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Driller1 · 11-24-2008, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by wellpumpdummy

Yes, he pulled the pump. all of these fittings were below ground level. I can treat the incoming for the house, but how do I protect everything below ground?

The only thing you can do is only use brass or plastic fittings. That is all I have on the truck. I would have charged you a lot more than him. It also would have been warrantied for five years.

Gary Slusser · 11-25-2008, 12:24 AM

Yep, as I said twice, you had a leak somewhere, and I mentioned a fitting as a possibility.

You can't do anything in the well to buffer the acidity, so the next time you have a leak, replace all the metal down the well that you can with PE pipe and SS fittings. The acidity won't hurt most pumps.

I would have charged $400-450 and used SS fittings. I believe that galvanized should be outlawed.

Driller1 · 11-25-2008, 08:55 AM

Keep watching for you well to leak at the wellhead. If they used galvanized in the well, there is a good chance they did in the hook-up going to the house. I am VERY surprised this only lasted 1 and 1/2 years. Wells are not for DTYers. I make a lot of money from them.

johnlandow · 10-12-2011, 04:22 PM

Hello,
I have a house with a well. I have a bladder tank. I receintly had a outside leaking faucet I changed and fixed that problem. Not my well pump when I use the shower will only last about 3 minutes before loosing pressure. If I shut the shower off it will be all fine again in about 5 minutes. I looked at the pressure guage and when water is loosing pressure the guage is showing no pressure. I tested the valve at top of tank and has 40 psi with no water coming out. BUT when I try to wiggle tank it feels 3/4 full. I am thinking maybe my bladder flipped durring the outside faucet leak. Can I drain this tank of water & bladder will be back in spot where is should be? I can use the water in the house and all seems great. Toilets flush great. Just shower kills it. PLease help. garyjjohnston@yahoo.com

TerryWayne · 05-21-2017, 08:05 PM

the water pipe comming from my well is 3/4 for about 100 ft,how about me installing 100 ft of 1/1/4 size pipe or even bigger to give me volume,then reduce at the house,3/4 for my psi,what do you all think?