Bummer. This one fed the house and barns so it's pretty critical. Fortunately I have three wells on the property so 600' of garden hose gathered up from all over the farm got us temporary water in the house from the shop well.
I can't complain though. Pump was new in 1996 so 24 years out of a submersible pump isn't anything to get upset about. I'm going back with the same brand and model (USA sourced Sta-rite by Pentair). All stainless steel components including impellers, etc.
I'm taking advantage of the repair to upgrade the well components. Original pump only provided water to the house, and it's a 3/4hp 5gpm installed at 200' depth.
New pump is 1 hp 7gpm and I'm lowering it to 300' in the 340' well. The additional 100' depth will provide me with another 140 gallons of reserve capacity in the well, and the additional hp will help to pump water an additional 40' up the hill to the barn.
Old well tank was 33 gallons; I've replaced it with a 220 gallon tank. New pressure switch and gauge, and all new wiring, pipe and anti-siphon valve to go with the pump. Wiring is encased in 1/2" black poly to keep it from rubbing against the side of the well.
Will need to brick up a couple of feet around the perimeter of the slab so that I can set my previous well house on top of the brick and clear the taller tank. Here is how it turned out after getting rid of the old PVC and well tank, hammer drilling through the slab and plumbing it with 1" pex. The well tank is one that I used for a few years on my shop and then put in storage.
I also got rid of the externally exposed pvc pipe and valve and brought everything up under the slab into the well house. That should eliminate one potential spot of freezing or broken pipe.
The old well had some solids in the water so I dropped a hose to the bottom of the well and several hundred gallons of water from the bottom up through it - flushing the solids to the surface and away.
Initial pumping
After 500 gallons of flush
I'll run another few hundred gallons of flush through it in the morning before setting the new well pump. Hopefully will have everything operational by noon tomorrow.
I can't complain though. Pump was new in 1996 so 24 years out of a submersible pump isn't anything to get upset about. I'm going back with the same brand and model (USA sourced Sta-rite by Pentair). All stainless steel components including impellers, etc.
I'm taking advantage of the repair to upgrade the well components. Original pump only provided water to the house, and it's a 3/4hp 5gpm installed at 200' depth.
New pump is 1 hp 7gpm and I'm lowering it to 300' in the 340' well. The additional 100' depth will provide me with another 140 gallons of reserve capacity in the well, and the additional hp will help to pump water an additional 40' up the hill to the barn.
Old well tank was 33 gallons; I've replaced it with a 220 gallon tank. New pressure switch and gauge, and all new wiring, pipe and anti-siphon valve to go with the pump. Wiring is encased in 1/2" black poly to keep it from rubbing against the side of the well.
Will need to brick up a couple of feet around the perimeter of the slab so that I can set my previous well house on top of the brick and clear the taller tank. Here is how it turned out after getting rid of the old PVC and well tank, hammer drilling through the slab and plumbing it with 1" pex. The well tank is one that I used for a few years on my shop and then put in storage.
I also got rid of the externally exposed pvc pipe and valve and brought everything up under the slab into the well house. That should eliminate one potential spot of freezing or broken pipe.
The old well had some solids in the water so I dropped a hose to the bottom of the well and several hundred gallons of water from the bottom up through it - flushing the solids to the surface and away.
Initial pumping
After 500 gallons of flush
I'll run another few hundred gallons of flush through it in the morning before setting the new well pump. Hopefully will have everything operational by noon tomorrow.
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