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I know it's been a few months, but wanted to provide an update for anyone who may read this later. I was able to get a well driller out to look at the well and scope a location for a new well. He was confident he could recover the old well. Turns out, the old well is a 25ft open end well. He...

I think I might have exhausted all of my options on this well. To eliminate the possibility of issues in the drop pipe or suction line, I fashioned a 1" pipe and sent it down the well 21 feet with a check valve and a few simple connections to the pump. The pump is still pulling air. I'm guessing...

Unfortunately I can't find any suction leaks, but that doesn't mean much as 30-40 feet of the old pipe is still in place and runs underground from the well to the pump. Does it make sense to just reline the well with 1" pvc, then plumb everything off of that to the pump?

Another quick update and question. I was able to throw in a cheap pvc check valve onto the galvanize piping with a fernco (horrible solution, but it's just to test the well). After a few tries, I was able to get everything primed and water flowing. However, I'm getting some pretty significant...

Yes, I did prime the inlet until I had water running out of the fill port. It was quite exciting at first - the pump threw plenty of dirty water, but I quickly realized it was the residual water in the line running to the pump. Tomorrow I'll try to patch in a new check valve and report back. You...

Thank you all for the help so far. I went a bit off track and decided to grab a harbor freight well pump to see if I could get that check valve to open. Unfortunately, it seems like it’s frozen closed and doesn’t want to budge. I did get the well cap off and sent a scope down the drop pipe...

I connected a shop vac to the line right where the pump would be connected. Perhaps not enough suction, but I thought it might move a little water. I did make some progress this morning and was able to cut a hole in the plug on the top of the drop pipe. With a makeshift sounder I was able to...

When you say pull the drop pipe, are you recommending removing the entirety of the vertical pipe that goes into the ground? I'm guessing this is a driven sand point well as most are in the area. Would it be easier to keep the galvanized drop pipe, cut off the top, and use that for a sleeve of...

Long time first time, love the discussions and I’ve learned so much from this forum. I’m trying to rehab/restart an old shallow well in South Florida. I don’t know the history, but I believe the well was last used for drinking water before the house was converted to city water 40-50 years ago...

Hi everyone, long time first time. I am in the process of attempting to resurrect an old shallow well to use for irrigation. My guess is the well was abandoned when the house was converted to city water about 50 years ago. So far I have been able to trace from the pump to the well head, but...