Michael Holmes
New Member
Good Morning,
First I want to say how glad I was to find this site as a resource. I recently moved to a new acreage that is on well and septic. The house sat dormant for about 1.5 years do to a death in the family and the estate being sorted out etc.
We took our water in to be tested and I have an iron level of 4.5 and a hardness of 47.
I was going looking to get a softer and possibly an iron filter because I have terrible staining on the fixtures. It was suggested that we get a well clean out. Basically they would bring a truck with a huge air compressor on it, then remove the well pump, lower the air able into the well and blow it out with high pressure.
They showed me several pictures of this being down and I was amazed at how much gunk came out of these wells.
My question is, has anyone had this done, or have an opinion about it? The cost is around $900 which I would be happy to do if I knew it would help my water quality. The guy I went to seemed to know what he was talking about and really made me think I should do it. But I wanted to take a moment to research it and see if anyone had first had knowledge and feedback about their experience.
Any help you might provide would be very helpful.
(P.S. I tried to do a search on this and didn't find a thread for it, so I apologize if I have missed a previous thread dedicated to this.)
~Michael
First I want to say how glad I was to find this site as a resource. I recently moved to a new acreage that is on well and septic. The house sat dormant for about 1.5 years do to a death in the family and the estate being sorted out etc.
We took our water in to be tested and I have an iron level of 4.5 and a hardness of 47.
I was going looking to get a softer and possibly an iron filter because I have terrible staining on the fixtures. It was suggested that we get a well clean out. Basically they would bring a truck with a huge air compressor on it, then remove the well pump, lower the air able into the well and blow it out with high pressure.
They showed me several pictures of this being down and I was amazed at how much gunk came out of these wells.
My question is, has anyone had this done, or have an opinion about it? The cost is around $900 which I would be happy to do if I knew it would help my water quality. The guy I went to seemed to know what he was talking about and really made me think I should do it. But I wanted to take a moment to research it and see if anyone had first had knowledge and feedback about their experience.
Any help you might provide would be very helpful.
(P.S. I tried to do a search on this and didn't find a thread for it, so I apologize if I have missed a previous thread dedicated to this.)
~Michael