Paul Morgan
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First, I moved this over from another thread under Irrigation. Hope that is ok. I will try to delete the other one. It is a simple irrigation well for lawn irrigation of a residential house. 2" galvanized pipe casing. 1 1/4 pvc drop down pipe. The pvc is thin wall...I think it should be thick pipe....but it is the thin stuff. I wanted to pull the pvc out and look at the foot valve. The well is about 30'. When I pull up on the pvc it gets stuck after about 4 feet. I assume all that is down there is a foot valve on the end of the pipe. I'm thinking after so many years the corrosion on foot valve is bumping into corrosion on the steel casing. Or pvc section coupler is bumping on the steel casing corrosion. Or the pvc pipe has flattened and bumping on the steep casing. I assume it should just come out easy...normally. Anyone know how well companies resolve something like this? Use a lift to pull it out. If it breaks then pound it down into bottom of well, and put in new pipe??? Any help appreciated. Thanks.