Taylorjm
Active Member
Hi everyone. Long time reader, first time poster.
So I have a well in northern michigan that was drilled in 2012. It's pretty typical setup with a depth of 128' and a 1/2hp submersible franklin pump. The pipe is the black poly type that comes into the floor of the basement which then goes to a 20 gal bladder tank with at 40/60 switch, then a shut off valve to the rest of the house.
I was going to replace a boiler drain by the switch, turned off the pump and hooked a hose to the sump pit and let the tank drain, but the water never stopped flowing. It had a good stream coming out for over an hour. Knowing this, I would really like to install a ball valve right away where the pipe comes from the basement floor because if there was a leak somewhere in the switch, relief valve or bladder tank, I have no way to shut off the water flow coming from the well.
The drill log says "static water level: Above grade (flowing)" and the Well Yield Test says Bailer and "pumping level 8.00 feet after 1.0 hours at 20GPM"
Here is a picture of the black poly pipe from the basement floor going to a stainless flex line and the bladder tank.
So is there any way to stop the water flow? Or do I plan on getting wet? I actually installed the stainless flex lines about 5 years ago, that was the first time I worked on the well and I turned the well off and took stuff apart, and didn't have any water flow. I replaced the plastic insert into the poly pipe with the steel one, and while I was pushing the fitting in, I tapped it with a 2x4 and a hammer to get it in farther, and water started gushing out. Luckily I was able to quickly attach the line and was finished. Not sure why tapping on the poly pipe would trigger water to flow out.
So I have a well in northern michigan that was drilled in 2012. It's pretty typical setup with a depth of 128' and a 1/2hp submersible franklin pump. The pipe is the black poly type that comes into the floor of the basement which then goes to a 20 gal bladder tank with at 40/60 switch, then a shut off valve to the rest of the house.
I was going to replace a boiler drain by the switch, turned off the pump and hooked a hose to the sump pit and let the tank drain, but the water never stopped flowing. It had a good stream coming out for over an hour. Knowing this, I would really like to install a ball valve right away where the pipe comes from the basement floor because if there was a leak somewhere in the switch, relief valve or bladder tank, I have no way to shut off the water flow coming from the well.
The drill log says "static water level: Above grade (flowing)" and the Well Yield Test says Bailer and "pumping level 8.00 feet after 1.0 hours at 20GPM"
Here is a picture of the black poly pipe from the basement floor going to a stainless flex line and the bladder tank.
So is there any way to stop the water flow? Or do I plan on getting wet? I actually installed the stainless flex lines about 5 years ago, that was the first time I worked on the well and I turned the well off and took stuff apart, and didn't have any water flow. I replaced the plastic insert into the poly pipe with the steel one, and while I was pushing the fitting in, I tapped it with a 2x4 and a hammer to get it in farther, and water started gushing out. Luckily I was able to quickly attach the line and was finished. Not sure why tapping on the poly pipe would trigger water to flow out.
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