celticpride
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Hello all. My inlaws just bought a home down from my home and this house is a great fixer upper. It was built back in the 1930's. It was a foreclosure and who knows how long the power has been off but the house currently does not have water. I primed the pump and got it started and the first thing I noticed was that as soon as the pump reached 50 psi and turns off the pressure drops instantly and the pump comes right back on. Vicious cycle......I'm thinking the foot valve must have failed or something and the water isn't holding.
The pump is a deep well setup however I highly doubt the well is a deep well. These setups are common in this area. Water table is only 30-50 ft deep. Anyways I dug up the line to where the well casing is. The well casing is a good 10-12 ft away from where the pump lies. The double jet pump lines tee together at the top of the well casing.
My question is this. The in laws are going to be fixing this house up over a 5 year span. So they will only be using the water and power a week at a time every 2 months or so. To get the pump to work reliably can I put a check valve at the beginning of the well casing split on the suction pipe? That way water stays in the 10-12 ft run including the pump itself. Would I need to put a check valve on the exit pipe that goes back into the well casing or no? Can any of this be done to prevent having to pull up the well piping itself?
Thanks for your time and thoughts.
The pump is a deep well setup however I highly doubt the well is a deep well. These setups are common in this area. Water table is only 30-50 ft deep. Anyways I dug up the line to where the well casing is. The well casing is a good 10-12 ft away from where the pump lies. The double jet pump lines tee together at the top of the well casing.
My question is this. The in laws are going to be fixing this house up over a 5 year span. So they will only be using the water and power a week at a time every 2 months or so. To get the pump to work reliably can I put a check valve at the beginning of the well casing split on the suction pipe? That way water stays in the 10-12 ft run including the pump itself. Would I need to put a check valve on the exit pipe that goes back into the well casing or no? Can any of this be done to prevent having to pull up the well piping itself?
Thanks for your time and thoughts.