My well pump is a shallow well jet pump single pipe. It's worked great for the 40 years I've been here as far as water flow. The well is rumored to be 149' per the person who built the house. But the last few years if I run the water hose full blast it starts to cavitate. It use to be able to deliver quite a bit with no issues. The well was drilled in 1959.
But the original owner can not confirm exactly where it is. I did take the suction pipe off the pump and ran a fish tape into it until it hit something solid, I assume the wellhead. Measured that out outside the house and have a small area of possibilities. Then used a metal detector and had two good hits.
So I'm going to dig it up by hand this spring while the ground is soft. Any idea how deep the wellhead is or what it looks like? I assume it's a 4" steel casing. Has a 1" plastic pipe for suction. And there is a check valve at the end in the well that does work great.
IO had the local well driller over and they said it's 50/50 on blowing it out, and around $500. But I have to get to it first. The soil is blow sand until it turns into clay about 10 ' down. Good water table as I'm not far from the local river.
But the original owner can not confirm exactly where it is. I did take the suction pipe off the pump and ran a fish tape into it until it hit something solid, I assume the wellhead. Measured that out outside the house and have a small area of possibilities. Then used a metal detector and had two good hits.
So I'm going to dig it up by hand this spring while the ground is soft. Any idea how deep the wellhead is or what it looks like? I assume it's a 4" steel casing. Has a 1" plastic pipe for suction. And there is a check valve at the end in the well that does work great.
IO had the local well driller over and they said it's 50/50 on blowing it out, and around $500. But I have to get to it first. The soil is blow sand until it turns into clay about 10 ' down. Good water table as I'm not far from the local river.
