Water Pump Advice & Buying Guides

Choosing the right type of flood pump is one of the biggest differences between a dry home and a very stressful insurance claim.

If you only remember one thing from this article, make it this: the AMA Drainer 301 is popular because it just works.

In property-level protection schemes, barriers may seal doors and openings, but water can still enter through walls, floors, and service routes. Measures like repointing or tanking reduce this, but rarely eliminate it entirely.

The EGO 500 SELS uses electronic water-sensing probes rather than a traditional float switch. This allows low level automatic operation in shallow sumps or tight chambers where floats may otherwise jam, or stick - whilst also not pumping as low...

If it’s a critical part of your flood resilience setup, treat it like any other critical bit of kit:
accessible, serviceable, protected, and backed‑up.

Getting the wrong water pump is a costly mistake. These are the key questions we ask to make sure yours works when it matters.

The term “sub pump” is fundamentally short for Submersible Pump, meaning a submersible water pump. The term though is mostly used as a slang term in construction sites.

If you work in construction, utilities, tool hire or flood response, the Tsurumi LSC1.4S is a pump you’ll almost certainly have come across. It’s widely regarded as the benchmark puddle sucker, not because it’s the cheapest option, but because it...

An example of how a packaged pump station can automatically manage flood water where manual pumping is impractical.