rypkr937
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I have house that was built by a nimwit. This might be long. To skip directly to my question see the **
My well is in a small "vault" within a slab foundation that is under my ceramic tile kitchen floor. The well began tripping the breaker so I tore up the floor and found broken insulation on the wire. This was due to not having a seal on top of the pipe casing and instead using a 1/4" sheet of steel that had holes drilled for the drop pipe and wiring. That drilled hole eventually rubbed through the wiring insulation and caused the trips.
I still haven't been able to locate a proper seal for it. It is a 7" ID casing and I need a 1 1/4 drop pipe. Yes I've measured it many times, it's 7" ID. Does anybody know where I may be able to find one?
While tearing up my tile I found extreme water damage to plywood subflooring due to high moisture in the vault. There is a small leak somewhere on the copper manifold the connects the pressure tank, pressure, gauge, and supply and discharge piping. I am going to replumb all of this, but I don't want to keep these components under my kitchen floor. It's also likely moist in the vault due to condensation on the pressure tank, another reason I don't want to keep it under my floor.
**I want to relocate the pressure tank and switch from it's current location over to the basement were it can be monitored and serviced. Half of the house is slab foundation, half is basement. The well is in a vault within the slab half.
Running from the well vault, THROUGH the concrete slab, over to basement is 3/4" PEX. I want to connect the 3/4" PEX straight to my drop pipe at the top of the well and move the pressure tank and switch to the other side of the concrete slab foundation into my basement.
The drop pipe in my well is 1 1/4" black poly. I have water at 19' down and I believe the pump is 45' down.
Can I cut out all of the plumbing under my kitchen floor and simply neck the 1 1/4" poly to the 3/4" PEX and then 50' away in my basement attach the pressure switch, pressure tank, and hook it back up to my house?
For what it's worth my water softener tells me that I usually get about 4-7gpm from the well if that is a factor.
Thank you anybody who took their time to read this and may want to respond.
My well is in a small "vault" within a slab foundation that is under my ceramic tile kitchen floor. The well began tripping the breaker so I tore up the floor and found broken insulation on the wire. This was due to not having a seal on top of the pipe casing and instead using a 1/4" sheet of steel that had holes drilled for the drop pipe and wiring. That drilled hole eventually rubbed through the wiring insulation and caused the trips.
I still haven't been able to locate a proper seal for it. It is a 7" ID casing and I need a 1 1/4 drop pipe. Yes I've measured it many times, it's 7" ID. Does anybody know where I may be able to find one?
While tearing up my tile I found extreme water damage to plywood subflooring due to high moisture in the vault. There is a small leak somewhere on the copper manifold the connects the pressure tank, pressure, gauge, and supply and discharge piping. I am going to replumb all of this, but I don't want to keep these components under my kitchen floor. It's also likely moist in the vault due to condensation on the pressure tank, another reason I don't want to keep it under my floor.
**I want to relocate the pressure tank and switch from it's current location over to the basement were it can be monitored and serviced. Half of the house is slab foundation, half is basement. The well is in a vault within the slab half.
Running from the well vault, THROUGH the concrete slab, over to basement is 3/4" PEX. I want to connect the 3/4" PEX straight to my drop pipe at the top of the well and move the pressure tank and switch to the other side of the concrete slab foundation into my basement.
The drop pipe in my well is 1 1/4" black poly. I have water at 19' down and I believe the pump is 45' down.
Can I cut out all of the plumbing under my kitchen floor and simply neck the 1 1/4" poly to the 3/4" PEX and then 50' away in my basement attach the pressure switch, pressure tank, and hook it back up to my house?
For what it's worth my water softener tells me that I usually get about 4-7gpm from the well if that is a factor.
Thank you anybody who took their time to read this and may want to respond.
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