Mobility wetroom disaster

[Bizzylizzy]

Help I need advice! My 90 year old father in law just had his bathroom converted to a wetroom in his sheltered housing flat. It's an AKW system with pumped drainage and a seamless non slip flooring. It all looks fantastic until you turn the shower when it floods the entire room including cupboards. The waste pump only works while the shower is on. As soon as you turn off the shower the pump goes off leaving most of the room flooded and 24 hrs later no change. I bought a rubber squeegee mop to shift the water in the direction of the drain but it doesn't go down. It took me half an hour on my hands and knees with a bucket and cloth to clear it.
I will call the council but as they have already been out to inspect the finished work any advice on what's wrong and what needs to be done now would be most welcome. It a ground floor flat at the end of the building so I don't understand why there isn't simply a drain hole to take the water away.

 

[townfanjon]

I am no expert in that type of wetroom drainage but will try help .
Is the pump in a sump ? Can you get to it ?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

tear drop pump ? it should overun for about a min of two

 

[Bizzylizzy]

Don't think so. It's an AKW digi pump mk2

 

[ShaunCorbs]

yea stnd spec

with an mira atl flex

defo should have an over run

 

[Bizzylizzy]

tear drop pump ? it should overun for about a min of two

It does over run for a minut or two but it's not enough to make a dent in the flood and by the time I pushed the water towards it was too late

 

[Bizzylizzy]

Surely the plumbers should of checked it all worked before they left?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

It does over run for a minut or two but it's not enough to make a dent in the flood and by the time I pushed the water towards it was too late

it shouldnt be flooding that much, at most there should be a light skim of water no more than 1-2mm max

 

[Bizzylizzy]

it shouldnt be flooding that much, at most there should be a light skim of water no more than 1-2mm max

Ah thanks that's helpful - it's a couple of inches deep not a small room either!

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Ah thanks that's helpful - it's a couple of inches deep not a small room either!

something defo no right, wooden or concrete floor?

 

[Bizzylizzy]

something defo no right, wooden or concrete floor?

Concrete

 

[Bizzylizzy]

He can't use the shower at all as there is way too much water for him to clear up so left with no shower.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

get onto the council asap and dont accept no for an answer you wont somone there tomorrow, if not complain to his ot

 

[Bizzylizzy]

get onto the council asap and dont accept no for an answer you wont somone there tomorrow, if not complain to his ot

Okay thanks

 

[Chuck]

Okay thanks

Any reluctance on the part of the Council try contacting your F-I-L's local councillor. They are often very effective at getting action taken in such cases.

 

[Bizzylizzy]

Thanks for all the help just to let you know we got onto the council who sent the contractor over this morning. He adjusted something from a box in the wall and now the volume of water that comes out is not flooding the room and is draining fine. So panic over.

Okay thanks

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Yea upped the speed

 

[Bizzylizzy]

Any reluctance on the part of the Council try contacting your F-I-L's local councillor. They are often very effective at getting action taken in such cases.

Thanks. In fact I called the council first thing but the warden from his housing association had found out about it, beaten me to it and put the fear of God into somebody already! so there was no resistance LOL

 

[sammathias]

You can adjust pump speed and pump over run on that pump. Bet neither was done on installation.

 

[rpm]

Not sure you can adjust speed on the old model, on the newer digital ones it's called calibration