Howdy all ... very much a newbie at this ... here's the setup from the best I can tell. 70' deep silo well, galvanized tank, submersible pump and an idiot for a former uncle.
Last year, the well pipe inside the well burst (it was really old and corroded) causing the old pump to nearly burn out. Uncle and Aunt made the trip up from Kentucky (it's there place) replaced the pump and the pipe, and in the process, pulled the underground line feeding the house that goes into the well from the side OUT of the ground, and into the side of the rather hillbilly looking mess of a pumphouse he ram-shackled together. Needless to say, this line is very much subject to freezing. It is insulated and heat-taped all the way to where it enters the ground. Is there any way to further insulate it through the frost layer until I can get this place bought this spring and rip out the whole mess and do it right?
And question two. I replaced the pressure switch about a year ago when it burned out, and just prior to that, I noticed this "surging" in water pressure before it utterly died. Well, that surging returned, and when I turned on the water the other day (shower, sink, outside spigot for the horse trough, etc. all of them experienced it), I went out to the well house (the aforementioned hillbilly loveshack), and the pressure switch was kicking on and off, on and off with . Is this the dreaded "galvanized tank waterlogging" I have read about causing this, or is this something else entirely?
Last year, the well pipe inside the well burst (it was really old and corroded) causing the old pump to nearly burn out. Uncle and Aunt made the trip up from Kentucky (it's there place) replaced the pump and the pipe, and in the process, pulled the underground line feeding the house that goes into the well from the side OUT of the ground, and into the side of the rather hillbilly looking mess of a pumphouse he ram-shackled together. Needless to say, this line is very much subject to freezing. It is insulated and heat-taped all the way to where it enters the ground. Is there any way to further insulate it through the frost layer until I can get this place bought this spring and rip out the whole mess and do it right?
And question two. I replaced the pressure switch about a year ago when it burned out, and just prior to that, I noticed this "surging" in water pressure before it utterly died. Well, that surging returned, and when I turned on the water the other day (shower, sink, outside spigot for the horse trough, etc. all of them experienced it), I went out to the well house (the aforementioned hillbilly loveshack), and the pressure switch was kicking on and off, on and off with . Is this the dreaded "galvanized tank waterlogging" I have read about causing this, or is this something else entirely?