Water pump advice and buying guides.
Field notes from the pump room: practical, engineer-led advice on choosing, installing, and maintaining pumps.
Can Duct Tape Stop Floodwater Getting Into Your House?
New research found duct tape kept more floodwater out than sandbags. Here is what that means for your home, where tape falls short, and what else to use.
Flood & Water Pumps Turns 14: Our Story From 2012 to Today
FPS Group turns 14 this week. Here is the Flood & Water Pumps story from 2012 to today, plus what 20,000+ customers have taught us about choosing a pump.
Single or Twin Pump Station? When a Standby Pump Is Worth It
A single pump is fine where a failure is an inconvenience. A twin station, with two pumps alternating and either able to do the whole job, is for anywhere a ...
Basement Toilet Below the Sewer: Pump Station or Non-Return Valve?
Where a WC, shower or sink sits below the level of the public sewer, the Building Regulations give two answers: pump the drainage, or protect it with an anti...
How to Tell What a Water Pump Is For Just by Looking at It
Strainer holes, legs, a flat base, a tall thin body, the outlet size and the float all tell you what a pump is built to do. How we read a pump before we read...
Pump Impeller Types and Materials Explained: What Is Used Where, and Why
Vortex, semi-vortex, open, closed, channel and cutter impellers, and why the same impeller comes in urethane, cast iron, chromium iron or stainless steel. Wh...
Flood Action Week 2026: Our Picks for Flood Resilience at Home
Flood Action Week 2026 runs from 12 to 18 October. Here are our practical picks to get your home flood ready this winter, from automatic puddle pumps and fit...
Where Does England Flood Most? The Flood Warning Hotspots of 2016 to 2025
Which parts of England get flood warnings most often? We mapped ten years of Environment Agency data to find the hotspots, from Dorset's chalk rivers to York...
When Does England Flood? What 11,622 Flood Warnings Tell Us
We analysed the Environment Agency flood warnings from 2016 to 2025 to understand when England floods. The answer points to one clear deadline for getting yo...
