Indoor Water Fountains

With time, things begin to slowly deteriorate until the point that they break. This is the case with your indoor water fountain’s pump. While you can make every effort to extend the lifespan of your indoor water fountain’s water pump, at some point or another it will fail. Since we know that most of you don’t plan to purchase a new indoor water fountain upon your pump’s failure, we have put together an article describing the pump replacement process.

Before we can head out and begin scouring local stores for a pump, we need to gather a bit of information on our existing pump. So, we want to disconnect it from our current water fountain setup and try to find its specifications. These specs should be located on a label attached to the pump. Once you locate the label, find the area that discusses the pump’s strength. The area should have some sort of GPH (gallons per hour) rating. Write this rating down. Now, we need to determine what type of barb our need pump will need. The barb is simply the uppermost portion of the pump that accepts a certain tubing dimension. If you can, attempt to remove the barb off your current pump. Otherwise, just find the barb’s dimensions (should be in inches) and write them down.

With all the info we need in hand, we’re ready to take a trip to the local home improvement store. When you arrive at the store, track down the nearest sales representative and ask them where we can find their selection of water pumps. They should be able to point you in the right direction. Now that you’re in the correct aisle, begin glancing over the water pumps the store has. Keep in mind the specs we’re looking for in a pump. For our indoor water fountain to function correctly, we need a pump that has both the correct barb dimensions and a sufficient amount of power. 

You need to refrain from buying a pump that grossly exceeds the amount of power we’re looking for. Remember, that the more powerful the pump, the more noise it’s prone to make. Since we don’t want to make our indoor water fountain any more noisy than it already is, we need to select a pump that falls within an appropriate GPH range.

Before settling on any specific pump, be sure to take a look at the type of warranty it comes bundled with. It’s worth spending a bit more money to get a 3 year warranty, than to save $10 to get a pump with a 1 year warranty. You want to think ahead for the future. After you’ve taken all the above factors into consideration, you should be ready to complete your pump’s purchase. Once you arrive home, you can go ahead and replace your indoor water fountain’s pump.

You should now be ready to breathe life back into an indoor water fountain that failed as a result of an old pump. Good luck repairing your fountain, and having it serve you for many more years to come.