my well wont build pressure

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joe_davis

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at first i lost all water to my house. so i did some checking around and found the foot valves get clogged. so i pulled up the pipe and cleaned the valve. then it was a pain to get the well primed. now it will not build any pressure nor shut off intil i put air in the tank. then when it goes below 25 psi it will turn on but wont build any pressure. can you please help im tired of staing at my mother-in-laws house..

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at first i lost all water to my house. so i did some checking around and found the foot valves get clogged. so i pulled up the pipe and cleaned the valve. then it was a pain to get the well primed. now it will not build any pressure nor shut off intil i put air in the tank. then when it goes below 25 psi it will turn on but wont build any pressure. can you please help im tired of staing at my mother-in-laws house..

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joe:mad:
I'm assuming you have a single line shallow well jet pump, you probably broke loose dirt that is now blocking the jet in the pump. You'll have to clean the jet and to do that you take a plug out where the pipe from teh well connects or take the ppe off. It varies based on the pump you have. You may be able to find out how in the manual for the pump.
 
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