jsmith7535
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I need major help. We bought a home two years ago with known low water volume issues. However, the homeowner (also the builder) advised they had only run out of water twice – once when filling the wood burner outdoor heating unit and all the associated piping and once when trying to get the yard started. He even stated they have 13 people staying in the house at once with all three showers going and never ran out of water. He and the pump guy also advised that we had plenty of reserves in a 200' well and with the large pressure tank. Phooey!
We have never had decent water from day one but it has become much worse as time has progressed. I am told we have a 200’ plus deep well. The driller told me he hit a lot of water at 40’ but it was soft shale and had to go deeper. The well ended up with .75 gallon per hour (yes, per hour) according to all records. Now you will know why we cannot survive like this.
The well has been hydro-fractured once but only partially for reasons related to cost (supposedly). When we first started having troubles about three months into the house, we would simply run out of water completely. After about a year, it completely stopped producing and were told we needed a new pump and pressure tank. I could buy this as a tree was struck by lightening close by and theoretically could have fried the pump. After this $1200 fix we still ran out of water constantly and now it required us to shut off the pump for a period of 30 minutes to two hours to get it going again. This spring and summer, we are experiencing a new set of problems - very low water pressure constantly but not running out of water completely. The water usually starts out with a lot of pressure but slows substantially about one to two gallons into it. The pressure then diminishes further as you use the water.
Something else we have noticed is that our pump pressure is much reduced since the installation of the new tank (which is smaller than the old one). Often (but not always) the low water pressure in the house is NOT associated with lower tank pressure. We also notice that the higher in the house we go, the lower the water pressure.
So the question now is what to do? We must do something! Do we try to refract and go for broke? I have talked to other well guys and they won't even touch the well because of the partial refract thinking it has partially collapsed or is in danger of collapsing. If we drill a new well how do we know this is not going to be a bust too? Is there a chance there is a clog somewhere? What about that whole house filter before the pump?? Should we try to replace it? Any help or advice would be much appreciated.
We have never had decent water from day one but it has become much worse as time has progressed. I am told we have a 200’ plus deep well. The driller told me he hit a lot of water at 40’ but it was soft shale and had to go deeper. The well ended up with .75 gallon per hour (yes, per hour) according to all records. Now you will know why we cannot survive like this.
The well has been hydro-fractured once but only partially for reasons related to cost (supposedly). When we first started having troubles about three months into the house, we would simply run out of water completely. After about a year, it completely stopped producing and were told we needed a new pump and pressure tank. I could buy this as a tree was struck by lightening close by and theoretically could have fried the pump. After this $1200 fix we still ran out of water constantly and now it required us to shut off the pump for a period of 30 minutes to two hours to get it going again. This spring and summer, we are experiencing a new set of problems - very low water pressure constantly but not running out of water completely. The water usually starts out with a lot of pressure but slows substantially about one to two gallons into it. The pressure then diminishes further as you use the water.
Something else we have noticed is that our pump pressure is much reduced since the installation of the new tank (which is smaller than the old one). Often (but not always) the low water pressure in the house is NOT associated with lower tank pressure. We also notice that the higher in the house we go, the lower the water pressure.
So the question now is what to do? We must do something! Do we try to refract and go for broke? I have talked to other well guys and they won't even touch the well because of the partial refract thinking it has partially collapsed or is in danger of collapsing. If we drill a new well how do we know this is not going to be a bust too? Is there a chance there is a clog somewhere? What about that whole house filter before the pump?? Should we try to replace it? Any help or advice would be much appreciated.