Need to install well seal

[beckman]

I have a 50 year old shallow well with a vertical jet pump from Gould’s. The pump is attached to what looks like a 2 inch pipe that goes down in the 4 inch steel casing. Well company installed the pump without a seal. Does someone make a seal that fits around the 2 inch pump pipe so the pump doesn’t have to be removed to install the seal? Leaves and dirt are falling in between the 2 inch pipe and well casing. Any advice is appreciated.

 

[Valveman]

Wow! Not good. All kinds of critters can get in your well. Looks like old stove pipe casing though. Probably not going to find a well seal to fit that. The casing really needs to be extended above the surface, but that probably means a new well. Cut a well plate out of a piece of flat steel. Would be good to make it fit over the casing like a cap and seal between the plate and casing.

Best would be to dig it up, add a new piece of casing over the old, and seal between the two. Then put a proper well seal on the new casing after it is extended 12-18 inches above grade.

 

[beckman]

Thanks for the advice. I will fabricate something to extend the pipe and cap it