Well problems - need help!

[Terry Coen]

Hello out there, I recently purchased an older home to renovate. The water system was not working. We located the well head about 10 feet out from the house and about 5 feet deep. The item in the photo was bolted to a three bolt flange on the 2" well casing - there is a single galvanized pipe inside the 2" casing that screws into this fixture from below. Has anyone seen something like this before? I this fixture using the well casing as the second pipe for the ejector set-up? I want to replace the old galvanized pipe dropping down into my well, but I am not sure what I am dealing with here - any ideas out there would be greatly appreciated

 

[Valveman]

That is a casing adapter for a dual pipe jet pump. Google dual pipe jet pump with packer. There is a packer at the bottom of that inside pipe and the leathers maybe really tight to pull out. If you can get it out I would get a new packer, drop pipe, and casing adapter.

 

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[Terry Coen]

That is a casing adapter for a dual pipe jet pump. Google dual pipe jet pump with packer. There is a packer at the bottom of that inside pipe and the leathers maybe really tight to pull out. If you can get it out I would get a new packer, drop pipe, and casing adapter.

Thanks for the info, will there be a foot valve at the end of the pipe? Any idea where I would purchase the new casing adapter?

 

[Reach4]

will there be a foot valve at the end of the pipe?

At the bottom of the pipe would be a Jet Pump Packer. http://www.deanbennett.com/deep-well-vertical-jet-pumps.htm has one for a different pump. Try "2 Single Pipe Jet" (with the quotes) as another search engine search.

Do you really want to restore the system and bury the adapter 5 ft down? That may not even be legal today.

A new well with a 5 inch PVC casing that extends above ground would be expensive, but it would be the right way.

 

[Terry Coen]

At the bottom of the pipe would be a Jet Pump Packer. http://www.deanbennett.com/deep-well-vertical-jet-pumps.htm has one for a different pump. Try "2 Single Pipe Jet" (with the quotes) as another search engine search.

Do you really want to restore the system and bury the adapter 5 ft down? That may not even be legal today.

A new well with a 5 inch PVC casing that extends above ground would be expensive, but it would be the right way.

Thanks for the info Reach4. No, I don't really want to restore the old system, just not sure I can afford to have everything replaced at this time.

 

[Texas Wellman]

That looks like a Myers casing adapter. I'm curious how you unscrewed it without the jet pipe falling? Is it just hanging there? If so put a nipple and elbow to keep it from falling into the well. Fishing pipe can get expensive.

 

[Terry Coen]

That looks like a Myers casing adapter. I'm curious how you unscrewed it without the jet pipe falling? Is it just hanging there? If so put a nipple and elbow to keep it from falling into the well. Fishing pipe can get expensive.

Good morning Texas Wellman; thanks for the follow-up. I didn't actually unscrew it, I was working on trying to pull the whole assembly up and tapped the side of the casing adapter with a small hammer to break it loose, the adapter came off the pipe rather easily - the pipe must have been just barely threaded into the adapter, or the pipe threads were stripped. The pipe is pretty tight in the well, I tried tugging on it, but I wasn't sure what I might break at the time. Now that I understand what it is, I will probably try screwing a galvanized "T" onto it with a pipe nipple on either end of the "T" (if I have some good threads) and see if I can move it. I do have a backhoe available to help pull it if necessary, just don't want to break something or pull the entire casing out of the ground. Does that make sense?

 

[Craigpump]

Nope. You already have compromised pipe.

Backhoes don't pull straight and you don't have enough feel to pull that safely. A guy with a pump hoist that pulls straight will have a better chance of clearing the hole.