Let me start by saying, my house is nearly 100 years old as I'm sure you'll know when you see these pictures. Anyway, my pressure seems fine after time to recover, but running just a faucet for 10 minutes it slows. Sometimes almost stops, either way ends up a steady slow flow.
My pump is always very hot and turns on very frequently (every 15-20 mins) it seems it even turns on when no water is being used. I have looked high and low for a water leak, can't find one. My pressure tank sits about 40psi. I have a guage for my tank and one on the pump. The one on the pump ranges 35-55 roughly, this guage begins dropping immediately when a fixture is opened. I don't have a main shutoff valve, so to swap the old faulty guage for the pressure tank I shut power off to pump and ran a sink till it seemed to just level off at a very low pressure (I hoped it would run out to nothing). I checked the pressure in tank with tire pressure guage, nothing. Went to swap guage and sprayed myself in the face, toughed it out and did the quick swap in the name of diagnosing my problem.
Maybe an important piece of information here, my brother installed a dupont brand in-line filter directly after the pump, before the water softener (not sure how my routing should be, I'm sure this is a nightmare to you pros). I'm unsure if this is a deep well or shallow, if there is another submersible pump down there but my well head looks to be 3" plain and simple just capped off. Will grab a picture tomorrow if it matters.
I have new stuff to install and I'd have confidence in doing this myself if I had a main shutoff.
I apologize for odd grammar and poor organization of this post, I am posting from my phone. Anyway here are some pictures, I'll be keeping a close eye on this thread so ask me for any info I left out, chime in with any sort of info. Looking to gain some knowledge and not have to pay anyone to do this. (Unless it's a well issue lol)
I'm obviously pretty clueless when it comes to plumbing matters, and even to me this all looks like a disaster. I hear steel and that odd 3 bolt flange at the pump intake are both pretty darn outdated. Just another thing I'm looking to sort out. I am a mechanic, I have any tool I could need or would be willing to buy it. Pipe wrench to welder, just need the know-how.
Thanks in advance plumbers
My pump is always very hot and turns on very frequently (every 15-20 mins) it seems it even turns on when no water is being used. I have looked high and low for a water leak, can't find one. My pressure tank sits about 40psi. I have a guage for my tank and one on the pump. The one on the pump ranges 35-55 roughly, this guage begins dropping immediately when a fixture is opened. I don't have a main shutoff valve, so to swap the old faulty guage for the pressure tank I shut power off to pump and ran a sink till it seemed to just level off at a very low pressure (I hoped it would run out to nothing). I checked the pressure in tank with tire pressure guage, nothing. Went to swap guage and sprayed myself in the face, toughed it out and did the quick swap in the name of diagnosing my problem.
Maybe an important piece of information here, my brother installed a dupont brand in-line filter directly after the pump, before the water softener (not sure how my routing should be, I'm sure this is a nightmare to you pros). I'm unsure if this is a deep well or shallow, if there is another submersible pump down there but my well head looks to be 3" plain and simple just capped off. Will grab a picture tomorrow if it matters.
I have new stuff to install and I'd have confidence in doing this myself if I had a main shutoff.
I apologize for odd grammar and poor organization of this post, I am posting from my phone. Anyway here are some pictures, I'll be keeping a close eye on this thread so ask me for any info I left out, chime in with any sort of info. Looking to gain some knowledge and not have to pay anyone to do this. (Unless it's a well issue lol)
I'm obviously pretty clueless when it comes to plumbing matters, and even to me this all looks like a disaster. I hear steel and that odd 3 bolt flange at the pump intake are both pretty darn outdated. Just another thing I'm looking to sort out. I am a mechanic, I have any tool I could need or would be willing to buy it. Pipe wrench to welder, just need the know-how.
Thanks in advance plumbers
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