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  1. Plumbing
    So i have a water well tank and a water well pump in my house. My house is tiny and the PEX pipes are all within reach. Over the weekend, the weather went sub-zero and now my toilets and faucets are all frozen. They've been unattended for about 3 days with no heat How do i unfreeze...
  2. Plumbing
    I added a second well to my property and have a question about running them to my house simultaneously. The first one is about 380' deep, produces about 18-20 gallons/min and is connected to the house with its own pressure tank. The second one is about 600' deep, produces 24-28 gallons/min and...
  3. Plumbing
    My home has a water well that was installed long before I moved in. When I moved in, I added a water softener system, which included a prefilter at the front of the system. I have faithfully changed the prefilter cartridges every 6mth for the last 20yrs I've lived here. At the end of 6mth...
  4. Plumbing
    Hi everyone, David here. This is the current situation. Very little water flowing at the faucets. Well gauge reads almost zero, maybe a couple of psi. Bladder tank pressure is set to 38 psi or as close as I can get it in accordance with the instructions for establishing the tank pressure...
  5. Plumbing
    Hi folks, I have a residential water well, and I'm wondering if it is possible to relocate where the wellhead comes up out of the ground. I'd eventually like to park an RV nearby (at the side of my house), and I fear one day accidentally driving into the wellhead. Is it possible to do...
  6. Plumbing
    We have no water coming in from the well and suspect it is a frozen line. The line is actually something more like plastic (not sure of correct name). So we are not sure how to unfreeze it. there is one area in our back yard where the line goes along the house and under the back door, and...
  7. Plumbing
    I am finally hiring a semi-professional to drill a well in my backyard to irrigate my yard. We at first tried a shallow well at 20', but there was not enough water to make it work, so now we are going down 60' with a submersible deep well pump. So I have a couple questions for the water well...
  8. Plumbing
    Our pressure switch turns on and off consistently when water is running.. we replaced pressure switch and did not fix it....so i read our pressure tank should has 2 psi...so i press in the shreader valve on the tank...no air comes out or water...so we try to put air into the tank and it wont go...
  9. Electrical
    I have a new water well with wiring coming up into the house, from the pump, for connection to the pressure tank. Can I run the same type of wire in the walls (3 wires that don't have a sheath around them) of the house? Or does it have to have a jacket around all 3 wires, turning it into a...
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