"Submersible water pump" Topic

As always these things go on weekends when parts are not available. Saturday at 3:30 pm water pressure stopped, figured quicly it was water pump thats 120 feet down in front yard pipe. Going to try to ull it Monday and f I can get it out see what problem is and hopefully fix it and get it back.

I keep a couple things around because I know I'll need them when Home Depot is closed. But keeping an entire pump around seems like overkill. Good luck!

Changing the pump to a new one was relatively easy, also fixed the pressure gauge and check valve. Everything would be fine but pipe connection 4 feet down in the pipe casing is shot so can only have pump on when needed and probably not much pressure. So have to pick those up tomorrow then start digging.

Is that for your household water supply? You have to have your own pump?

Here the water company keeps the mains pressure high and each house just has a pipe feeding off the mains. If there is a problem with the pressure it will be a water company issue and they have to fix it!

Municipal water is cheap and easy but those pipes only run so far out. You don't have to be very far out of town before you need a well, a septic tank, a tank for propane or heating oil, and your only choice for internet is satellite. Having water, sewage, electricity, natural gas, and the information superhighway all come to your house underground is great, but not universal.

My pump for the house its all on me, got new casing to line to the house, need couple of other parts to connect well piping and longer T handle to be able to pull it up.

I also have my own septic system which I had to replace the piping from house to tank couple of years ago so thats good. Went from 4 to 6 inch and added a vertical stack.

Not paying monthly bills is a plus but when if fails you have work to do, lucky I do my own work, no idea what this new pump and other parts work would have cost.

Between yesterday and today dug down to pipe connection, still have some to clean out around tthat and free up the pipe the length of the hole ( 5 feet)

From time I got home to water on was 2 1/2 hrs, that was pulling up pump, grinding off old fitting, replacing it and dropping well pump into pipe. Everything like a good military plan went perfect.