Hi all,
Recently purchased a vacation home and I’ve never had a well before. Water test showed that there was coliform, so I did some YouTube searching for how to bleach the well. I diluted the bleach in 5 gallon buckets of freshwater. I realize that I used more bleach than needed. I was away from Internet service at the house and I couldn’t recheck the directions so I opted to use a bit more bleach then needed to be safe and also did not have to do the project again. 120 foot well and I ended up Using about 3 gallons of bleach, perhaps slightly less. I definitely know for next time that I can use much less to be affective. I flushed the whole system out After 24 hoursas the directions indicated and I no longer have a bleach smell. Any harm that could’ve come to the plumbing due to me having overdid it a bit?
Also, after reading up on it more, I see that some people bypass the water softener while doing this procedure. I did not and I wanted to see if there was any potential issues bc if that. Thank you all in advance!
Recently purchased a vacation home and I’ve never had a well before. Water test showed that there was coliform, so I did some YouTube searching for how to bleach the well. I diluted the bleach in 5 gallon buckets of freshwater. I realize that I used more bleach than needed. I was away from Internet service at the house and I couldn’t recheck the directions so I opted to use a bit more bleach then needed to be safe and also did not have to do the project again. 120 foot well and I ended up Using about 3 gallons of bleach, perhaps slightly less. I definitely know for next time that I can use much less to be affective. I flushed the whole system out After 24 hoursas the directions indicated and I no longer have a bleach smell. Any harm that could’ve come to the plumbing due to me having overdid it a bit?
Also, after reading up on it more, I see that some people bypass the water softener while doing this procedure. I did not and I wanted to see if there was any potential issues bc if that. Thank you all in advance!