I have a 4in galvanized casing that the well guy wants to cut off below the pitless adapter and add an extention. (The pitless adapter would not budge. He was going to excavate it but I decided to do it by hand to save $$.)
Anyway I have it dug down 7ft. to pitless adapter. (I don't know why it is that deep)
Well guy is going to cut if off with a torch.
At that point will he clamp a PVC section on? He won't weld a gavanized extention will he? And probably splice some new wire to accommodate the new extention. Fill the 8ft. hole in. Pour a pad around the top near the cap.
Let the cement set before he pulls the pump? (He wants $3000 to excavate put extention on, pour pad, pull pump and replace. It should be about $1000 less since I did the excavation and would like to do the extention.)
Is this something I could do myself? I suppose I would need something to keep the pump from falling while I remove the old pipe and put in the new?
Is that the hardest part? I don't have a tractor with loader, could I build something to hold the cable?
Any advice would be appreciated!
Anyway I have it dug down 7ft. to pitless adapter. (I don't know why it is that deep)
Well guy is going to cut if off with a torch.
At that point will he clamp a PVC section on? He won't weld a gavanized extention will he? And probably splice some new wire to accommodate the new extention. Fill the 8ft. hole in. Pour a pad around the top near the cap.
Let the cement set before he pulls the pump? (He wants $3000 to excavate put extention on, pour pad, pull pump and replace. It should be about $1000 less since I did the excavation and would like to do the extention.)
Is this something I could do myself? I suppose I would need something to keep the pump from falling while I remove the old pipe and put in the new?
Is that the hardest part? I don't have a tractor with loader, could I build something to hold the cable?
Any advice would be appreciated!