Well Pump Check Valve Replacement

A foot valve is only used in a jet pump situation where the pump resides above ground and shoots some water down the well to help lift more water back up.

Well pump check valve replacement.

The average cost to replace a well pump is 538 to 1 851 depending on the type of pump horsepower brand and well depth. For more information contact franklin electric s technical service hotline at 1 800 348 2420 monday through friday from 8 00am to 5 00pm est. This video has been well over a month in the making. What they are how they work and why they must.

Each of these problems requires a pro. On a submersible well pump installation if your well water pump does not have a built in check valve many submersible pumps do have a check valve a line check valve should be installed in the discharge pipe within 25 feet of the pump and below the drawdown level of the water inside the well. It could be a broken water line from the well to the house usually you ll have a wet area between the well head and the house a bad check valve just above the submersible pump at the bottom of the well a bad connector leaving the well casing or even a broken water line inside the well casing. Replacing a well pump and pressure tank together costs 800 to 2 300 minor well pump repairs cost 150 to 600.

Over 5 hours of editin. Installing new wires or piping for the pump adds about 200 each complex piping work or upgrading to a solar or constant pressure. A foot valve is located at the bottom of a well and acts like a one way check valve allowing water to go up the pipe toward the house but not drain backward into the well. The house was pre existing but i really question the ability of the pump to hold the pressure in let alone to not have any small leaks in the piping all the way up from the well in the ground.

Looking at the close up picture of the assembly there s a 1 1 4 stainless nipple threaded into the top of the well pump a 1 1 4 check valve brass and a stainless steel reducer aka spur that goes into the hose line. Almost 2 hours of original footage including time lapse reduced to 18 minutes. When selecting the replacement pump don t just assume that the last guy chose the perfect pump for the job.