clayton_Ross
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Hello,
I am putting together a well house to run two houses 5 people total.
Here is what I have so far,
The well, it is 300 foot deep. It was 200 but I had it re-drilled deeper in hopes of increasing the flow, it did not acording to the driller. After about 15 feet of thick red clay and boulders followed by solid Flint rock we hit water at 65 feet the first time and it was solid grey limestone the rest of the 225 but the flow was a constant 5 gpm before the re-drill.
Around the well I have pored a slab 10x16, , bought a 1500 gal water storage tank and framed up a building around it. I put the down hole well pump on a Franklin Pumptec , electric float valve , and a heavy duty timer set to be on 20 min every hr of the day. This is working well so far but its not really in use yet.
What am not sure is what type of pump to use for service lines 4 total 1 to my house 1 to my dads and 1 line to each of our livestock and gardens
the well is about 20 feet from my house and 40 from his, the runs to the
agriculture plots are really long but down hill too
I will be getting a large presure tank, at least one 86 gal and maby one for each house and one for the irrigation isolated from each other.
(power outages are common here just last month did not have power for 9 days from an ice storm) and I also plan on getting a cycle stop valve they seen to get good marks.
But becase the pump will just be pulling out of the cistern i am unsure the best type of pump to use, price being a factor.
Just useing tractor supply as an example as thay have many types
and I can use my sisters employee discount and farm tax there plus no shipping.
here are a few types i am looking at
Centrifugal Utility Pump, 1 HP
Cast Iron Lawn Sprinkler Pump, 1 1/2 HP
Cast Iron Lawn Sprinkler Pump, 1 HP
Shallow Well Jet Pump, 1 HP this is where i am leaning
Convertible Jet Pump, 1 HP
thanks for the imput
this is a work inprogress, i made the building large so i could add water equipment if and as needed and if not store fire wood, but i want to get it going now and make it more robust later after i save up more money
I am putting together a well house to run two houses 5 people total.
Here is what I have so far,
The well, it is 300 foot deep. It was 200 but I had it re-drilled deeper in hopes of increasing the flow, it did not acording to the driller. After about 15 feet of thick red clay and boulders followed by solid Flint rock we hit water at 65 feet the first time and it was solid grey limestone the rest of the 225 but the flow was a constant 5 gpm before the re-drill.
Around the well I have pored a slab 10x16, , bought a 1500 gal water storage tank and framed up a building around it. I put the down hole well pump on a Franklin Pumptec , electric float valve , and a heavy duty timer set to be on 20 min every hr of the day. This is working well so far but its not really in use yet.
What am not sure is what type of pump to use for service lines 4 total 1 to my house 1 to my dads and 1 line to each of our livestock and gardens
the well is about 20 feet from my house and 40 from his, the runs to the
agriculture plots are really long but down hill too
I will be getting a large presure tank, at least one 86 gal and maby one for each house and one for the irrigation isolated from each other.
(power outages are common here just last month did not have power for 9 days from an ice storm) and I also plan on getting a cycle stop valve they seen to get good marks.
But becase the pump will just be pulling out of the cistern i am unsure the best type of pump to use, price being a factor.
Just useing tractor supply as an example as thay have many types
and I can use my sisters employee discount and farm tax there plus no shipping.
here are a few types i am looking at
Centrifugal Utility Pump, 1 HP
Cast Iron Lawn Sprinkler Pump, 1 1/2 HP
Cast Iron Lawn Sprinkler Pump, 1 HP
Shallow Well Jet Pump, 1 HP this is where i am leaning
Convertible Jet Pump, 1 HP
thanks for the imput
this is a work inprogress, i made the building large so i could add water equipment if and as needed and if not store fire wood, but i want to get it going now and make it more robust later after i save up more money
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