ghooper18
New Member
Hello all,
I've been googling and youtubing my heart out trying to find the correct solution to the minor issue I'm having.
I'm in Brighton, MI. 2 story home with basement.
I have a submersible well pump, 5" casing. 114ft deep and static water level 69ft below surface.
Well pressure tank is 62 gallon capacity, 40-60psi, located in basement.
Problem is: when running the washing machine, dishwasher, flushing toilets, essentially using a lot of water - the showers up stairs essentially have no flow. It is reduced to a dribble of water.
I don't suspect any restrictions in the system, as when no water is being used, the pressure and volume is fantastic throughout the house.
Is there any known fixes to this without drilling a new well or additional well?
My first line of thought is to add a second pressure tank of the same size to double capacity. This probably wont completely resolve the issue, but may reduce the loss of flow during "peak times", allowing the family to shower while a load of laundry is going or whatever.
Second line of thinking is some sort of cistern or storage tank that has some sort of pump that pressurizes the water to supply the house.
Although I don't know how to control when the well pump is pumping vs when the cistern/storage tank would pump.
My apologies if this has been answered previously to a thorough degree.
Thank you folks!
I've been googling and youtubing my heart out trying to find the correct solution to the minor issue I'm having.
I'm in Brighton, MI. 2 story home with basement.
I have a submersible well pump, 5" casing. 114ft deep and static water level 69ft below surface.
Well pressure tank is 62 gallon capacity, 40-60psi, located in basement.
Problem is: when running the washing machine, dishwasher, flushing toilets, essentially using a lot of water - the showers up stairs essentially have no flow. It is reduced to a dribble of water.
I don't suspect any restrictions in the system, as when no water is being used, the pressure and volume is fantastic throughout the house.
Is there any known fixes to this without drilling a new well or additional well?
My first line of thought is to add a second pressure tank of the same size to double capacity. This probably wont completely resolve the issue, but may reduce the loss of flow during "peak times", allowing the family to shower while a load of laundry is going or whatever.
Second line of thinking is some sort of cistern or storage tank that has some sort of pump that pressurizes the water to supply the house.
Although I don't know how to control when the well pump is pumping vs when the cistern/storage tank would pump.
My apologies if this has been answered previously to a thorough degree.
Thank you folks!