Kevin_NJ
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The well guys just left, once again its up to me...That Stainless Steel Screen should not be at the end of the Jet. I have never seen anyone do that before.
What he told me when i asked him about the set up was "thats how they did things around here in 1969" he said hes sees that frequently with old wells in this area...?... he took one look at the stuff i took out and told me for 1500 bucks he cant make guarantees but he can try and reconstruct the OLD system....
he said there is no screen IN the well itself, which is what a submersible pump needs. That when they built this well, they drive the tip with the stainless screen on it into the sand 2-3 feet with a 140lb. hammer, which is why they used the steel pipe to the Y. (the last few sections of the large diameter pipes has slight bends in them from being hammered) The interiors of the pipes were covered in brown stuff, and flakes. build up of about 1/8" all around...
he said he could come out with the equipment to drive a new tip, and screen back into the bottom of the well, then install a new jet pump into the crawl space. He would use all new stainless components, for screen, the check valve, and there was one other part (i forgot the name) of the Y piece.
he also said what you guys did, he took a look at the 40 year old "golds?" (wrangler?) pump i removed when the tank leaked, and said it was twice the pump than the water ace i put in its place.
the well was 40 feet to the bottom, the water line was at 31 feet.
he was really discouraging me about investing ANY money into this well. His recommendation was to just abandon it.
the going rate for wells in my area is around 3500, plus for code i would need a minimum of 500 of irrigation work. My yard is small, chances are i wont live in this ranch forever. i usually water about 2-3000 sq feet of lawn (at the most) and wash the cars. i WOULD spend 1500 bucks to get that well going again. 4000K is out of the question completely. Or the alternative of paying city water to do exterior yard work. (cheapest most immediate solution) however im not sure what i would be looking at for sewage and water costs.
what do you guys make of this whole situation?
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