cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/50098902
The water heater started leaking, the hydrofor started leaking, the pipes had several dead ends, no of it fastened to the walls, and what’s not clear in the 1st picture is the complete mess at the pump.
New water heater, new hydropress, pipes mounted to the walls, re-routed electricity. Re-used what I could, but much is new. My pride: I could not get a flens that fitted the pump (yeah, an industrial one of twice the price of a similar jetpump). I found I could remove the flens and fit a coupling I have in a box for over 30 years and survived 3 moves. Removing it was exciting, it had been in place for 40+ years but I managed without damaging the cast irons pump housing.
There is still some ‘floating’ pipes to fix, but over 95% of the job is done. Man, did that improve the water flow !!!
4 meters, so i’d say it’s shallow. The pump could manage 11x deeper
Yes indeed.
For the the first couple of fittings, i’d say yes. The pump will give some vibration, soldered joints will break rather quick (weeks) so compression or old fashioned hemp and paste with threaded joints. Further down the road there are a few soldered joints