Recent content by Pilot49

If I leave the top valve out, how do I know if the lower check valve is bad?

Thanks for your comments. looks like I will take my stimulus check and use it on my well contractor and have him check the bottom check valve.

I replaced the Check Valve at the casing exit and the pressure came back full and is working good now. The less than 2 year old Flomatic check valve looks to be all loose inside, and I can see how the valve could have become hung up and not open all the way. This would explain why the pressure...

It's a submersible.

A couple of years ago, we had a problem with sustaining pressure in our well. It would build up, then as we used it, it would fade to nothing. Then it wouldn't even build up. It was also kicking out dark sand grit, and I thought the water level was low. I had a well guy come out and check...