I recently purchased a home this winter that had a deep well pump hooked up to a sprinkler system. This spring I primed the pump for the first time but it would not maintain pressure.
The pressure would gradually drop from about 50 psi to 35 psi aprrox every 15 minutes causing the pump to kick on until the pressure reached 50 again and then shut off.
A well repair company came to look at and said it was the foot valve. They told me the foot valve could NOT be replaced and that I would have drill a new well. This didn't sit right with me.
I need to know if a foot valve can be fixed (the well is approx. 90 feet deep and the pump is in my crawl space) or if I am heading towards having a new well drilled.
The pressure would gradually drop from about 50 psi to 35 psi aprrox every 15 minutes causing the pump to kick on until the pressure reached 50 again and then shut off.
A well repair company came to look at and said it was the foot valve. They told me the foot valve could NOT be replaced and that I would have drill a new well. This didn't sit right with me.
I need to know if a foot valve can be fixed (the well is approx. 90 feet deep and the pump is in my crawl space) or if I am heading towards having a new well drilled.