Water pump advice and buying guides.
Field notes from the pump room: practical, engineer-led advice on choosing, installing, and maintaining pumps.
Should a Pond Pump Run All the Time?
Should you run a pond pump 24/7? Usually yes, and pond pumps are rated for it, unlike ordinary submersibles. How run time depends on fish, planting and weather.
How to Create a Waterfall in Your Garden (and Which Pump You Need)
How to build a garden waterfall and size the pump. Small residential cascades with the APP TP range, premium features with the flow-controllable APP MH, and ...
Why Every Home Needs a Puddle Pump (Not Just for Floods)
A puddle pump is not just for floods. From paddling pools to burst pipes and dewatering, here is why every UK home should keep one and how to choose the righ...
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...
