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Ha! The ads for those deep well hand pumps certainly don’t indicate that a 75 year old would have any problem with them. Could they be lying by omission? Anyway, the static level is supposed to have been at 50’, but when I measured it, it was 85’. That was in March. I guess the levels can...

Yes, I’ve done some research on them. I’m now thinking of just having it professionally done and replace the submersible pump at the same time. It’s forty years old And living on borrowed time anyway.

Pitless adapter is around 4’ down. The pvc looks to be 15 or 20 feet.

My well was drilled in the early ‘80’s. I was thinking about getting a hand pump for an emergency water source if needed. When measuring where the static level was sitting and shining a light down the well, I noticed what appeared to be 5” pvc pushed into the 6” steel casing that comes to the...

Thanks,I misspoke about “cutting pressure “. I just meant I wanted to shut it off. Thanks for all your responses. I really appreciate it…

I need to watch how I phrase things here. By “cutting pressure“ I just meant to turn it off. Thanks for the info though…

Thanks, I will definitely pipe the prv to the outside…. The other issue is resolved….

Just an outdoor hose bibb.

BINGO! I told you I was old! Now I feel old AND stupid. We bought this place over thirty years ago and built the shop over the area where the old shed was that housed the tank and controls. There was a 3” ABS pipe coming out of the ground fairly close to the tank. When pouring the slab I...

As you can tell, the pipe coming from the floor is both the inlet and outlet at the tank. The irrigation and other stuff there has no pathway to the house. Putting the valve in the lower horizontal pipe is the only real option IMO. whether or not I choose to do the electrical shutdown or move...

Some of the other stuff you see is just feeding an irrigation system and outdoor spigots….

Maybe I’m just confusing myself. I’m entirely capable of that. I’m just after the capability to shut off my water at the tank rather than dragging my old butt about 50’ under the house. The tank is currently piped with one pipe coming up through the garage slab. At floor level there is a...

The pressure switch is at the tank. No other place to put it that would solve anything that I know of.

My home was built in 1985. When the well system was installed they simply put a tee in the line running underground to the house and ran a single pipe up to the pressure tank in the shop. The only shutoff valve for the house is in the crawl space and a pain to even get to now that I’m in my...