After exceptional service pumping black water and waste water from boats for over 23 years, the old pump at Hobbs Boatyard, Henley finally required replacing.
The original unit was installed back in 2001 by sewage and waste water specialists LeeSan, who are based in Warwickshire. Therefore Hobbs contacted them to discuss an upgraded replacement.
LeeSan is now owned by the Pump Technology Ltd Group, but interestingly, Chris Coburn (now retired), the founder of LeeSan still lives locally and, because of his friendship with the management at Hobbs, offered them his own pump to use as an interim measure while the new unit was built and installed.
The team at LeeSan pulled out all the stops and within seven days of the old pump deciding to give up, had designed, built, delivered and installed a new peristaltic LS30T pump and a dedicated operation panel fitted with its own RCD Safety cut-out for overload protection. The pump is also “timer controlled” to protect it from running dry and to avoid accidental misuse.
Karl Sutcliffe, Technical Director at LeeSan, said: “This was a convenient one for us as Henley is on our doorstep. We surveyed the site and recommended a new, more powerful, quieter and technically advanced pump. This is about a tenth of the size of the old unit and means that the boatyard team have now also gained valuable storage space in the pump house.”
Peter Herbert, Director, Hobbs of Henley Ltd, said: “LeeSan came to the rescue of Hobbs of Henley when our pump out machine broke down during a busy period earlier this summer. We desperately needed to pump out our fleet of Passenger Boat tanks. We contacted LeeSan and they said they could supply and fit a new system for us within the next few days. They did a great job and the pump out system was up and running in two days. Many thanks LeeSan.”
LeeSan say that the growth in boating combined with ever-increasing Eco awareness is creating an expanding demand for products of this type.
