still working on a workable plan for all this, and starting to accumulate parts. I have the pressure system ordered (pk1a kit), have a valve for the intake (drinking water rated solenoid valve) , have a workable plan for getting power and plumbing to the tank, a place to put the tank, and the 2 float valves that will control filling the tank and shutting down the pump if the tank is empty.
Then i went to work on finding a pump. The goulds pump is so very expensive, i started looking for cheaper options and reading more on the forums. I like the thought of putting in a submersible well pump, and there were some good schematics posted that showed that, and videos of how to make a flow jacket for it. All good and understood.
But.... (you knew that was coming, didn't you?) then i got to thinking about the whole thing of eventually needing to service the pump, and pitless adapters (not cheap!) and flexible pipe.
I know nothing about flexible pipe. are we talking about flexible pvc? or something else? what sort of fittings are used? how flexible is 'flexible'? it's going to be pressurized, so will that cause issues? would it work to use a longer flexible pipe on the pump->bulkhead and just fish the pump up off the bottom of the tank when i need to? Remember that my tank is only about 4ft deep.
on the tank i have, the bulkhead fitting is on the opposite side as the manhole cover. my concern is that if i plumb over to the manhole cover and put on a pitless fitting, when i go to separate the pitless fitting the leverage will just break the pipe off at the bulkhead (8 ft away). How much force does it take to separate a pitless fitting?