All bathroom appliances connected to the pump???

[cihi2001]

Also the plumber said no one specified to him how to do it this is why he was connecting the pump to all sanitary wares. The client is not happy because of the noise made by when they use the basin and the toilet

 

[Best]

But the plumber might have had a problem if he had to just have the pump doing the bath and shower, unless the pipes to basin and toilet were on separate runs, or if it was a repipe job.
Looks also like somebody couldn't use a bending machine.

 

[NickH]

Stuart turner Monsoon's are good pumps. Usually very quiet. Like Best has said, if there are only a single pair of feeds for the whole bathroom then you have to pump the lot. I've done it many times and with a good pump it's not a problem.

 

[cihi2001]

Here is the chat I had with the plumber:

Me: I've met with the owners on Friday. We discussed about the job and snags that need to be done. They were happy about the overhaul quality of the job except the plumbing part. They called an independent plumber to assess the plumbing. He found a few problems that the owners are asking to fix immediately.
First is the sensor on the tank wich is not secured to the tank and comes off very easy. This is a serious health and safety issue.
Second problem is the fact that there was no need to connect all the water pipes to the pump, only the shower needed extra pressure.
Third problem was the price quoted for changing the 3 way valve. The plumber they brought said that shouldn't cost more than £150, with the valve included. (can you give a price for this? )
I expect you to cover the cost of disconnecting the water pipes from the pump and connect only the shower to the pump.

Plumber: I'm sorry but with modern Taps and fitting they function off high pressure
So either mains or a booster pump. This is why we ensure the whole bathroom is off the pump
Again unless it was specified to only fit the bath and shower to the pump then I can not take responsibility for this. It is the clients duty to tell us exactly what they want and why they don't want
If they don't want the toilet off the pump then this should have been specified

If I install a booster pump then I will connect all bathroom appliances to it unless instructed to do otherwise

Hope the above information will give you a clearer idea of all the situation and will receive as fair as possible advice from you, thanks.

 

[jtsplumbing]

Are you the owner of the property ? or a Tenant ? as you refer to the owners ! £150 to change 3 port valve seems a fair price depending on your location it could be a lot higher, and how long ago was this job done, Plumber has a point, if he was asked to fit a booster pump to water supplies it should have been made clear that only the bath and shower were to be boosted, this however would have involved re-piping the remaining water supplies at extra cost

 

[cihi2001]

South East London was the job done 2 weeks ago (£150 was the price of the plumber who checked the job, the plumber who did the job was asking for £350)

 

[Riley]

It does make the good point are the taps and fittings for low pressure water?? If they are new it's likely this hasn't been thought about.

 

[Best]

I would have thought the plumber should have asked what the pump was supplying to whoever instructed him to do the job. I assume you are the builder? If so, you should have made sure what the job needed exactly was, which would normally require the plumber and customer to also communicate directly to each other. If it was straightforward to keep basin and particularly the toilet not pumped, or on a repipe job, then they should have been separate IMO. Pumps are just being overused, shortening their lifespan every time a basin tap is opened or a loo flushed, not to forget the noise nuisance.
I know I wouldn't fit a pump to anything that didn't require it unless with specific instructions from customer and I would consider and advise on existing taps or new tap choice.

 

[Riley]

I agree. Just sounds to me like a typical case of breakdown in communication you didn't specify and plumber didn't ask. Is one of you more to blame than the other I wouldn't say so if the plumber has done a good job then maybe have a chat with him and see if you can sort something out as gentlemen

 

[cihi2001]

I only can be happy about having one more time the chance to learn a new lesson as when the plumber sent his quote to me he asked me ''is that too high? '' I said is fine I will pay the price you asked for. So I gave him the job and in the end I'm the one who needs to be nice to the client and to solve out the problem on the behalf of the plumber