Hi everyone, new on the forum and would appreciate your advice. Since Memorial Day I've had 2 episodes of sudden loss of water. Pressure will decrease, water will stop entirely (to entire house)....but then within minutes to hours will return to normal.
I had plumber out to check system after the first episode...he suspected was due to very old pressure tank/broken gauge (present when I bought house a year ago) so these were replaced. I also have a liquid chlorine injection system with a retention tank and carbon filter, which seems to be working normally. He told me if problem recurred then had to be my well pump.
Question: is he correct in that there is no other possibility now but a well pump issue? Or could there be some other (less expensive!) cause? Can a carbon filter get clogged and cause this type of problem?
I am new to life on well water so apologies if these are dumb questions! Really appreciate everyone's expertise and help!
I had plumber out to check system after the first episode...he suspected was due to very old pressure tank/broken gauge (present when I bought house a year ago) so these were replaced. I also have a liquid chlorine injection system with a retention tank and carbon filter, which seems to be working normally. He told me if problem recurred then had to be my well pump.
Question: is he correct in that there is no other possibility now but a well pump issue? Or could there be some other (less expensive!) cause? Can a carbon filter get clogged and cause this type of problem?
I am new to life on well water so apologies if these are dumb questions! Really appreciate everyone's expertise and help!