viperar15
New Member
So I have an old 2" well at my house, installed in 1976 (pre-me and pre-me owning this house). I have lived here now 10 years. Have not had any problems (thank goodness!).
The 2" well is about 206' Deep.
It uses an old Shetler Pump (no longer in business, was built in Clio, MI).
Being this deep, I am told it is a deep well setup. Which seems different the any deep well setup I see today.
Going into the pump is about a 2" or 3" black flexible like tubing.... and inside that pipe is another pipe. So one is the water coming into the pump and the other is water pushed down the well for pumping.
I understand how the bigger 4 and 5" wells work with a 2 pipe system, but... how the heck does a system like this work with a 2" well.... and how does this pipe inside the pipe work/attach to the well? I haven't been able to find any images/documentation, etc online for a well like this. So... any help would be awesome in understanding this well.
Reason I am asking is that I would like to look at possibly replacing this pump with a better pump to get better water pressure in the house (though... I have thought about using a cycle stop valve as well.). If I replace the pump and with how old the well is... it probably doesn't make much sense to replace the pump if I don't replace the foot (assuming that after all these years, it may be slowly plugging up... though for the most part... I believe that I do get good pressure while the pump is running.
Thoughts? Ideas? Help? Images for how this is hooked up? etc, etc, etc!
Thank you!
-Shaun
The 2" well is about 206' Deep.
It uses an old Shetler Pump (no longer in business, was built in Clio, MI).
Being this deep, I am told it is a deep well setup. Which seems different the any deep well setup I see today.
Going into the pump is about a 2" or 3" black flexible like tubing.... and inside that pipe is another pipe. So one is the water coming into the pump and the other is water pushed down the well for pumping.
I understand how the bigger 4 and 5" wells work with a 2 pipe system, but... how the heck does a system like this work with a 2" well.... and how does this pipe inside the pipe work/attach to the well? I haven't been able to find any images/documentation, etc online for a well like this. So... any help would be awesome in understanding this well.
Reason I am asking is that I would like to look at possibly replacing this pump with a better pump to get better water pressure in the house (though... I have thought about using a cycle stop valve as well.). If I replace the pump and with how old the well is... it probably doesn't make much sense to replace the pump if I don't replace the foot (assuming that after all these years, it may be slowly plugging up... though for the most part... I believe that I do get good pressure while the pump is running.
Thoughts? Ideas? Help? Images for how this is hooked up? etc, etc, etc!
Thank you!
-Shaun