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re: Anyone have experience with well water tanks?

Posted on 3/30/14 at 6:27 pm to
Posted by CoastieGM
Member since Aug 2012
3185 posts
Posted on 3/30/14 at 6:27 pm to
I have quite a bit of experience with water wells. Questions for you.

-Just confirming that you have a 2-yr old house plumbed with PEX, but the pressure tank is old? Pls explain?

-Is the well itself (i.e. the hole drilled in the ground) old or new? (not the tank)

-Any idea approximately what year the well was drilled?

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It's a shallow water pump 1hp, <1 yr old.

-Is you pump a submersible pump or a jet pump working on Venturi effect?

-Is the well case pipe going into the ground PVC or steel?

-Is the well case pipe going into the ground 4" diameter or is it less than 4" in diameter?

Some pics may also help.

I can give you more intelligent answers with firm answers to the above.
Posted by lsuroadie
South LA
Member since Oct 2007
8406 posts
Posted on 3/30/14 at 6:47 pm to
The well was existing on the land we bought when I built the house. The pump I installed is a shallow well Red Lion RJS100 1 hp pump at 24gpm. The old pump gave up the ghost about a yr ago. I have it wired in 220. The casing out of the ground is PVC and IIRC is 2.5 in or 3...pretty sure not 4 but I could be wrong. I ran the main line to the house (about 100 ft) in 1.25 and then when I got inside the wall cavity I went down to 3/4 trunk lines and then 1/2 to each individual fixture.

I talked to the man that drilled the well and he said its about 20yrs old.

Hope this helps...thanks for responding
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