Brownbagger
New Member
This is a new experience for me on this forum. I recently bought an old house which was originally on a deep well and later connected to city water. The deep well was used just for general service. I know the well worked when I bought the house, albeit there were dozens of busted lines and valves in need or repair. I primed the pump and had plenty of water and pressure but the motor/impeller shaft/seal needed service. I elected to have a pump man do the job and was told the shaft (stainless) was too far gone (pitted) to replace the seal. I elected to procure my own pump and found an exact replacement on line far cheaper than the pump man. My 2" well casing was left open for a couple of months while working other issues and finally getting a new StaRite MSE7. I attached the pump to the well and could not get it to prime. The least amount of air can be a priming headache. I tried and tried and couldn't achieve prime; I talked around and was told the foot valve on the well head probably stuck open or wasn't sealing properly; I should pull the well and inspect both lines and the foot valve. I disconnected the pump and adaptor assembly at the adaptor flange. I was able to manually lift the casing adaptor and the twin pipe assembly; so I pulled it up about two feet and realized this thing could be longer than any support structure I had available so I eased it back into the casing and called a reputable well service. They came out and said there was no way to tell if the pipes were intact, or the foot valve was any good; and usually the whole thing would have to be scrapped. He wants to put a new well (shallow well) down and convert/adapt my pump. I am convinced the MS is a superior deep well pump but makes for a very low volume shallow well pump.
What options do I have....I would like to have the good deep well water. The pump expert says He has never seen a dual pipe system in a 2 inch well casing. He was close to calling me a liar when I told him what was attached to well casing adaptor....
I have some ideas but I need some input on options. I can pull the whole thing in pieces and replace everything piece by piece into the casing...but I don't know if there is a bad joint at any of the well casing sleeves. I appreciate any response.
Brownbagger
What options do I have....I would like to have the good deep well water. The pump expert says He has never seen a dual pipe system in a 2 inch well casing. He was close to calling me a liar when I told him what was attached to well casing adaptor....
I have some ideas but I need some input on options. I can pull the whole thing in pieces and replace everything piece by piece into the casing...but I don't know if there is a bad joint at any of the well casing sleeves. I appreciate any response.
Brownbagger