Recent content by Caleb M

I realized that the foam was put for easier digging, along with sand. The leak is definitely coming from the pressure tank. I called a friend out, who’s a handyman and knows a fair amount about this, we bypassed the old pressure tank and are installing a new one in the crawl space under the...

Well the plumbing company never came out after a week of constantly calling and trying to get ahold of them. Dug it up myself and this is what I’ve found. Not what I was expecting. It seems to be a pressure tank buried 4.5 ft. underground. I assumed we didn’t have a pressure tank bc the gauge...

Thank you guys! I’m going to have someone come out and dig it up. Also the pipe is some type of black polyethylene. I think it is used to pull up the well pump.

Alright the pitiless is about 4.5 ft. down. Here’s a pic

The pressure returns to 0 after I shut the switch to the pump back off. The picture is taken above ground right inside the well casing. I don’t see a pitiless adapter when I look into the well. im sorry if I’m not being of much help here, I’m only 19 and didn’t know jack squat about well...

My parents left me this house and we also need a pressure tank. The old one was taken out and a new one was never put in. I have some pictures of what’s going on. The ground is a little wet in the photos bc I just flipped the switch back on and flushed the toilet.

Is it a major concern and what would you have to guess for the cost of the repair?

It’s not foam like that. It’s like little styrofoam beads. I have a concern that it could be insulation from something like the foundation.

A few days back I noticed a considerable amount of standing water around the casing of our well pump out behind the house. I immediately called our local plumbing company and shut off the switch to the pump. Over the past probably 5 days, we’ve been using as little water as possible and only...