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Do you want pictures of the broken nipple or pictures of the tool that I have in mind? I've been looking at the internal wrenches for a while, and they all seem to me to be less than ideal. I know the ones like the first photo above are made in China these days and many have been found to...

I have a frost free hydrant which broke off at the place where the nipple exits the top pipe. I believe that the diameter is 1 or 1 1/2 inches--don't have it in front of me right now. I've been looking for something that would go into the nipple, lock there and allow me to extract the part in...

The well man who installed the new pressure tank came yesterday. He says the well was fitted with a bleed back system which had obviously failed. He too believes that the check valve installed back in July or so has failed. So he installed an electric pipe insulating tape to keep the plumbing...

I was under the impression that a 900 gallon pressure tank held about 450 gallons of water. I used the heat gun for almost an hour on metal and PVC pipes coming directly from the well head and it did nothing. I couldn't use it on the PVC going into the tank because of the insulation.

A well contractor replaced the 900 gallon pressure tank last fall. I've had this well for more than 30 years and in all that time it's never frozen before. The old setup had a gadget that expelled air when the pump turned off; it puffed air out of a device attached to the well head; this one...

I know i need a pressure tank; but could a 2000 water storage tank (cistern) be added a few months later if it's going to be added at all.

Suppose I wanted to use a Cycle Stop Valve in the system. Would that company help me design what I need? Well-X-Trol has a 119 gal bladder tank. Would that be oversized or could I step down to the 80 gallon or even smaller with the Cycle Stop Valve? My system is 220v. Would that make any...

Just met with the well man. He's been doing this since he was eighteen and is now 68. He's never heard of such a system. States very positively that it cannot work, will not work because of pressure needed. Scanned the diagram and said that wells that aren't in Mississippi might be able to...

Thank you guys so much. I have a well man coming out today, and I have printed out this thread to show him. About my well, the fellow who provided the system has developed a lousy reputation for honesty. I had the well plumbed not long after it was installed, and the plumb could go down no...

Forgot to say that anything I buy will be outside in the weather. Hasn't seemed to bother my system for 30 years. Are there bladder tanks made to live outside?

This sounds far more reasonably priced than the galvanized tank. What sized bladder tank? Would it be well to bladder tank to constant pressure valve to storage tank with submersible pump to plumbing? I'm not quite sure how to visualize how the water comes out of the storage tank. I take...

I have a 1200 foot deep well with a 3hp motor. It feeds into a 1000 gallon steel pressure tank. The system was installed about 30 years ago, and the pressure tank is beginning to rust out to the extent that it needs replacing. 1000 gallon pressure tanks are very expensive. The reason...