Guy2014
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I'm preparing to install a new water system on unimproved property. I will be pumping from a 4 foot deep year round pool to a 1200 gal storage tank. The tank is 130 feet above the creek and the run is 7oo feet. The house will be 30 feet above the creek (100 feet below the tank). We plan to use gravity feed to the house and water spigots here and there along the run of pipe. I plan to use 160 psi 1 1/4 poly pipe. 1 bedroom, 1 bath house with light garden irrigation.
Questions
1) If I fill the tank from the bottom using the pipe run from the pump, can I use that same pipe for supply to the home and for the spigots along the pipe route? This saves 700 feet of pipe if I were instead fill the tank from the top and drain from the bottom. I suspect the pressure in the pipe will be higher when the pump is on which I think I can control by use of a pressure regulator at the house. Variable pressure at the spigots is unimportant, I think.
2) Is 1 1/4 poly pipe sufficient for this project?
3) I want to install a submersible pump housed in a short section of plastic well casing fixed into the pool. My plan is to install the well casing at a 45 degree angle from vertical to make sure the pump inlet is always in water.
Can submersible pumps be operated when not vertical? If not, I guess I need a pump with a bottom inlet. Seems like most pumps I've seen have inlets in the middle of the pump.
Will I need to some how center the pump in the casing? If so, recommendations?
Will torque be a problem?
4) How can I control the pump to maintain the desired level of water in the tank when filling from the bottom?
5) Would this system benefit from a CSV valve? If so, where in the system should it be installed?
Other suggestions?
Thanks so much..
Questions
1) If I fill the tank from the bottom using the pipe run from the pump, can I use that same pipe for supply to the home and for the spigots along the pipe route? This saves 700 feet of pipe if I were instead fill the tank from the top and drain from the bottom. I suspect the pressure in the pipe will be higher when the pump is on which I think I can control by use of a pressure regulator at the house. Variable pressure at the spigots is unimportant, I think.
2) Is 1 1/4 poly pipe sufficient for this project?
3) I want to install a submersible pump housed in a short section of plastic well casing fixed into the pool. My plan is to install the well casing at a 45 degree angle from vertical to make sure the pump inlet is always in water.
Can submersible pumps be operated when not vertical? If not, I guess I need a pump with a bottom inlet. Seems like most pumps I've seen have inlets in the middle of the pump.
Will I need to some how center the pump in the casing? If so, recommendations?
Will torque be a problem?
4) How can I control the pump to maintain the desired level of water in the tank when filling from the bottom?
5) Would this system benefit from a CSV valve? If so, where in the system should it be installed?
Other suggestions?
Thanks so much..