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So I am renovating a house that has sat vacant for about 8 years. The well is 150' deep and you don't hit water until 80' down from the well cap. It had a jet pump on it that had not likely worked for the last 15 years as they at some point did get county water out there. Anyway I want to use the well. I pulled the old pump up and all of the water line and etc which was real fun by myself.
I have no idea what the draw down is on this well once you start pumping water. Hopefully it has a decent refresh rate but this house is only going to be used on the weekends, etc for hunting, etc. It is a 3 bedroom rancher with two full bathrooms, kitchen, 2 outside faucets and of course water heater and wash machine hookup. I don't ever see watering the lawn. But might use outside faucet to wash off a vehicle or something.
Looking at the submersible pump charts, if I am reading them correctly it seems that if I am going to set the pump at 140', which is 10' off the bottom of the well, that I should be getting a 3/4 to 1hp 10 or 15gpm pump. I am going to get a Franklin. I gave all this info to a local well company and they wanted to put a 1/2hp 10 gpm pump in and a 25 gallon xtroll pressure tank. I don't think the 1/2hp is big enough with a pump set at 140'. The house was built in the 70's and has an outside well house. I am not going to the expense of digging up the concrete floor in the wellhouse and then disturbing the casing to put in a pitless adaptor. The well company said the same and said to just put a cap on it and run the lines from the cap to the tank and that in the winter I will just need to keep a heat source in the pump house (which is what they did with the jet pump for about 20 years. The water line after it leaves the pressure tank then goes down below the pump house and is buried 3 feet deep all the way to the foundation wall and then into the basement.
So my question is given this info, should I get a 3/4 hp pump at 10 or 15gpm or a 1hp at 10 or 15gpm. I think a 20 gpm would be too much, especially with a 25 gallon pressure tank. The next size up pressure tank by xtrol is likely too tall for my well house and I won't be able to close the roof on it. Also, whether the pump is a 3/4 or a 1hp which is going to be the best for water volume into the house, the 10 gpm or the 15 gpm? Or will there be that much difference? Also, should I be running a 30/50 or 40/60 pressure switch given these specs?
I just ran 230 out to the pump house so I am all good on that. I also just replaced all of the copper waterlines with new copper. So the plumbing is all new.
Thanks for any help.
I have no idea what the draw down is on this well once you start pumping water. Hopefully it has a decent refresh rate but this house is only going to be used on the weekends, etc for hunting, etc. It is a 3 bedroom rancher with two full bathrooms, kitchen, 2 outside faucets and of course water heater and wash machine hookup. I don't ever see watering the lawn. But might use outside faucet to wash off a vehicle or something.
Looking at the submersible pump charts, if I am reading them correctly it seems that if I am going to set the pump at 140', which is 10' off the bottom of the well, that I should be getting a 3/4 to 1hp 10 or 15gpm pump. I am going to get a Franklin. I gave all this info to a local well company and they wanted to put a 1/2hp 10 gpm pump in and a 25 gallon xtroll pressure tank. I don't think the 1/2hp is big enough with a pump set at 140'. The house was built in the 70's and has an outside well house. I am not going to the expense of digging up the concrete floor in the wellhouse and then disturbing the casing to put in a pitless adaptor. The well company said the same and said to just put a cap on it and run the lines from the cap to the tank and that in the winter I will just need to keep a heat source in the pump house (which is what they did with the jet pump for about 20 years. The water line after it leaves the pressure tank then goes down below the pump house and is buried 3 feet deep all the way to the foundation wall and then into the basement.
So my question is given this info, should I get a 3/4 hp pump at 10 or 15gpm or a 1hp at 10 or 15gpm. I think a 20 gpm would be too much, especially with a 25 gallon pressure tank. The next size up pressure tank by xtrol is likely too tall for my well house and I won't be able to close the roof on it. Also, whether the pump is a 3/4 or a 1hp which is going to be the best for water volume into the house, the 10 gpm or the 15 gpm? Or will there be that much difference? Also, should I be running a 30/50 or 40/60 pressure switch given these specs?
I just ran 230 out to the pump house so I am all good on that. I also just replaced all of the copper waterlines with new copper. So the plumbing is all new.
Thanks for any help.