well

I have a well, and the pipe comes out of the ground and is exposed to weather about 3 ft then goes back into ground to head towards house. I have wrapped the pvc piple with the black foam, then I also added a layer of insulation wrap (with the foil layer facing outward. Covered all that in...

Hello everyone, new here. I have a 3000 gallon cistern that was emptied out and not replenished by the 3/4hp low volume pump. The pump will only run for 1m 40s, then shut off. The controller is set to turn back on after 60 mins. It's weird to me that the well pump will only run for 1m 40s...

Hoping I can find some help in these forums. My house has a shallow well (about 25 feet deep) that can be used for irrigation, but the house is on city water. It appears that when the house was flipped before we bought it that the flippers gave up on using the well for the sprinkler system and...

The water pressure in my house was never spectacular, we have lived here since 2019, but it seems to have gotten worse over the past 6 months or so. We have a standard deep well dug in 2000. The issue is causing my dishwasher on the first floor and washing machine on the second floor to not...

Hi all, my house came with a well setup that must have been the primary water source before they offered municipal water. House was built in the 60s. Anyway, I believe it's a deep well as there are two pvc pipes going into the jet pump, but I dont know anything about the well itself. There's...

My family just purchased a house on a well that had water delivery issues. So I replaced the jet pump on my water tank to house water supply. The pressure switch rapidly turns on /off. How do I fix this issue? Also was the plumbing done right for this system? I copied the plumbing that was there...

Hello all! I'm the lucky owner of a new house! Unfortunately, it was built by drunks and owned for the past 16 years by an idiot. And I'm the bigger idiot for buying it! I need help with my whole house sediment filter. It's a GE GXWH08C. Unfortunately, it's very hard to come by as I'm guessing...

I have an outdoor greenhouse that has water connected straight from the well. Our water has high amounts of iron in it so I had it go through a 2 stage water filter (commonly used for RVs and such) to hopefully filter at least most of it out. The input is straight from the well and the output is...

I have a low output well with an above ground tank to use as a buffer so I don't run out of water when my demand is higher than the well can meet. This tank has these electrodes (or whatever they're called) at two heights to tell the pump when to cut on and off. As you can see from the...

Hi Everyone, When I moved into my house three years ago I had to immediately replace the well pump because it was constantly hitting its internal overload switch - it was ~20 years old at the time, our well driller told us that it was likely just that the pump was old and that it wasn't a...

So I have a 2 pipe well pump that pumps water from my 60ft well, there’s 38 ft of water in there and 55ft of pipe. Recently I had a bunch of mud stir up in the bottom and get sucked into my pump. So I replaced my foot valve and a whole new water filter housing and filter. The water runs out of...

A month ago we replaced the pressure tank & pressure switch as the bladder was busted. see previous post below to get info on the pump if needed. https://www.plumbingforums.com/threads/questions-about-my-well-pump.20049/#post-155643 After changing the pressure tank for the most part things...

We are replacing our Well Pressure tank. My concern is about losing prime, because there is no cut off between the pressure tank and well. I have posted pictures below of the Pump we have. I have included Photos below. When i add the new pressure tank, i plan on added a cut off between the...

Hi everyone, I purchased a new home 10 months ago and we are now on a well-a first for me. We began to notice a very strong odor in our water within a few months of living here and so I began the long process of trying to fix the water softener/water filter/iron filter/etc. Finally, after...

Hello everyone, thanks in advanced for your time and help. New homeowner here. I recently uncovered my well head. House is built in 1940 and I don’t have any information on the well. My cap is below grade and I dug it up to extend it above grade and put the correct cap on it. It was completely...

Low water pressure throughout the house. Well assembly is just over 20 years old. The well pressure tank had a ruptured bladder. Replaced. 36 gal. Air at 38psi. The pressure switch was bad also. Replaced. Also replaced the T pipe and the gauge. After replacements, same issue. Same psi...

I just bought a house that was built in 1977. The water test showed violation levels of coliform bacteria in the well water (although no E. coli). I was told that bleaching the well and plumbing would likely resolve this issue. I understand that there are at least two general ways to do this...

I just bought a house that was built in 1977. When I opened the well, I found the electrical connections in the following photograph at the top of the well. This concerns me as there is condensation at the top of the well that seems to me to be perilously close to causing electrical shorts...

Here are the facts. I replaced a bad water pressure tank (35 gal) and replaced the pressure switch (20/40). Pressure tank was set to 18 psi and pressure gets to just under 40 psi so I adjusted the pressure switch accordingly. We have a deep well jet pump, but not sure how deep the well is. Here...

Hello everyone, I've been doing loads of research but have not come to any meaningful conclusions so I thought asking directly might help! I am looking at upgrading our water system pump at our horse farm. Some background first, the building is 300 long and 100 foot wide with 4 aisles, each...