Recent content by Mikeazo

Just in case anyone is interested. We had a new well drilled. Water is as clear as can be. Have had no problems at all even after very heavy use.

I found the well log for our neighbor's well which was drilled only a few years after ours (back in the 60's). It shows Formations From To Clay 0 9 Gravel 9 20 Clay 20 168 Sand 168 174...

Wanted to post a few updates. Haven't talked to the well guy about a dole valve yet (been very busy here), but I left a message for him yesterday, so I should hear back today or tomorrow. So, they cleaned the well on Friday, Feb 28. By the next afternoon, Saturday, Mar 1, the water in the house...

I checked with the county. They have well logs for some homes in the area, but not a lot. It was drilled in 1960 so their record keeping must have not been great then. Other logs for the area show hitting gravel around 40 feet. The guys here today said the static water level was at 40 feet. Pump...

Here is a picture of the damage around the well. Seems like an awful lot of gravel but maybe that is to be expected. Not looking forward to cleaning it up :) At least I don't have to mow yet. In the end they ran the air for about an hour maybe an hour and 15 min. Then put the pump back in and...

After about 30, 40 minutes of pushing air in, their hose clogged. Said they had never had a hose clog before. Before that happened, I got this pic. Took a few others, but they were all about the same. After they got the hose cleared out, they pushed it back in, but not quite as deep...

Thanks for the info. Which end of the system does the dole valve go, at the pump or in the house by the tank? Had to move the cleaning to tomorrow. I'll see if I can get pics to please the masses :) I also plan on discussing dole valves.

For some reason I didn't see your post until now. In the past I had filled up a glass with water and let it sit for a week or two with no noticeable change in cloudiness. There was some minor settling of sediment in the bottom, but not a lot. I didn't do the bottle, so I don't know if a bubble...

Wanted to post an update to this. I ended up deciding to call in a professional in to look at it. The guy came out the other day to check things out. Went straight to the toilet to have a look in the tank. There was build up on the inside of the tank (not surprising). It is dark in color and...

Thought I'd throw another piece of info out there. I doubt this will make much of a difference. When I was doing some testing a while back I noticed that the pump turns on at 50psi and turns off at 75psi. From what I saw online that was higher than I expected. Also, a while back I emptied the...

Sorry, I don't have any other info. I tried to request the well log from the county and they didn't have it. When we bought the house we had the quantity and quality tested. Quality passed fine (though it was pumping out this cloudy water). For quantity they left it running from a spigot for a...

I appreciate the info. I don't really notice it happening when it rains, and I was watering the back lawn while the well is drilled in the front. Now that it is winter I have a little more info to report. We continue to get cloudy water after heavy use. For example, when we wash a number of...

Bought a home with well water almost 2 years ago. Every once in awhile the water will look cloudy for a day or two. We have a whole house filter (paper cartridge, 50 micron) and a water softener (been putting rust removing salt in it the whole time). I kept trying to figure out what triggered...

The well test came back negative. The water from the bibs was still colored when I went back to the house about a week after the inspection. Upon my realtor's advice, I had a plumber come out to look at things. The plumber suggested having someone pull the pump out and testing the line for...

Thanks both for the info. That is what I really wanted to know. The problem now is that I don't actually own the house yet (closing next month). So, I probably can't go run the water for a few days or do a chlorine flush with well recirculation. I'll tell the seller that I want them to do that...