How To Change A Water Circulation Pump

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In this video, Shannon shows you how to replace a water circulation pump.
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Video edited by Shannon
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
01:17 - Lets get started
03:03 - Disconnect the power
04:50 - Remove the old pump
07:10 - Install the new pump
12:08 - Electrical connection
15:30 - Lets try the new pump
16:50 - Bleeding the air from the system
19:52 - Wrap up
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@NikeHM69 6 ай бұрын

It would be cool if did a follow up video where you take apart the old pump to see what failed. I'm guessing the impeller somehow became separated from the motor which is why it sounded like it was running but it wasn't pumping.

@HouseImprovements 6 ай бұрын

I do plan to do that. I actually suspect that all I had was an air bubble and the pump was actually fine. LOL

@lyleanderson6284 2 ай бұрын

@@HouseImprovementsYes- I thought that early on. Anyway, you have a spare pump.

@josediaz4703 6 ай бұрын

my hero/thanks for programans like this....please dont forget to thumb up

@HouseImprovements 6 ай бұрын

Yes please" like "( thumbs up ) the video.

@petemoss9693 6 ай бұрын

Hello Shannon - Good video - keep them coming .

@ronm6585 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing.

@mikechiodetti4482 6 ай бұрын

Good to know info.

@dickiegreenleaf750 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video, Shannon! Hope you're doing good.

@HouseImprovements 6 ай бұрын

Thank you! You too!

@robavis4906 6 ай бұрын

Nice video. Thank u for showing. I just realized i hadnt been getting notifications for your videos for a while. I checked and it still says im subbed and supposed to get all notifications. AT least i have some vids i can go back and watch. Thank u for what u do. You explain really good.

@HouseImprovements 6 ай бұрын

Interesting, not sure why that is , if that persists maybe try un subbing and then re subbing ?

@robavis4906 6 ай бұрын

@@HouseImprovements Will do. Thanks

@MaverickGaming 6 ай бұрын

Was the issue just air in the line? The new pump wasn't pumping either until you opened the bleeder valve. Thanks for the video, always fun to learn new things!

@HouseImprovements 6 ай бұрын

I'm wondering that also, I kept the old pump and plan to open it to have a look.

@ronnyb5890 6 ай бұрын

hi Shannon,i had to replace the circulation pump also some years ago when i still had a fuel powered heater,now i have an all in (interior pump) modulating gas heater,however,here in europe they will fase out everything that runs on gas,the government is pushing to install a heat pump wich i dont want,that crappy thing is only 52% efficient compared to 98% efficiency from a gas heater,and it also uses 5Kw (almost constantly) of electricity (buying price starting at 6000€),so i have prepared myself by buying infra-red pannels when they eventually force us to abandon everything that burns combustables,cheers Shannon

@HouseImprovements 6 ай бұрын

Yes that time I think is coming for all of us .

@daveyk8148 6 ай бұрын

I have a circ pump on my h/w heater that allows almost immediate hot water from anywhere in the house. It was already installed when we bought the house. I think its a great set up and I'm glad we have it. Old house, the farthest shower took a while to get comfortable temp water to it, especially in the winter. My question: 1. If I decide to run a shop heating set up like yours in the future what is your glycol/water mix ratio? 2. Is there a life of the glycol like antifreeze has in your car? 3. You mentioned you were grandfathered-in with your particular set-up. what does current code require now? Please number your answers if you reply. When I lived in Alaska my neighbor had a slick set-up for his driveway and sidewalk. He had a piping grid in the concrete with a 40 gal h/w heater circulating the liquid. Never any ice/snow on the driveway or sidewalk to slip and fall on. No shoveling either.

@HouseImprovements 6 ай бұрын

1. I will be honest I do not remember the mixture ratio but I believe mine is 50/50 2. In a closed loop system I believe 20 -30 yrs 3. In my area an actual boiler is required instead of a standard water heater.

@aaron74 6 ай бұрын

Are standard water heaters used for those heated water floors? I had no idea.

@HouseImprovements 6 ай бұрын

Not anymore in my area , I was Lucky when I built my garage my permit was taken out just in time to be grandfathered to the old rules. Now boilers need to be used .

@alimirzamani979 6 ай бұрын

Hello, are you going to open the bad pump to see what was wrong with it? I am curious what went wrong with it. Thank you!

@HouseImprovements 6 ай бұрын

I have kept it with that in mind but have not had time yet.

@DonaldZ01 6 ай бұрын

I have the same system here in SK. My water heater is north of 20 years old. Do you think I'll be able to grandfather a new water heater? My understanding is when that fails I have to replace with a boiler.

@HouseImprovements 6 ай бұрын

I believe you should still be grandfathered. Mine is 21 i believe? Being closed systems I think we should get many years out of them compared to a normal domestic hot water loop in your home.

