I'm charged with building our house while my husband is overseas for the next year or more. We'll break ground soon on a new home and would like suggestions on the appropriate well pump for our situation. Also important is input on your experience with specific pumps that seem to require unusually high repair or servicing, so that we can avoid them. Can you recommend a solid brand at a reasonable price? We're not wealthy, but we want to take great care in the selection of the pump so that we don't face unnecessary problems in the future. We plan to spend the next 30 years in this home in rural SC and want to set this thing up correctly from the beginning.
This posting picks up from a thread started in the Water Heater, Tanks Forum, where I was presented with the choice between a variable speed pump (expensive) and a cycle stop valve for the water pressure issue and I've been doing a little reading on that. So far, a CSV is sounding right for us based on cost/benefit, but I'll keep reading about the issue.
The well is 400' deep with a yield of 5 gpm and was struck July 2010. We have a 6 1/4" PVC casing running to 49 feet. (We hit granite at 50') The static water level is 30' below land surface after 24 hours.
The house is long (111') and narrow to take advantage of a pond view. Two main areas of water use are at opposite ends of the house: master bed with his and her baths and the washer/dryer at one end, kitchen, guest bath, 2 bedrooms at the other end of the house.
Water usage: just me and the husband, no children, occasional visitors. Gardening water will primarily come from an additional pump system (to be installed later) feeding off of the pond.
Tanks? Bladder inside the tank? What would you recommend as right for our water usage?
By the way, I'm not expecting someone to make my decisions for me, rather I need a good jumping-off point from which to continue researching. The more knowledge I can gain from the forum's experts and people who have had good/bad experiences with their particular well/tank, the more focused I can be with my reading.
Thanks in advance to you who give me your time.
Dee
This posting picks up from a thread started in the Water Heater, Tanks Forum, where I was presented with the choice between a variable speed pump (expensive) and a cycle stop valve for the water pressure issue and I've been doing a little reading on that. So far, a CSV is sounding right for us based on cost/benefit, but I'll keep reading about the issue.
The well is 400' deep with a yield of 5 gpm and was struck July 2010. We have a 6 1/4" PVC casing running to 49 feet. (We hit granite at 50') The static water level is 30' below land surface after 24 hours.
The house is long (111') and narrow to take advantage of a pond view. Two main areas of water use are at opposite ends of the house: master bed with his and her baths and the washer/dryer at one end, kitchen, guest bath, 2 bedrooms at the other end of the house.
Water usage: just me and the husband, no children, occasional visitors. Gardening water will primarily come from an additional pump system (to be installed later) feeding off of the pond.
Tanks? Bladder inside the tank? What would you recommend as right for our water usage?
By the way, I'm not expecting someone to make my decisions for me, rather I need a good jumping-off point from which to continue researching. The more knowledge I can gain from the forum's experts and people who have had good/bad experiences with their particular well/tank, the more focused I can be with my reading.
Thanks in advance to you who give me your time.
Dee