extc0009
New Member
I will try to be brief since I am writing this at 1am with no other option, spent a lot of time on this website reading troubleshooting over the past year, I think my pump has finally given up, here's the backstory.
I live in a very old (like 250y) old house, and inherited awful plumbing when I came here, the first winter we had the pump stopped working, making that loud GH-GH-GH short starting noise for months, at the time I didn't realize that I should have adjusted the cutoff pressure of the tank.
Before long, sparks began flying from the pressure control switch, and for several more months we attempted to fix that problem (It wasn't until I saw a hole melted into the top of the cover I knew something was seriously wrong.
From there I really dove into this stuff and learned a bit to replace the pressure control switch, and adjust the pressure cut-off, but now there was a new problem, that being that the pump wasn't getting to pressure at all, and the pressure gauge would flick from 30-40.
At this point my prevailing theory was that something was wrong with the line, the air bladder in the water pressure tank, tried moving it, it moves fine (little heavy).
As I was about to give up, the water started working, and working great, for months, the pump would run for a few seconds with the water, then stop.
All of a sudden, no water again. This is about two weeks ago.
I head down to the basement, switch the breaker, things go back to normal.
We have water for a little while, but before long (1-2 days) no water again.
This dance has been happening for about a week, but now nothing.
Nothing is working, there's no water. There's water in the hot water tank and it makes a noise when it's on almost like it's boiling water, a rumble, I think that's normal.
The water pressure tank is rusty and old, I don't even know where I would begin fixing or replacing any of this, and to be honest the prospect of hiring a plumber is way out of the question cost wise.
My landlords aren't great about this, so you guys are really my only hope. If there's anything I've missed or could try doing to identify the problem and hopefully find a solution please let me know.
I live in a very old (like 250y) old house, and inherited awful plumbing when I came here, the first winter we had the pump stopped working, making that loud GH-GH-GH short starting noise for months, at the time I didn't realize that I should have adjusted the cutoff pressure of the tank.
Before long, sparks began flying from the pressure control switch, and for several more months we attempted to fix that problem (It wasn't until I saw a hole melted into the top of the cover I knew something was seriously wrong.
From there I really dove into this stuff and learned a bit to replace the pressure control switch, and adjust the pressure cut-off, but now there was a new problem, that being that the pump wasn't getting to pressure at all, and the pressure gauge would flick from 30-40.
At this point my prevailing theory was that something was wrong with the line, the air bladder in the water pressure tank, tried moving it, it moves fine (little heavy).
As I was about to give up, the water started working, and working great, for months, the pump would run for a few seconds with the water, then stop.
All of a sudden, no water again. This is about two weeks ago.
I head down to the basement, switch the breaker, things go back to normal.
We have water for a little while, but before long (1-2 days) no water again.
This dance has been happening for about a week, but now nothing.
Nothing is working, there's no water. There's water in the hot water tank and it makes a noise when it's on almost like it's boiling water, a rumble, I think that's normal.
The water pressure tank is rusty and old, I don't even know where I would begin fixing or replacing any of this, and to be honest the prospect of hiring a plumber is way out of the question cost wise.
My landlords aren't great about this, so you guys are really my only hope. If there's anything I've missed or could try doing to identify the problem and hopefully find a solution please let me know.