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Hey all, I'm curious what I should do (if anything). I'm building a house in Clover, SC that requires well water. Up to this point, I've been 'spoiled' with city water, so I've never had to think about drilling for a well. The well drilling guys just called and said they've gone down 400' and...

Hello Everyone, Long time reader first time poster. Current setup from the information I could piece together from well report and last pump supplier. Well drilled YR: 1994 Well casing diam: 6" Well depth: 300' Water level from surface: 54' Pump depth: 200' Current pump: sta-rite 3/4 H.P...

So we have very hard water. Learned most of our plumbing skills by trial and error. Here's my issue. We installed a new .5HP submersible well pump. It will not build up pressure above like 16-17psi. Pressure tank is only 3 weeks old so that's not it. Bought a new 20/40 Pressure switch...

Hey folks, long time (8 years) well owner, first time trying to figure this issue out. First off, I am not too sure about specifics about my well, so please bear with me. My well is several hundred feet deep, and when used heavily for a day (multiple loads of laundry, showers, etc) it will...

I have two submersible wells. The most recent was drilled 3 years ago and is never used. A month ago I swapped 80 gallon pressure tanks (bladder type, I imagine -- shaped like upside-down plastic water bottles) between that and our primary well. I have noticed that the "new" pressure tank has...

Yesterday our pressure tank lost all water pressure. I got under the house to find the psi on the tank was next to zero. The bladder seems to be fine, as I checked the air pressure and it is at 28psi (I have a 30/50 tank). If I turn off the power, close the main water valve, drain the tank, then...

Will there be any significant loss in gpm by using 1" lined compared to 1 1/4" line from pump to pressure tank? Its only going to be used for irrigation. The pump has 1 1/4" outlet. Was gonna run that all the way to pressure tank but everything from there is 1" from tank to sprinklers. Not sure...

I am on a deep well - live in Colorado. Suddenly this morning while use tap, water abruptly quit running. I checked power panel and circuit was on. Reset the main power junction box for the well and pressure tank by turning the handle to off then back to on. The water is now running again...

Long time lurker, first time poster. What a mess, I'm not sure where to start. We are expecting our 2nd child and will have to pay out of pocket for the birth because of insurance BS. So I was trying to save some money by replacing the well pump myself. I'm very handy and didn't think it...

Hello evryone, I live in a community that lives off a well that produces 55 gpm+, about 70 house. For years now water shuts off, pumps get fixed and water turn brown now and then. The system is made of a 350' well, 2 large reservoirs with min max sensors which shut off booster pumps if out of...

I purchased a properly with a newly drilled well (400ft, pump at 340ft, 8" bore) . Everything was fine at first, but after a week or so we began to get *STRONG* sulfur odors from the well water. Running the water for 20 minutes or so seems to reduce the odor. I did a well test and came up...

Hey guys, recently I've been speaking with my mom about the calcium in my water after finding out it was calcium deficiency hurting our tomato plants. We have a PPM tester that uses the .5 conversion scale, I believe it's called Hanna. The water from the sink and fridge is both 186 ppm. We...

Just had a water well done at home : 6 inch diameter and 170 feets deep. Seem there is sealing problem as rock and/or sand falling from the side. What would be a solution for this ? Is inserting a 4 inch diameter ipex sewer pipe with hole in it would be a good solution for this ? Install...

Hi all. First of all, thank you all for this forum. I've come across this forum tens of times while searching for plumbing answers, and the information has always been an immense help. This is my first post. A few weeks ago I have my pitless adapter replaced. Since then, I have had intermittent...

Someone in the household who was visiting and trying to help, shocked our 60 ft well by pouring a bottle of household bleach down the well cap, and left it there. We didn't flush it out. We also have a UV system that was not bypassed. I'm wondering how likely it is this amount of bleach would...

I've been trolling this site for a while now and I have learned a Lot! I've got a property that I am about to build a garage on, and then build a house. It already has a septic system and a 420' well, but no pump... (And no well seal either...) The other day I started to drop a pump in to...

Ok this might be a lengthy post but the picture pretty much explains my dilemma. I'm just baffled on how to free up and remove the pipe from the casing in this particular setup. I tried to upload a video but apparently the file is too big :/ Basically, the inner pipe with the pump...

So me and my wife bought a 1100 square foot house built in 1935 because that is what we currently could afford. We bought the house knowing we had a water issue which out inspector told us was due to carbon steel pipes, which have since been removed and replaced with pex. We were still having...

Hello everyone, hopefully someone can help me out here ive been struggling with this for a while. I have a shallow sandpoint well, we recently moved but are going to try to put the place up for sale. Since no one is living there we aren't running much water. the pump ended up going bad a few...

Hello ALL, I am thinking about installing a sand point well to water my 1 acre garden. I have never done anything like this but have been doing some research on the subject so now i need some help figuring it all out. I don't need much water pressure for this. I'm not planning on drinking the...