We have a borehole in our garden that happily belches water 365 days of the year (or at least it has for the 18 months we've lived here) fast enough to fill a bucket and feed a tap in the workshop which is at the lowest point of the garden but not enough to feed the power washer or sprinkler at the highest part of the garden which is where the house is.I modified an old shower pump which connected to the tap proved the the output can be boosted enough to operate a sprinkler at the highest point of the garden. However it has now died as it doesn't seem to like constant use for several hours at a time.What type of pump should I search for as a permanent solution. Ive looked at well pumps but can only find the submersible type which is not applicable.Mike

From a random Google -3200 L /hr = 53L /minMax head 6m or soBear in mind there's pressure on the input from the borehole too...

What sort of pump?

Apr 03, 2020 Last reply: 6 years ago 41 Replies

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Muddymike 6 years ago

I had discounted those thinking being designed to circulate they wouldnt produce enough pressure for sprinklers.

Mike

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Muddymike 6 years ago

Thanks for all the suggestions to this but before going ahead an ordering the best replacement I decided that in best uk.d-i-y tradition I should open the shower pump to see it it was fixable. I'd adapted it to take a hose pipe using a fitting I found in a box of fittings left behind by the previous owners of the house. On removing the inlet adaptation I noticed a blockage, on further inspection it turned out to be an almost completely blocked filter!

I've now discarded the filter and the old shower pump is working better than it ever did happily running all day feeding two sprinklers :-)

Mike

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