Rue D'or
New Member
so i bought this house with a well knowing nothing about how to own or maintain a water well... but you guys have helped me service it many times before so i'm hoping you can do so again.. this one looks bad though - real bad.
with no warning signs the wife comes over and says the water is out... when i go near the well house i can smell a burning motor.
then she tells me she was in the house and heard a sound like fireworks (coming from the direction of the well house)... thinking that it's fourth of july weekend and we're in a developed rural area she dismisses and starts the washing machine... small trickle until nothing.
by the time i get to it... it smells like burning parts; the breaker isn't blown; the pressure gauge is reading 43; the pump is cool and there is condensation on the pump assembly, the pvc and the tank.
so i'm pretty sure my pump is fried... so my questions are: why is there pressure reading on the gauge, what was the firecracker sound she heard, does a pump just 'go out' or were there warning signs i should have seen, and what do i search for in a repairman?
i had a guy out once to service the well after a hurricane (recommended by the previous owner) and he charged me $450 to replace some pvc and a valve and prime the well. so i guess another question would be how do i know i'm paying a fair price for the pump replacement?
thanks so much for any help!!
with no warning signs the wife comes over and says the water is out... when i go near the well house i can smell a burning motor.
then she tells me she was in the house and heard a sound like fireworks (coming from the direction of the well house)... thinking that it's fourth of july weekend and we're in a developed rural area she dismisses and starts the washing machine... small trickle until nothing.
by the time i get to it... it smells like burning parts; the breaker isn't blown; the pressure gauge is reading 43; the pump is cool and there is condensation on the pump assembly, the pvc and the tank.
so i'm pretty sure my pump is fried... so my questions are: why is there pressure reading on the gauge, what was the firecracker sound she heard, does a pump just 'go out' or were there warning signs i should have seen, and what do i search for in a repairman?
i had a guy out once to service the well after a hurricane (recommended by the previous owner) and he charged me $450 to replace some pvc and a valve and prime the well. so i guess another question would be how do i know i'm paying a fair price for the pump replacement?
thanks so much for any help!!