Ok guys, here is the deal:
Recently moved into house built in '06 and not too familiar with a well set-up so excuse the ignorance.
A few weeks ago we started to notice air coming through the lines at the end of the toilet fill cycle, all toilets has same problem on the first and second floors. It seems to have progressively gotten worse and now is at all sinks when first turning on water. While the pressure does seem somewhat weak it is not noticeably that bad. After tons of different advice from 'not so professional' friends I thought that the expansion tank on the water heater may be bad? I was just planning on replacing it because it sounded pretty dense when tapping on it, not hollow as I would have expected.
We had a bunch of rain for a few days (not sure if this affects well pressure) and during this time I noticed that when the well tank turned on the pipes hammered loud. I watched the pressure guage and during that time it would kick on at about 20psi and stop at 40. With only one shower running upstairs the pressure would drop in about 2 minutes back to 20 and kick on again loudly. I again talked to some 'not so professional' people who advised me that the pressure tank was likely bad.
I gave it a day and ran the shower upstairs, went down to the basement to check the pressure and noticed that now the switch appeared to be working properly (it is a 30/50). The pipes were not hammering that loud when the well pump came on but it was still only holding pressure for a minute or two with the shower on. I still have air in all lines. I have loaded a video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOm93l82xb4
The tank is a WX-203 by WellXTrol, build date of '05 and just out of warranty. My question is, what could be going on ? does the pressure tank seem bad ? Could it be something more concerning in the well pump lines ? Is the air in the sink/toilet lines unrelated ?
As a side note, it appears that one of my outdoor hose bibs is bad also. I went to turn it on and I get just a small trickle of water, the other hose bib is good. I am assuming this is just a bad valve but in case it could be related I wanted to mention it.
Thanks so much for your time !
Recently moved into house built in '06 and not too familiar with a well set-up so excuse the ignorance.
A few weeks ago we started to notice air coming through the lines at the end of the toilet fill cycle, all toilets has same problem on the first and second floors. It seems to have progressively gotten worse and now is at all sinks when first turning on water. While the pressure does seem somewhat weak it is not noticeably that bad. After tons of different advice from 'not so professional' friends I thought that the expansion tank on the water heater may be bad? I was just planning on replacing it because it sounded pretty dense when tapping on it, not hollow as I would have expected.
We had a bunch of rain for a few days (not sure if this affects well pressure) and during this time I noticed that when the well tank turned on the pipes hammered loud. I watched the pressure guage and during that time it would kick on at about 20psi and stop at 40. With only one shower running upstairs the pressure would drop in about 2 minutes back to 20 and kick on again loudly. I again talked to some 'not so professional' people who advised me that the pressure tank was likely bad.
I gave it a day and ran the shower upstairs, went down to the basement to check the pressure and noticed that now the switch appeared to be working properly (it is a 30/50). The pipes were not hammering that loud when the well pump came on but it was still only holding pressure for a minute or two with the shower on. I still have air in all lines. I have loaded a video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOm93l82xb4
The tank is a WX-203 by WellXTrol, build date of '05 and just out of warranty. My question is, what could be going on ? does the pressure tank seem bad ? Could it be something more concerning in the well pump lines ? Is the air in the sink/toilet lines unrelated ?
As a side note, it appears that one of my outdoor hose bibs is bad also. I went to turn it on and I get just a small trickle of water, the other hose bib is good. I am assuming this is just a bad valve but in case it could be related I wanted to mention it.
Thanks so much for your time !