Can you install a pond pump on it's side?

[GaryMoz]

I've just ordered two variflow pumps. They will be external and below water level, like a lot of pumps the outlet is vertical, straight up.

It would be a bit easier for me to fit with the pump on its side, so outlet comes out horizontal, it means I won't have to add extra bends to run the pipe back down. Are there any problems with doing it?

 

[Lisak1]

I'm not familiar with this particular pump, but I do know the Aquascape pumps we use can be installed either vertically or horizontally. Maybe check the manufacturers specs.

 

[GaryMoz]

I'm not familiar with this particular pump, but I do know the Aquascape pumps we use can be installed either vertically or horizontally. Maybe check the manufacturers specs.

It's not in the spec, so I've contacted the manufacture, I'll see what they say

 

[GBBUDD]

Generally you can take a pump apart and rotate it so that the outfeed is in a different orientation

 

[GaryMoz]

Yes, the manufacture came back and said there will be no problem

 

[West Van Ken]

I've just ordered two variflow pumps. They will be external and below water level, like a lot of pumps the outlet is vertical, straight up.

It would be a bit easier for me to fit with the pump on its side, so outlet comes out horizontal, it means I won't have to add extra bends to run the pipe back down. Are there any problems with doing it?

A HINT. Pump inlets get plugged up. I obtained a large screen cylinder, about 10" by 24", and put the pump inside. It kept out all the litter.

 

[Lisak1]

A HINT. Pump inlets get plugged up. I obtained a large screen cylinder, about 10" by 24", and put the pump inside. It kept out all the litter.

True. Best practice is to keep the pump off the bottom of the pond, but the added protection can’t hurt.

 

[GaryMoz]

True. Best practice is to keep the pump off the bottom of the pond, but the added protection can’t hurt.

In my case pump is not submerged.

Also I just rotated the impeller housing

 

[West Van Ken]

True. Best practice is to keep the pump off the bottom of the pond, but the added protection can’t hurt.

The screen I used was shaped like a large test tube with one open end. I added a door. It was an outer screen designed to hold in inner filter liner of cloth, to filter the de-icing fluid for airplanes. At the time they cost $200, (20 years ago), but he sold me this one of $25. The wire came in the door end, the pump sat in the middle, and the outlet tube stuck through the top. It worked really well, but the Laguna UV filter just created other problems. I also bought a German made pond vacuum, which was even more bother. So now, I have a pond covered in water lilies, and a layer of mud on the bottom. Much easier. Ken