stevowpappas
New Member
Hi Guys,
I really hope someone out here can help me out. I am in the process of building a new home on 10 acres. When I purchased the property it had an AG well that produces 125 gpm @ 70' located on the very opposite end of the property than the building site. The house sits about 1100 feet from the Ag well. I had a well pump guy come out and he quoted me around $9000 to get the water from the ag well to the house if I do my own trenching (I have an escavator). Because of the cost I decided to drill another well closer to the house. Well we picked a bad spot because the best it produces is 3.5 gpm @ 104'. Which is not enough to supply the 2 story 4 bedroom home.
So I had another guy quote a storage tank setup for the new well and he says it will now be $11000. Plus the cost of this new well which was $4700. Basically my plan to save money by drilling a new well closer to the home has completely backfired.
Does anyone have any ideas on what the best possible solution is here? What well do I use? How can I do this without spending so much money? I am very handy and can do the work myself if needed. Are these quotes on setup ridiculously high? I can see how the well that is 1100' from the house would be expensive because of having to run power all the way down to that well. It has previously only been run on generators so to get permanent power there could cost quote a bit. But the $11000 on using the new well with a storage tank is confusing me.
Here is what I believe my best options are
Option 1:
Use old well and just pay for the cost of the wire. Downside to this is cost of wire and having to pipe my water 1100'
Option 2:
Use new well. Purchase 1500 gallon or larger storage tank, put a 5gpm submersible pump to feed the tank controlled by a float valve, have the tank feed the house with a jet pump which is controlled by a 86 gallon pressure tank and 30/50 pressure switch
Or maybe you guys have a better idea? Any input would be greatly appreciated.
I really hope someone out here can help me out. I am in the process of building a new home on 10 acres. When I purchased the property it had an AG well that produces 125 gpm @ 70' located on the very opposite end of the property than the building site. The house sits about 1100 feet from the Ag well. I had a well pump guy come out and he quoted me around $9000 to get the water from the ag well to the house if I do my own trenching (I have an escavator). Because of the cost I decided to drill another well closer to the house. Well we picked a bad spot because the best it produces is 3.5 gpm @ 104'. Which is not enough to supply the 2 story 4 bedroom home.
So I had another guy quote a storage tank setup for the new well and he says it will now be $11000. Plus the cost of this new well which was $4700. Basically my plan to save money by drilling a new well closer to the home has completely backfired.
Does anyone have any ideas on what the best possible solution is here? What well do I use? How can I do this without spending so much money? I am very handy and can do the work myself if needed. Are these quotes on setup ridiculously high? I can see how the well that is 1100' from the house would be expensive because of having to run power all the way down to that well. It has previously only been run on generators so to get permanent power there could cost quote a bit. But the $11000 on using the new well with a storage tank is confusing me.
Here is what I believe my best options are
Option 1:
Use old well and just pay for the cost of the wire. Downside to this is cost of wire and having to pipe my water 1100'
Option 2:
Use new well. Purchase 1500 gallon or larger storage tank, put a 5gpm submersible pump to feed the tank controlled by a float valve, have the tank feed the house with a jet pump which is controlled by a 86 gallon pressure tank and 30/50 pressure switch
Or maybe you guys have a better idea? Any input would be greatly appreciated.