Bigger pump or check valve?

Mar 06, 2012 1 Replies

I've put running water in a basement and the waste is dealt with by a big tub and a submersible pump with a float switch.



It struggles to get started but after a bit of wiggling and switching on and off, once running the pump is more than adequate and has more flow than our fully open taps.



It's about £40 quids worth of Draper (not sure which model) and it's pumping up about 20 feet through 1 inch mains water pipe with a couple of 90 deg elbows.



I can't decide whether to buy a bigger pump or get a check valve so that the pipe doesn't drain when it stops pumping.



Any opinions?


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