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UPDATE: I ended up putting that tee in, hooked a vacuum gauge to it and it does build (and hold) a vacuum so that leads me to believe that I don't have an air leak in the well anywhere. The vacuum gauge did read higher (or lower, I guess?) than what it shows in the picture, I just never took a...

The old pump was a 1HP pump (same as the new one). I was having issues with the old pump to where it continuously decreased water production over time until it got to the point where it would it would produce no water. This was over several days. Each time I ran it, the run time that it was...

I think that would explain why this was not an issue in the past and suddenly is now, as in the past I measured a higher water level in the well at about 7-8ft. It might also explain that when it was able to run earlier this year, it would run one sprinkler zone for about a half hour or so...

Hi, thank you both for reading and replying to my post. No, it is a brand new cast iron self-priming pump. As for an update, I refitted everything between the 90 and pump with 2" galvanized, all new parts. Same with the outlet tee for good measure (see picture). All connections have...

Hey Experts! I'm having an issue with getting water for my already existing irrigation system. Five years ago, I drove in 20 feet of a 2" galvanized pipe with a 3 foot well point (also 2" dia) for a total well length of 23 feet. I had water all previous years until this year. Had an old 1HP...

Yeah lesson learned I suppose. ;) I think my plan is to just cap and abandon the existing well (as I don't really have an effective way to pull it) and drive the new one with a jack hammer about a foot or so next to it. Then just re-route the piping to the pump. Right now, the well comes up...

Hi! I purchased a house that has a sandpoint well installed in ~1990. This is a direct driven point well (no casing) that is a 2" steel pipe that is only used for an underground irrigation system. When I did the washer-on-a-string method, I measured a depth of 23 feet until I hit the bottom so...