off the master circuit breaker

Thinking more in terms of it having been wired properly in the first place -

 

[ernesto]

Thinking more in terms of it having been wired properly in the first place -

if it was working fine to begin with, lets assume it was intially wired correctly

if the replacement doesnt work, then maybe question the initial wiring

 

[JohnnyRaz]

if it was working fine to begin with, lets assume it was intially wired correctly

if the replacement doesnt work, then maybe question the initial wiring

I’m not suggesting the wiring is at fault in it not working. More to check that it’s been wired properly in terms of safety when/before you’re messing with it.

 

[ann post]

My shower is distributing water in the kitchen at present. I works great though.

 

[ernesto]

I’m not suggesting the wiring is at fault in it not working. More to check that it’s been wired properly in terms of safety when/before you’re messing with it.

ah yeah i mean, a shower is on its own circuit so just check the diameter of cable used and the circuit breaker rating and a continiuty test between them wouldnt be a bed idea either