JimSelena
New Member
Thanks for this very informative forum.
I had a slight problem occur the other day; "slight" is probably not the right word. A tree I was cutting fell on the PVC pipe that sits about eight inches above the ground. The tree shattered the pipe into may pieces, some pieces fell into the shaft, and saw dust/shavings and dirt/sandy soil fell down the PVC pipe too. I was able to vacuum quite a bit of the PVC pieces and dirt out of the pipe, but I would estimate a gallon of dirt, small wood shavings, small PVC pieces fell into the pipe.
I dug a hole around the pipe, make a nice level cut (no cracks below this cut), and was able to connect a new 10 inch piece of 4 inch diameter pipe into the original pipe and glue together. Looks very nice now. I had to splice in longer wires (I soldered) in order to insert the new 10 inch PVC, and a new cap, and the pump works as advertised now. However, after five days, the house spigots are still clogging up, and when I turn on for first time in morning for shower in the master bedroom bathtub, sand, dirty water, and rust still come throughfor about 20 seconds until clear. When clearing the screens on the bathroom and kitchen spigots, small chain saw shavings and a few sand granules are evident.
Should I run water down the well pipe to flush out? Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks again for this very informative forum.
Jim and Selena.
I had a slight problem occur the other day; "slight" is probably not the right word. A tree I was cutting fell on the PVC pipe that sits about eight inches above the ground. The tree shattered the pipe into may pieces, some pieces fell into the shaft, and saw dust/shavings and dirt/sandy soil fell down the PVC pipe too. I was able to vacuum quite a bit of the PVC pieces and dirt out of the pipe, but I would estimate a gallon of dirt, small wood shavings, small PVC pieces fell into the pipe.
I dug a hole around the pipe, make a nice level cut (no cracks below this cut), and was able to connect a new 10 inch piece of 4 inch diameter pipe into the original pipe and glue together. Looks very nice now. I had to splice in longer wires (I soldered) in order to insert the new 10 inch PVC, and a new cap, and the pump works as advertised now. However, after five days, the house spigots are still clogging up, and when I turn on for first time in morning for shower in the master bedroom bathtub, sand, dirty water, and rust still come throughfor about 20 seconds until clear. When clearing the screens on the bathroom and kitchen spigots, small chain saw shavings and a few sand granules are evident.
Should I run water down the well pipe to flush out? Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks again for this very informative forum.
Jim and Selena.