News and insights.
Field notes from the pump room: practical, engineer-led advice on choosing, installing, and maintaining pumps.
Honda Engine-Driven Pumps Explained: WX10 vs WB20 vs WB30
Honda WX10, WB20 and WB30 petrol pumps compared on flow, head, port size, engine and weight, so you choose the right engine-driven site pump for the job.
Flash Flooding Hits London and Richmond: How to Prepare Your Property
Overnight storms flooded Richmond and Twickenham this week. Why surface water flooding keeps hitting, how to prepare your property, and how pumps can help cl...
Pumping Chemicals and Aggressive Liquids Safely: A Pump Materials Guide
Most pumps fail fast in seawater or chemicals. What makes a pump chemical resistant, the difference between 303, 304 and 316 stainless, the role of bodies an...
Using BGS Borehole Records to Choose the Right Borehole Pump
How to use the free BGS borehole records to find your borehole's depth, water level and yield, and turn those numbers into the right borehole pump.
Water Abstraction Licences Explained: Pumping From Rivers, Boreholes and Wells
Can you just drop a pump in a stream or sink a borehole? Taking water from the environment is regulated. When you need an abstraction licence, the licence ty...
El Niño, Extreme Weather and Water: What It Means for UK Pumps
El Niño is back, and forecasters are warning of a possible record "Super El Niño." Here's what it means for global water and food, why the UK's flood-and-dro...
How to Size a Swimming Pool Pump, and Why We Built a Calculator to Do It
How to size a swimming pool pump on flow rate and head, and how our free pool pump calculator matches both against our range so you order the right pump firs...
What Are Sump Pumps Used For? Sump Pump Applications Beyond Flooding
A sump pump is not just for flooding. From groundwater and basement waterproofing to pool plant rooms, lift pits, construction sites and industrial process w...
How Submersible Pumps Work (Impellers, Pressure and Multistage Explained)
How does a submersible pump actually work? A clear UK guide to impellers, how they create pressure, and why stacking them (multistage) lets a slim pump creat...
