Breakdown and alarm diagnosis
Investigation of high-level alarms, pumps not starting, repeated trips, continuous running, blockages and rising chamber levels.
AFS diagnoses faults, repairs failed components and provides planned maintenance for domestic and commercial sewage, foul-water, surface-water and groundwater pump stations across West Sussex.
The right response depends on the station duty, current chamber level, controls, access and consequences of failure. AFS uses the available site evidence and system checks to identify the practical next step.
Pump stations may serve a single home, a basement, a rural property, an estate, an apartment development or a busy commercial site. The equipment and risk vary, but the fault should be assessed across the complete accessible system.
AFS supports pump station enquiries around Chichester, Horsham, Worthing, Haywards Heath, Littlehampton, Petworth, Pulborough and surrounding West Sussex areas. Send the full postcode so coverage can be confirmed for the required work.
For a completely new chamber and pumping system, use the package pump station installation service. This page covers faults, repairs, refurbishment and maintenance for an existing station.
Investigation of high-level alarms, pumps not starting, repeated trips, continuous running, blockages and rising chamber levels.
Condition-led repair or replacement advice for pumps, floats, probes, controls, alarms, valves, guide rails and internal pipework.
Operational checks, accessible component inspection and clear reporting to help reduce avoidable station failures.
Provide the postcode, site use, alarm message, chamber level, pump details, photographs, access notes and available service records.
AFS checks the accessible pumps, controls, level devices, alarms, valves, guide rails, pipework and operating conditions needed to identify the fault.
Agreed work is completed and function-tested, with any further repair, refurbishment or planned maintenance requirements explained.
An alarm is a warning that the station needs attention; it is not a diagnosis by itself.
A fault can involve a blocked or worn pump, fouled float or probe, control-panel component, alarm circuit, non-return valve, isolation valve, guide rail, lifting chain, internal discharge pipework or a restriction beyond the chamber.
Repeated resets or pump-only replacement can leave the underlying cause unresolved. The findings should determine whether repair, servicing, refurbishment or replacement is the economical next step.
The required service scope changes with the property, station arrangement and effect of a failure.
A domestic station may serve one property or a small group of homes. Managed and commercial systems may have duty-and-standby pumps, remote alarms, higher flows and site-specific access or reporting requirements.
AFS handles suitable enquiries for homes, rural properties, estates, apartment developments, hospitality premises, workplaces and managed sites, subject to the postcode, system and work required.
Good photographs and accurate symptoms help AFS bring the appropriate equipment and define the safest first step.
Do not enter a chamber or handle sewage-contaminated equipment. If the level is rising, reduce incoming water use where practical and describe the immediate effect on the property or site.
AFS will advise whether the first attendance may need fault-diagnosis equipment, lifting arrangements, replacement components, tanker support or additional site controls.
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Use the service overview or explore other established AFS location pages. If your town is not listed, send the postcode so coverage can be checked from Liphook.
Send the details through and a member of the AFS team will come back to you.
Yes. AFS handles suitable domestic, estate, commercial and managed-site enquiries across West Sussex. Send the full postcode, system details and access information so coverage and scope can be confirmed.
Reduce incoming water use where practical, do not enter the chamber, and provide the alarm and chamber-level information promptly. Rising levels may require tanker support as well as fault diagnosis.
The agreed visit can include operational checks to accessible pumps, floats or probes, controls, alarms, valves, guide rails, chains, internal pipework and chamber condition, followed by defect reporting.
Where the chamber and suitable components remain serviceable, refurbishment can replace worn pumps, controls, alarms, valves, internal pipework, guide rails, chains or level devices as the condition evidence requires.
Cost depends on the fault, pump duty, access, lifting requirements, parts, tanker support and testing. Photographs and service records help define the first attendance or quotation scope.
Send an enquiry or call the AFS team. We’ll confirm the practical next step and whether a site visit is needed.