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    How to choose a water softener?

    Hi, We just had a new well installed and are considering getting a water softener now. The well driller said we have low iron content and a hardness of 21. We are getting some brown or cloudy water first thing in the morning but the well driller said that should go away in about 3 months...
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    53 Year Old Point Well, Pump Replacement Questions

    The current tank is a galvanized "Monitor" brand. It is 16" in Diameter and about 50" tall. I don't believe it has any kind of bladder and is about 3/4's full of water. Thanks,
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    53 Year Old Point Well, Pump Replacement Questions

    What type and size of pressure tank should I install when I figure out what to do with the pump? We have a 3 bedroom 1 1/2 bath house with usually 3 to 4 people in the house. Not sure if the tank with a bladder is the proper one? Thanks, again
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    53 Year Old Point Well, Pump Replacement Questions

    Thanks for your advise! I live about a 1/2 hour from Sta-Rite in Delavan hopefully I can call them for any part numbers.
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    53 Year Old Point Well, Pump Replacement Questions

    Thanks Wellman, That now makes sense to me on how the casing adapter set-up works with the two pipes. I hope the threads on the 1 1/4" main pipe are better then the threads on the 3/4" pipes feeding about 1/2 the house. Five years ago we added on a bathroom and the 3/4" pipe threads kept...
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    53 Year Old Point Well, Pump Replacement Questions

    Thanks for your response! The smaller of the two pipes seems to have a slight off set bend to it. They are threaded into the pump head and it looks like maybe compression sealed into the casing adapter. Based on pencil markings it might be 3 1/2' sections. We bought this house from my Grand...
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    53 Year Old Point Well, Pump Replacement Questions

    Hi, I have a 53 yr old point well in our basement. I'm sure the pump isn't that old but it is very old (maybe 30 years or more) and is starting to get extremely loud and taking longer and longer to get up to pressure. It is a Sta-Rite CLC-2 Pump with a Franklin C1921XB 1/2 horse motor. From...
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