There are a handful of things that are best done in the middle of the night and replacing a hotel booster pump system is one of them.

At least that’s what the managers of a 256 room hotel in Morristown, N.J. decided when Pump Express Service staff arrived to replace a booster pump system last fall and discovered that none of the isolation valves in place to cut water flow to the pumps were working. Replacing the valves and the hotel’s 15-year-old booster pump system would require cutting off the hotel’s main water supply and draining the entire 10-floor building – a procedure that was ruled out because it meant closing the hotel and it’s three restaurants for the duration of the job.

Line freezing was one alternative option. Pump Express Service staff could assemble a chamber around the pipe and then run liquid nitrogen into it until the pipe turned to a block of ice. This time-consuming process would eliminate the need to drain the system but would interrupt water flow throughout the building. Ultimately, this too was nixed.

Instead, the hotel’s managers opted to wait until after the holidays and schedule the booster system replacement for a Sunday midnight in January.

Pump Express service techs arrived for work as most of the hotel’s patrons were drifting off to sleep. When the clock struck twelve, they shut off the building’s water supply, draining the water lines by the light of the moon and replaced the inoperative valves to a chorus of snores. They installed a pair of Peerless pressure booster pumps before the first alarm went off that morning and had the water running by 5:00 a.m. that day. Most hotel guests never even knew the water had been shut off.

But word must have gotten around because we recently scheduled another midnight pump repair at a large airport hotel in Newark.

Our manufacturer-trained technicians are on-hand 24/7 to assist you in maintaining the pumps and electrical motors you depend on. We service pumps of every make, size and manufacturer including Zoeller, Liberty, Berkeley, Armstrong, Bell & Gossett and Taco. Pump Express Service techs are also trained to efficiently dismantle, inspect and repair motors up to 2,000 HP.

For more information about Pump Express Services or to schedule your own after hours service call us at 1-800-620-7331.

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