Originally Posted by pectelboy

Took the sump off yesterday flannigan, the gates are still in mint condition mate,as I suspected , spoke to Ian who made them , say your gated sump was made for John priest in 2006 , never used left in his loft then sold to you in 2010 , so it's 12 years old , so maybe corodion may have played a part? I rang about and every one who has fitted one of these has never had a problem at all ? He is adamant there is no design fault , one gate dropping off unlucky but three , with our the welds breaking ,So iam happy to continue useing these gated sumps , after speaking to him , hope you get it sorted