I’m a city boy living with no city water and little knowledge on wells. The home (built in 1969) where I live has a well with a submersible pump. This past week my son was running water in the house and the pressure went down and I then had little water coming out of the faucet. I went down to check the gauge on the pressure tank and it showed I still had 40 pounds. This eventually ran to 30 and then kicked back to around 48 pounds, but had the same issue. I called a local well driller/well repair that came highly recommended by trusted friends.
He came out and checked the pressure tank and the pressure switch (not necessarily in this order) and said that they were working, as they should. He checked the well pump and said that it appears that the pump may need to be replaced and it was (keep in mind I purchased this home around 5 yrs ago and the pump was replaced then as it was a repo that sat for some time). Once the pump was replaced I continued to have the same problems. Water and pressure at first and it slowly goes to next to no pressure with little water. I also discovered that if I run several faucets/tub at the same time the pressure tank would drop to 0. The tank cycles a couple of times and once it starts to fill back at 30 pounds it will start back up and then drop to 0 with no water in the house. When this happens I checked the pump and it does not appear to be running, but I kill the breaker anyway. I turn the breaker on in a short time and the tanks fill right back up to around 48 pounds. When the tank fills back up I do not hear any sputter or anything in the lines indicating that pump may be sucking any air.
He then began to look at whether or not it was a well issue (lack of water). He measured my well at 53’ to the bottom. The water level was at 35’ and the bottom of the pump it at 48’. He again measured this after I ran several faucets/bathtub in the house to check on the recovery. The water measured at 41’ after the pump kicked on a couple times, but I was still having the same water pressure issues inside. He told me that the well is slow recovery, but he said that my issue was not lack of water from the well.
He told me that he is now leaning towards blockage in the pipes. He told me that I need to shock the well and see if this may break loose anything in the pipes. This sound’s like this could be the problem, but I’m not sure. I have confidence in the company that is working on this, but it does not hurt to reach out for other knowledge in this area. I have read a lot on wells in the last week and everything I have read I cannot figure this problem out.
I don’t know of means anything, but I don’t think I pull a lot of water from this well. It is just me and my 6 yr old who live here and he is not school 5 days a week and I work full time. I am open for any suggestions.
Thanks
Central Ohio guy
He came out and checked the pressure tank and the pressure switch (not necessarily in this order) and said that they were working, as they should. He checked the well pump and said that it appears that the pump may need to be replaced and it was (keep in mind I purchased this home around 5 yrs ago and the pump was replaced then as it was a repo that sat for some time). Once the pump was replaced I continued to have the same problems. Water and pressure at first and it slowly goes to next to no pressure with little water. I also discovered that if I run several faucets/tub at the same time the pressure tank would drop to 0. The tank cycles a couple of times and once it starts to fill back at 30 pounds it will start back up and then drop to 0 with no water in the house. When this happens I checked the pump and it does not appear to be running, but I kill the breaker anyway. I turn the breaker on in a short time and the tanks fill right back up to around 48 pounds. When the tank fills back up I do not hear any sputter or anything in the lines indicating that pump may be sucking any air.
He then began to look at whether or not it was a well issue (lack of water). He measured my well at 53’ to the bottom. The water level was at 35’ and the bottom of the pump it at 48’. He again measured this after I ran several faucets/bathtub in the house to check on the recovery. The water measured at 41’ after the pump kicked on a couple times, but I was still having the same water pressure issues inside. He told me that the well is slow recovery, but he said that my issue was not lack of water from the well.
He told me that he is now leaning towards blockage in the pipes. He told me that I need to shock the well and see if this may break loose anything in the pipes. This sound’s like this could be the problem, but I’m not sure. I have confidence in the company that is working on this, but it does not hurt to reach out for other knowledge in this area. I have read a lot on wells in the last week and everything I have read I cannot figure this problem out.
I don’t know of means anything, but I don’t think I pull a lot of water from this well. It is just me and my 6 yr old who live here and he is not school 5 days a week and I work full time. I am open for any suggestions.
Thanks
Central Ohio guy