Pump repair and replacement · Woking area, Surrey

Blocked pumps, new pump and floats near Woking

The site had backed up and the pumps were blocked. Alton Pumps cleared the blockage, fitted a new pump and new floats, fitted new contactors to the grinder and left the system working in automatic.

Project completed December 2025

Pump with rag and wipes wrapped around it after being lifted from a chamber near Woking — A blocked pump with rag and wipes around it.

The call

When the engineers arrived, the site had backed up and the pumps were blocked.

Clearing the blockage

The blockage was removed from the pumps.

Rag and wipes next to a yellow float switch after being removed from a pump — Rag and wipes removed from the pump.

New pump and floats

A new pump and new floats were fitted.

The grinder

New contactors were fitted to the grinder. The grinder is now fully operational.

Pair of new contactors standing on a green panel cabinet — A new contactor.

Left in automatic

The system was left in auto.

Pump control panel with status lights inside a green cabinet — The pump control panel.

Recorded outcome

Blockage cleared: the pumps were unblocked.
New pump and floats: a new pump and new floats were fitted.
Grinder repaired: new contactors were fitted and the grinder is fully operational.
Result: the system was left in auto.

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About this job

What caused the back-up?

The pumps were blocked. The engineers removed the blockage.

What was replaced?

A new pump, new floats and new contactors on the grinder.

Was it working when the engineers left?

Yes. The grinder was fully operational and the system was left in automatic.