grrrrr

[birddog]

I started to have some problems with water pressure in my house yesterday. Long story short I diagnose it to the pressure switch or the well pump. Replaced the pressure switch and still cannot get anything over 30psi.

Called a well outfit this morning and talk to the dude about my problem. He says that from ~93-97 they changed well pump designs and the design they went to was total shit. Look up my well, built in 1994. He's on his way out to make sure but it sounds like I'm in for a new well pump to the tune of ~$1500. He said that judging by my information he is willing to bet that the pump is shot.

Now to the reason Im super pissed. Just this morning at breakfast I told my wife "baby, I think its time for a new home defense shotgun." Sure enough she says "yea, that sounds good, lets go this afternoon and get one." Well so much for that plan, looks like my new home defense shotgun will look a lot like a submersible well pump.

[Ronin13]

Damn, that is terrible... what part of town do you live in that you're on a well instead of that awesome Evergreen water (biased, my dad is the prez of the Metro District Board)?

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

But on the plus side judging by having a pump you don't live n the city. Living in the city sucks. Sorry about your bad luck though.

[birddog]

Yea, I like being on well water. We are on Floyd Hill so its all well and septic for us.

Its been looming since our well is 20+ years old but I wish I would have bought a new shotgun before it went to shit.

[BushMasterBoy]

You sure you can't do the well pump installation yourself? Surely somebody here has done one. If not see if there is a youtube video maybe out there.

On the home defense shotgun you only got to spend $200-$300 max. My first preference is the Mossberg 835. Takes 3 1/2 inch shells. 3.5 inch shells of buck shot are devastating to a group of thugs. 00 buck with 15 pellets at point blank? If you can't find a Mossberg 835, go with a Mossberg 500. Pump shotguns are usually super reliable.


just my .02 cents...

[yankeefan98121]

I'm almost positive a member here knows how to or someone that does, maybe try posting something that you're looking for someone

+1 on the you tube idea too, I swear you can get your masters degree on that site

[Ronin13]

Yea, I like being on well water. We are on Floyd Hill so its all well and septic for us.

Its been looming since our well is 20+ years old but I wish I would have bought a new shotgun before it went to shit.

If you don't want to go the DIY route you could contact Shirley Septic, they're over in Conifer, but I'm sure they do well work as well and are good friends of our family, great people, family run for over 30 years, and one of the sons is a helluva bull rider. [Beer]

[Ah Pook]

Is it in the water or what?

I've been having well issues for the last two weeks. It would run and then it wouldn't. I was figuring bad pump or dry well. Turns out one of the wires from the pressure switch wasn't making a good connection. Been running for three whole days now. <crossing fingers> The pump is about 40yo. Had to replace the original pressure tank last year.

One of my employees had to replace her 20yo pump this week. $1400 total and only about $300-$400 was labor.

Not sure I would want to DIY with a well pump.

[68Charger]

Is it in the water or what?

I've been having well issues for the last two weeks. It would run and then it wouldn't. I was figuring bad pump or dry well. Turns out one of the wires from the pressure switch wasn't making a good connection. Been running for three whole days now. <crossing fingers> The pump is about 40yo. Had to replace the original pressure tank last year.

One of my employees had to replace her 20yo pump this week. $1400 total and only about $300-$400 was labor.

Not sure I would want to DIY with a well pump.

couple years ago I thought our pump was shot- was popping the breaker, one leg shorted to ground... they brought out the rig to pull it up, and got about 40' down the pipe before they found where the wire was rubbing on the casing, through the insulation.

Last year it was the pressure tank that started leaking... lucked out that Ace in Canon city had a sale on the size I needed- was a full $200 cheaper than best I could do online!

DIY with a 400' well doesn't sound like a good gamble to me, either...
The rig they brought out that pulls up the pipe, spins them to take each junction apart, lays them down in a rack on the truck, etc made short work of an otherwise difficult job.

[birddog]

Yea, well pumps are not in my list of DIY's. My well is ~485 deep. When I talked to the pump guy earlier he said ~$1100 for the pump and ~$400 for the labor. Its expensive but for the job I think his price is about right. I'm 5 weeks to my first baby so I'm thinking its time to get it fixed right and not have to worry.

Hopefully when he gets here to look at it it turns out to be a cheap fix, something simple. I get the feeling that wont be the case though.

[tmjohnson]

If you have a pressure tank, the bladder inside it might be going bad. Might try putting some air in it and see how long it holds. Some times bugs get between contact points on pressure switch and can cause problems

[Ah Pook]

If you have a pressure tank, the bladder inside it might be going bad. Might try putting some air in it and see how long it holds. Some times bugs get between contact points on pressure switch and can cause problems
The old Sears tank had a small leak in the bladder. The water had to be purged about three times a year. We would loose pressure when too much water leaked into the bladder.

Got my pressure tank and supplies from Ace also. Cheaper than HD, plus I got lots of advise from the old timers. [Coffee]

[O2HeN2]

We just replaced our 35ish year old well pump last week. ~$2k. 360' well, but it had to be a 5GPM pump, which actually is MORE expensive than larger volume pumps, go figure.

One thing you want to check is how much current your pump is drawing. Using a clamp ammeter (http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=202521277&storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&ci_sku=202521277&ci_kw=%7bkeyword%7d&kwd=%7bkeyword%7d&cm_mmc=shopping%2d%5f%2dgoogleads%2d%5f%2dpla%2d%5 f%2d202521277&ci_gpa=pla)clamp it around one of the wires coming from the fuses that you typicaly find in the basement near your pressure tank (something else you should check first, too). Our pump should have been drawing about 8amps, it was drawing 18. Open and shut case, replace the pump.

O2