Well problem. Worth $2300?

[dodge man]

We have been on a rural water system for about 8 years now. Our well is hooked up to one outside faucet that we use for watering landscaping. The well quit on us and we had someone come out to diagnose it. Probably the pump but they need to pull it to find out. The pump is probably at least 25 to 30 years old so even if the pump is not bad they might as well replace it, the piping and the wiring. The well is 140 feet deep and produces good water.

I do not think it is worth fixing, even if it does save us a little bit on our water bill. Even when we use the well during the summer, we are probably talking 300 gallons a month or less.

Any good reason to fix it?

 

[Sigarms]

We have been on a rural water system for about 8 years now. Our well is hooked up to one outside faucet that we use for watering landscaping. The well quit on us and we had someone come out to diagnose it. Probably the pump but they need to pull it to find out. The pump is probably at least 25 to 30 years old so even if the pump is not bad they might as well replace it, the piping and the wiring. The well is 140 feet deep and produces good water.

I do not think it is worth fixing, even if it does save us a little bit on our water bill. Even when we use the well during the summer, we are probably talking 300 gallons a month or less.

Any good reason to fix it?

Did you get another quote? I'm only wondering how they can give you a price if they don't even know what HP pump they need to replace? (heck, a dianostic fee would include that so they could give you a good quote unless they didn't charge you anything to come out?). Not certain why they would need to replace the water pipe? We just had a leak that was a pain in the butt to find around the basement deck, but turned out it was a clamp fitting that was the issue and not the pipe.

Maybe a stupid question, but how and where are you pumping the water from to the outside faucet? Do you have multiple wells?

 

[2LaneCruzer]

In over 40 years, I have had my pump replaced twice; I believe it's a 3/4 horse, well is about 160 foot. Pump replacement alone has run $1200 and $750. Have replaced pressure tank 2 or 3 times, and all of the line from pump to surface once.

 

[Roadworthy]

How did they determine it was the pump? The last couple of times my pump quit it was the run capacitor. They get old and fail. This is a $20 fix.

 

[cdaigle430]

2 years ago I replaced a 20 year old 1/2 hp pump with a 3/4 hp and it cost me 800, pump is 140 feet deep. That included fixing the cracked coupler at the well casing that leaked and caused sand to go down the well. That burned up the 1/2 hp so 800 for the pump, labor, 3 yards of stone dust, and parts like the new coupler. I used my own BH to dig out the coupler.


no reason to replace all of it they can inspect the wiring and test the line inside the casing since they have to take pump out anyway. Check the amp draw on the pump when it runs How long will it take to recoup 2,800 bill saving on your water bill?

 

[dodge man]

The pump won’t run at all. The guy did some testing on it to determine it was most likely the pump but it could be piping. Either way if they go to the trouble to pull it, might as well replace it all while it’s out.

The entire house was on the well 8 years ago and they left on faucet hooked up to the well. It could be switched over to rural waster easily.

They charged me $49 to come out and look at it. This is a company I trust fairly well. The quote wasn’t a hard number but an estimate but the guy has done a lot of these.

 

[Sigarms]

In over 40 years, I have had my pump replaced twice; I believe it's a 3/4 horse, well is about 160 foot. Pump replacement alone has run $1200 and $750. Have replaced pressure tank 2 or 3 times, and all of the line from pump to surface once.

I'm in the same ballpark as you. Apparently a 3/4 HP is a lot more than 1/2 HP, and I checked and it seemed right.

Never had to have the actual line replaced. As noted, recently had a leak, but after a lot of digging, it was the fittings and clamp used, not the pipe that was the issue.

 

[Sigarms]

They charged me $49 to come out and look at it. This is a company I trust fairly well. The quote wasn’t a hard number but an estimate but the guy has done a lot of these.

I would rather pay $90 and they tell me they know what the actual problem is.

With water, I get it, you might have to dig to know what is actually going on. That said, don't know why they wouldn't check out the pump and pull the pipe when they were there? That only seems like due diligence on their end.

 

[LouNY]

Myself I would have it working for a couple of reasons;
is your delivered water chlorinated?
do you want that for irrigation?
If something happens to the water system and its down for 2-3 days, be nice to have an option.
I don't know what your down hole piping is but mine is heavy wall poly it has been in for over 25 years,
when the pump quits I have no reason to change pipe or the wire, I would have the wires megged (to 600 volts) to verify that they where good.

 

[Valveman]

I would ask for a quote to just pull it all out and lay it on the ground. For a couple hundred bucks you can have it out of the well and up where you can see it. Dropping in a new $500 pump on some poly pipe and new wire might total a thousand bucks and would get it to where you can work on it yourself.