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I have a gas driven water pump with 2 inch inlet and outlet. I'll try sending water down the casing below the debris level and see what happens. I really don't think I have anything to lose. Thanks for the posts.

What are your thoughts about sending high pressure water into the well below the level of the debris? Would that force the debris to the surface and out the top of the casing? There is an abandoned dug surface well near the drilled one as a water source. Thanks.

@Speedbump- thanks for the post however, I do not want to abandon the well before all reasonable options are explored given the cost of a new one. Both you gentlemen seem to suggest using a suction bailer on a sandline. Would a well drilling company have such a device?

Hello to the group and good day. I bought a piece of property with an existing drilled well (140 feet) but has not been used for approximately 20 years. It has a submersible pump. While trying to remove the pump, we discovered that over the years mice had gained access to the casing (6 inch)...

Thanks to all who posted. I defer to your opinions and will abandon to idea. Matt30- hope that you are not having to walk during the transit strike...

Just a regular woodstove? No Yes, regular woodstove- I'm prepared to retrofit as necessary. Thanks for the reply.

Hello to the group and good day. I have a woodstove that heats the majority of my house but there are areas of the basement that the woodstove heat does not reach. I also have an oil fired boiler that basically is a back up heat source as well as a source of domestic hot water. I wanted to...

Hello again to the group. As a postscript to this thread, today I used John's suggestion and attached a garden hose to the boiler drain from my well and put higher pressure water into the boiler to a maximum of 12 PSI therby by-passing the defective autofeed system. I then bled the air...

Thank you John for the post. I don't have heat from the boiler but I do have a secondary heat source while I replace the regulator valve on the autofeed system. I'll try your refill suggestion in the meantime. Thanks again.

Thanks for the helpful posts. I had planned to remark in my original post that I suspected the autofeed system which perhaps had not replaced the water that I had removed from the system when I drained the line to repair it. Now, maybe there is not enough water to fill both of the zone lines as...

Hello to the group and good day. I have an oil fired boiler with 2 zones, each one controlled by an electric zone valve. Probably a fairly standard installation. Recently during a renovation, a 3/4 inch copper pipe for one of the zones was punctured by a screw. I shut down the zone, drained and...