Hello all
We live in a small bungalow with a low dirt-floor crawlspace. The furnace, hot water tank, pump and pressure tank are all crammed into a small room in the centre of the house. The hot water tank is on a platform and the pressure tank is underneath. The tank is currently electric, but we have had gas installed and we are looking to switch over to gas hot water. We will need to re-locate the pressure tank as there isn't enough clearance for the gas water heater as it is currently setup. We also have iron in our water, and in the future we will be looking to install an iron filter. As it is currently setup, there really isn't enough room for an iron filter in this small room.
So the (potential) plan is to replace the current jet pump with a submersible. We would like to do this to free up some space as well as get the pump out of the centre of the house for noise reasons. I am wondering if we could also relocate the pressure tank outside in the well casing. I saw at least one comment here about buried pressure tanks being less than ideal (not sure if this qualifies as buried).
We are in (south) central Ontario.
Can anyone comment on this plan?
Thanks,
Brian
We live in a small bungalow with a low dirt-floor crawlspace. The furnace, hot water tank, pump and pressure tank are all crammed into a small room in the centre of the house. The hot water tank is on a platform and the pressure tank is underneath. The tank is currently electric, but we have had gas installed and we are looking to switch over to gas hot water. We will need to re-locate the pressure tank as there isn't enough clearance for the gas water heater as it is currently setup. We also have iron in our water, and in the future we will be looking to install an iron filter. As it is currently setup, there really isn't enough room for an iron filter in this small room.
So the (potential) plan is to replace the current jet pump with a submersible. We would like to do this to free up some space as well as get the pump out of the centre of the house for noise reasons. I am wondering if we could also relocate the pressure tank outside in the well casing. I saw at least one comment here about buried pressure tanks being less than ideal (not sure if this qualifies as buried).
We are in (south) central Ontario.
Can anyone comment on this plan?
Thanks,
Brian