Howdy,
Ok, since this came up and its been bugging me in our own house...
Can anyone out there point me towards resources related to getting
sufficient water pressure in a house from a well?
Our well seems to have plenty of water... We've never run it dry or
anything like that.
Our issue seems to be pressure and/or volume of water. If you're taking a
shower in our normal bathroom, any other water usage in the house turns
the water cold (even if the other water usage is cold water). Water
pressure in general isn't very good (typically hotel showers now feel like
I'm getting blasted with a firehose... Which I like... This is just to
illustrate our perceived water pressure in the shower).
The well is _right_ next to the house and has an in-well 220vac pump.
There's a pressure guage on the inlet into the basement from the well, but
I couldn't tell you what the kick on and kick off pressures are...
The house has had at least one major addition that included a bathroom &
laundry room. In the basement, there are 1/2" water pipes going all over
the place. I wouldn't say that there's any particular design evident.
Also, pretty much every valve is a good old (heh.) gate style valve and
they all seem to leak like crazy if you have the audacity to close & open
them or otherwise disturb them. Because of this, I'm a bit hesitant to
just crank up the pressure switch on/off points for the pump.
Our system does include a two or three foot tank that I assume is some
kinda pressure tank. I have no idea if it works as designed at this
point.
We also have a particulate filter, then a rust filter, then a water
softener setup (our water sucks... lots of iron & sometimes has a sulfer
smell). We've heard that it may be possible to re-drill the well deeper
to get to cleaner water, but haven't researched that at all... The well
head is _right_ next to the house (in a corner formed by the house walls,
about 3' away from each) on the backside as well... I've got no clue
what's required in terms of clearance for well drilling equipment.
So... Any advice, after that admittedly poor description? :-) In
paticular I'd like to know if there are any rules of thumb for water
pressure in normal home water lines and any "make sure you don't do this"
guidelines to allowing a shower to be unaffected by other house water
usage.
Thanks!
Mark
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