@kaboom362 6 ай бұрын

I regret not heating my basement floor. Do you know if you can heat a remote workshop floor using the tank in the house? It would be roughly 120 feet to the shop and then the floor is going to be 38 x 42. She'll have an on grade 4.5" - 6" slab

@HouseImprovements 6 ай бұрын

That is exactly what I have, well not as far of a run actually . This has been operating since I believe 2002. When I built my detached garage ( work shop) I did not want a pilot light in there so I installed this water heater in my basement and trenched the water lines and wiring for the pump to the garage. There is about 25' between the two buildings. My garage is 792 sq. feet with a 4.5" slab on grade. I only have my lines about 36" below ground and they are surrounded by 2" of insulation . I loose about 1/2 degree of temperature in their travel in the dead of winter. There is water /glycol in my system so it can't freeze either ,just in case the system fails in winter . If you buried your lines around 7 to 8' you would not loose much heat .

@HouseImprovements 6 ай бұрын

Here is video of my shop tour, I do discuss this heating system a little in this video.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gp1dmbCItMzIg3k.html

@kaboom362 6 ай бұрын

@@HouseImprovements Thank you so much Shannon. I appreciate your response. The frost table around here is 48" so it's not too far away from what you've got going on there. I figured I'd use something like 6 or 8" DB2 conduit and run some good ole poly😄. Realistically, if I will be trenching, I might as well run black pipe and get natural gas, over at the workshop. I could possibly throw a little furnace in there in the future. I was going to use a wood stove for the initial setup. You ever come to Greater Toronto Area in Ontario. I'd love to do a meet and greet. Possibly wings n beer. 😃

@TheKrugen79 6 ай бұрын

I'm curious, why are you not allowed to use a water heater with the new rules? What are owners supposed to use?

@HouseImprovements 6 ай бұрын

Honestly I dont know the exact reasoning because these water heaters work very well and are cheap to replace, but in my area they want you to use a boiler now with is a much more expensive investment.

@lsatenstein Ай бұрын

Is there a "rebuild kit" for the pump? Our pump, after 12 years of service has become noisy, and I suspect it is a worn bearing, or perhaps even, calcium in the housing. (We use it for the home radiators, winter only). Your pump sounds way way too loud, I believe that if the sound volume continues, that you have a defective pump. In our heating system, we have circulating water, with an air expansion tank. When the water in circulation heats, it expands and the extra water flows into the expansion tank. Obviously, when the water cools, the air pressure behind the tank returns the water to the system. The entire system is isolated from city water with a pressure relief valve, set to about 15psi. The expansion tank is inflated to 15psi.

@HouseImprovements Ай бұрын

In the video after I bleed some more air it quieted right down. There could be rebuild kits I never even looked .

@lsatenstein Ай бұрын

I have a need for the same model pump. I am in Canada, and I will be picking it up here. I like the pump design, as it is, in a kind of way, like a dresser drawer. Remove the power connection, pull out the pump and put in the new, and restore power By the way, for our hot-water tanks, we have a loop at the top of the heater inlet and outlet to stop convection. Hot water by convection flows up but not down. The loop stops the flow of convection currents from the basement to the upper floors. That could be an interesting project for you to pursue.

@publicmail2 6 ай бұрын

So what's behind the curtain?

@HouseImprovements 6 ай бұрын

This is a storage/furnace room , so I was just covering the clutter, lol.

@gth042 6 ай бұрын

Huh. With the utility closet so clean, and his being the house improvements guru, I assumed it was the part he didn't finish detailing before the video. 🤣 ...You're The Man, Shannon!

@timothycreasy2161 6 ай бұрын

I am pretty sure plumbers charge so much because of working in tight spaces all day. And up charging parts is real, I see it at work

@lynnromo3360 Ай бұрын

Is there always a bleeder pipe? Added a new circ pump, running dry....I dint see a bleeder??

@HouseImprovements Ай бұрын

There should be a bleeder in the system .

@publicmail2 6 ай бұрын

Looks like you speed up videos a bit, I play back faster so I noticed. You can greatly increase efficiency of any gas fired non high efficiency appliance like your water heater. Put a 4" fresh air in to the combustion area, open end pointed down to floor. This is a proven method and recommended by experts. This allows incoming freezing air to go to combustion and not cool the home.

@HouseImprovements 6 ай бұрын

No not all but this was sped up to 1.1 . We have 6" combustion make up air right behind this water heater . There is a mid efficient furnace and two water heaters in this close proximity .

@daveyk8148 6 ай бұрын

I'm a novice and quite picture what you are saying. Do you have a link or something that shows a picture?

@publicmail2 6 ай бұрын

Can't put links on YT, google fresh air intake on older furnaces. Seems to be common in Canada. @@daveyk8148