Saratoga Jim
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I bought a house with a 1 1/4" well point in the basement and I decided to hook up a shallow well pump to it to water the lawn. Sounds easy right?
Background, 1920s house, 1 1/4" pipe, 15 feet deep pipe below basement floor, 6 feet of standing water, entire area is 150 deep sand to the bedrock.
I can pour water into the well and it drains very slowly.
I bought a 1/2 HP shallow well from Sears and hooked it up. I got a little flow and a lot of noise (cavitation). Then I tried running a 1 inch pex pipe held 6 inches from bottom inside the 1 1/4 to draw up the water. I got a little flow. Tried 3/4 pex next and got the same.
Now I can pour water into the well and it drains quickly.
Next I tried a pitcher pump. After priming, I pumped up 10 gallons of water and then disaster. Sand was coming up. I was pumping up fine sand. Lots of it. I removed the pitcher pump and could only push pex halfway down the well. Blocked with sand.
What do I do at this point?? Flush the sand out with a garden hose? Did the point screen collapse? Do I need to pull and replace the whole thing?
Background, 1920s house, 1 1/4" pipe, 15 feet deep pipe below basement floor, 6 feet of standing water, entire area is 150 deep sand to the bedrock.
I can pour water into the well and it drains very slowly.
I bought a 1/2 HP shallow well from Sears and hooked it up. I got a little flow and a lot of noise (cavitation). Then I tried running a 1 inch pex pipe held 6 inches from bottom inside the 1 1/4 to draw up the water. I got a little flow. Tried 3/4 pex next and got the same.
Now I can pour water into the well and it drains quickly.
Next I tried a pitcher pump. After priming, I pumped up 10 gallons of water and then disaster. Sand was coming up. I was pumping up fine sand. Lots of it. I removed the pitcher pump and could only push pex halfway down the well. Blocked with sand.
What do I do at this point?? Flush the sand out with a garden hose? Did the point screen collapse? Do I need to pull and replace the whole thing?