chrismid
New Member
Our neighborhood of 180 homes in eastern Massachusetts has been receiving water from a private well company for over 30 years. This well company is going bankrupt this month, forcing us all to have no choice but to dig wells. We've been used to a constant supply of filtered water with good pressure, and want to maintain that with our new individual wells. As you can imagine the drillers and pump companies are marketing aggressively to our neighborhood!
My new well has yet to be dug, but I'm guessing it will be somewhere between 300-400' deep based upon the experience of my neighbors. There are 2 people currently living in my home, but I'd like to size the system for 4 people. Now that we won't be paying for water usage, we're considering installing a lawn sprinkler system. Otherwise, we don't use a lot of water outside the home.
Our well driller has been talking to us about constant pressure pumps, which are a $900-1200 upgrade. Is this necessary? What HP is required?
I want to maintain a similar experience to what we've had with a larger quasi-public water supply...but I don't want to overbuy or overspend on the pump...especially considering the unexpected cost of digging the well at all!
I appreciate any suggestions you should offer - either on what we need, or what we should be asking our well driller/pump installer.
Thanks,
Christine
My new well has yet to be dug, but I'm guessing it will be somewhere between 300-400' deep based upon the experience of my neighbors. There are 2 people currently living in my home, but I'd like to size the system for 4 people. Now that we won't be paying for water usage, we're considering installing a lawn sprinkler system. Otherwise, we don't use a lot of water outside the home.
Our well driller has been talking to us about constant pressure pumps, which are a $900-1200 upgrade. Is this necessary? What HP is required?
I want to maintain a similar experience to what we've had with a larger quasi-public water supply...but I don't want to overbuy or overspend on the pump...especially considering the unexpected cost of digging the well at all!
I appreciate any suggestions you should offer - either on what we need, or what we should be asking our well driller/pump installer.
Thanks,
Christine