Hey all,
been lurking around the forum for the past week or so trying to learn all the information I can. I am in the process of purchasing a house on a well system. My mom has owned the property since 1991 and drilled the well in 2006.
So just a quick run-down of the system. My mom drilled the new well as she had some buyers lined up to buy the house- the well only put out 2gpm and the bank refused to finance without at least 5 gpm. So she hired a hydro-geologist to come in and suggest location for a new well. The location was set, and new well drilled. The well is 59' deep and had a yield of 5gpm, tested for 3 hrs per county records. As luck would have it the buyers backed out
Now, they installed a holding tank as well. I'm not sure on the exact size, but its got to be at least 500 gal, its an above-ground black tank. From reading here, its not done properly, the tank is just sitting on a pad in the front yard. Really, I'm confused as to why they even thought of putting in the holding tank in the first place- it seems 5gpm should be more than enough water for 1 bathroom house, and if it supplied that for 3 hours there's no issue with running dry? The pump in the well is actually oversize- my mom had replaced it a few years prior and the old well was over 200' deep, she didn't want to buy a new pump for the new well. I believe it is 1hp or 1 1/2, but not sure. I know they wanted to sell her a smaller pump but they ended up being able to use the larger one. It is protected by a pump-tec or similar.
Okay, so here's what I'd like to figure out. Right now the well head is on the corner of the property, and just has a small cover over it. Not much there except for electrical and plumbing connections. There is a small pump house in major disrepair. This is where most of the electrical boxes are and the pressure tank. The giant black tank sits adjacent to this building in the front yard.
Basically my overall plan is to tear down the well house. I would like to move away from the holding tank system- if its not necessary it seems to be a lot of additional components, plus it sounds like to do it properly, I'd have to redo the entire setup. My plan was then to build a small pump house over the well head, with enough room to house the pressure tank and electrical connections. However, if possible I wouldn't mind moving the pressure tank and electrical connections under the house, it has a great crawl space, at least 6' under the whole house.
Any ideas are helpful, I'm experienced in most areas, plumbing, electrical, etc., but a little new to the well aspect of things. I suspect my first task will be evaluating whether or not the holding tank is necessary.
been lurking around the forum for the past week or so trying to learn all the information I can. I am in the process of purchasing a house on a well system. My mom has owned the property since 1991 and drilled the well in 2006.
So just a quick run-down of the system. My mom drilled the new well as she had some buyers lined up to buy the house- the well only put out 2gpm and the bank refused to finance without at least 5 gpm. So she hired a hydro-geologist to come in and suggest location for a new well. The location was set, and new well drilled. The well is 59' deep and had a yield of 5gpm, tested for 3 hrs per county records. As luck would have it the buyers backed out
Now, they installed a holding tank as well. I'm not sure on the exact size, but its got to be at least 500 gal, its an above-ground black tank. From reading here, its not done properly, the tank is just sitting on a pad in the front yard. Really, I'm confused as to why they even thought of putting in the holding tank in the first place- it seems 5gpm should be more than enough water for 1 bathroom house, and if it supplied that for 3 hours there's no issue with running dry? The pump in the well is actually oversize- my mom had replaced it a few years prior and the old well was over 200' deep, she didn't want to buy a new pump for the new well. I believe it is 1hp or 1 1/2, but not sure. I know they wanted to sell her a smaller pump but they ended up being able to use the larger one. It is protected by a pump-tec or similar.
Okay, so here's what I'd like to figure out. Right now the well head is on the corner of the property, and just has a small cover over it. Not much there except for electrical and plumbing connections. There is a small pump house in major disrepair. This is where most of the electrical boxes are and the pressure tank. The giant black tank sits adjacent to this building in the front yard.
Basically my overall plan is to tear down the well house. I would like to move away from the holding tank system- if its not necessary it seems to be a lot of additional components, plus it sounds like to do it properly, I'd have to redo the entire setup. My plan was then to build a small pump house over the well head, with enough room to house the pressure tank and electrical connections. However, if possible I wouldn't mind moving the pressure tank and electrical connections under the house, it has a great crawl space, at least 6' under the whole house.
Any ideas are helpful, I'm experienced in most areas, plumbing, electrical, etc., but a little new to the well aspect of things. I suspect my first task will be evaluating whether or not the holding tank is necessary.