Nosewheelie
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Hi - I am a newbee to the forum - but looks great!
Background: My house is ~ 30 years old and I am the 3rd owner. I have a well & septic and the ground water has high iron content.
My water system is as follows:
600' deep well (deepened & fracked ~ 10 yrs ago from 250')
1.5 HP Gould pump - 7 GPM
WM9 pressure tank
(all above ~ 10 yrs old)
complex water fiiltration system... (4 yrs old)
sand filter
iron filter
PH filter
Problem: This week (of course while I was traveling) my wife calls with no water... We call in guys who put in water system when we bought the house. They replace mechanical part of pressure switch (prior year when I was traveling had same problem and they replaced electrical side of this switch - why they didn't replace both is beyond me)
Tech told my wife that the pressure tank's bladder appears to have a leak as it was loosing pressure and that I should get a new tank.
My house has awful plumbing job - 3/4" and 1/2" water pipes for large colonial - poor pressure...
Questions:
Using calculator from Wellmate site it recommends 80 gal pressure tank.
Water company confirmed
$500 is about the best price I can find
I asked well guys about CSV and they did not recommend them - I can't tell if that is because they cut down on their business or if they have reliability problems or if with my poor quality (really high iron) I'd have problems.
Looking for system recommendations:
80 Gal wellmate
Smaller wellmate with CSV
other...
If CSV:
CSV OK with poor water quality
Plastic vs bronze CSV
Also - if I increase my pressures 50/80 vs 40/60 will that cause premature failure of my pump?
Thx in advance for the help.
Dan
Background: My house is ~ 30 years old and I am the 3rd owner. I have a well & septic and the ground water has high iron content.
My water system is as follows:
600' deep well (deepened & fracked ~ 10 yrs ago from 250')
1.5 HP Gould pump - 7 GPM
WM9 pressure tank
(all above ~ 10 yrs old)
complex water fiiltration system... (4 yrs old)
sand filter
iron filter
PH filter
Problem: This week (of course while I was traveling) my wife calls with no water... We call in guys who put in water system when we bought the house. They replace mechanical part of pressure switch (prior year when I was traveling had same problem and they replaced electrical side of this switch - why they didn't replace both is beyond me)
Tech told my wife that the pressure tank's bladder appears to have a leak as it was loosing pressure and that I should get a new tank.
My house has awful plumbing job - 3/4" and 1/2" water pipes for large colonial - poor pressure...
Questions:
Using calculator from Wellmate site it recommends 80 gal pressure tank.
Water company confirmed
$500 is about the best price I can find
I asked well guys about CSV and they did not recommend them - I can't tell if that is because they cut down on their business or if they have reliability problems or if with my poor quality (really high iron) I'd have problems.
Looking for system recommendations:
80 Gal wellmate
Smaller wellmate with CSV
other...
If CSV:
CSV OK with poor water quality
Plastic vs bronze CSV
Also - if I increase my pressures 50/80 vs 40/60 will that cause premature failure of my pump?
Thx in advance for the help.
Dan