Recent content by Tom Thompson

Hello, I am still having trouble with a well. I am looking for information on driving a 2" well casing about 30-40 feet. Then using a convertible jet pump being able to get water out of the 2" driven point well. 1. our local rental center has an adapter to put on a bosch brute jackhammer...

Well an update. I took the PVC joint out of the suction side and just screwed the two pieces in tight and then glued an elbow in, to reduce the possibility of suction side leaks. Added a 1" ball valve and 1 1/4" female threaded joint at the top of the prime tube/out tube. That way I can fill...

I have one last question (well at least I think so now). Using the CSV and taking a 20 minute shower, the pump runs for 20 minutes. If you have an 80 gallon pressure tank (20 gallon draw down), the pump doesn't come on until you've used the 20 gallons. I understand that the pressure is...

Let me make sure I understand how the CSV valve works. It starts out like a normal draw from the pressure tank and uses up whatever amount is in that pressure tank first. Then once that gallon (or 10 gallons, etc) is gone, it starts to allow water through at whatever rate it is being drawn at...

Hello, Thanks for the reply. We called multiple well drillers in the area. They all said they were so busy they weren't interested in a "toy well", since they were staying busy doing deep wells. Got one driller to quote a minimum price of $7500 to come and try, but it would be at least 4-6...

Thank you for the reply. I should add that we have had about 5-7 feet of water in the 1 1/4" line, when we measure it down the pipe. This new 1 1/4" line was put in last week. With a hand pump we are able to continually bring up water without any issues. I have used the regular hand pump...

Hello, First post here. My in-laws have had a shallow well in the same witched stream for about 40 years. it's a low producer, but has worked. We put one in and it worked for 10 years, but then we had problems. We now pounded a new 1 1/4" shallow well about 18 feet down. We can get good...