Recent content by Tim Doyle

Update for the group: The water has been slowly clearing of silt over time, to the point where with 1 5micron filter in place it was nearly back to its normal state. Received a pack of 1 micron media filters and put one in the second filter canister and the water definitely improved from...

To be honest, I'm not sure of the state of my neighbor's wells...I'll have to see if I can find out. Thanks!

It was. I grabbed the first shot on the dining room table and very gently moved it into better light this morning. It was not agitated at all, looked just like this after sitting for 12 hours.

Uploaded two photos of a 2 quart pitcher. First photo is 8:49 last night, second photo is 8:42 this morning. I do not see any significant difference...there appear to be air bubbles stuck to the sides this morning, I honestly cannot say how much was there last night, but zooming in on last...

Something like this? Swap it in for the first filter canister I would guess to take out as much sediment as possible? https://www.homedepot.com/p/ISPRING-Reusable-Spin-Down-Sediment-Water-Filter-with-Siliphos-50-Micron-20-GPM-1-in-MNPT-3-4-in-FNPT-WSP-50SL/309483330

I removed the filters at the suggestion of another member here, V Scott, who indicated he felt they should be removed permanently since filters between the pump and pressure switch could throw pressure readings off and potentially cause a rupture in a pipe. I can replace the filters at any...

Thanks lowly grunt. Thats all likely to be part of my long term plan, which invovles tossing out everything I have now and moving the water equipment out of my daughter's closet and into my master bathroom when I remodel that bath. Unfortunately this issue is more immediate and came on right...

Update, based on advice in a PM here I have removed the filter media from both canisters.

Hi all, new guy here. Bought a new to me house about 18 mos ago and there's a long-ish list of shortcomings that I'm working on. One of the big items is the plumbing. Its a double wide mobile home, built in 1988 and as such everything is old...still works but its old. Old grey poly water...