Have I created a hydro monster???

[regor66]

Bought a place with an existing well. Don't have any info on depth,etc. We put a house about 600' from the well. The well outlet pipe is 1" pvc that went to another home that is gone. I put a t in the 1" and stepped it up to 2" and ran the 600' to the new house then stepped back down to 3/4". I haven't hooked to the house yet, I was gonna do some fluhing first. All I get is a very small stream. Plenty of volume and pressure at the old house place but not much at the new. I used 2" because of the distance and resistance factor. Don't have any leaks. Is the 1" - 2" - 3/4" causing the problem? Any ideas what I should look at?

 

[regor66]

Bought a place with an existing well. Don't have any info on depth,etc. We put a house about 600' from the well. The well outlet pipe is 1" pvc that went to another home that is gone. I put a t in the 1" and stepped it up to 2" and ran the 600' to the new house then stepped back down to 3/4". I haven't hooked to the house yet, I was gonna do some fluhing first. All I get is a very small stream. Plenty of volume and pressure at the old house place but not much at the new. I used 2" because of the distance and resistance factor. Don't have any leaks. Is the 1" - 2" - 3/4" causing the problem? Any ideas what I should look at?

 

[ByronBob]

You need 2" coming into the house from the well. The issue is the 1" isn't enough volume. Any house 600ft away needs more volume.

 

[ByronBob]

You need 2" coming into the house from the well. The issue is the 1" isn't enough volume. Any house 600ft away needs more volume.

 

[KubotaSteve]

I think the problem lies with increasing it to two inches. I think you should have either left it at one inch and then went down to 3/4" or replaced it from the beginning with 2" then down to 1" and finally 3/4". It would always help to find out what the well is rated at too.

 

[KubotaSteve]

I think the problem lies with increasing it to two inches. I think you should have either left it at one inch and then went down to 3/4" or replaced it from the beginning with 2" then down to 1" and finally 3/4". It would always help to find out what the well is rated at too.

 

[Highbeam]

You did fine with the reductions. I would do the same. ALmost all well pipes are 1" of maybe 1.5". The long run to the home being 2" only reduces the head losses, good job. The reduction to 3/4 at the end is no different than standard indoor plumbing that steps down to 1/2" at the faucet. Your pipe choices are fine.

Something else is wrong. Pinched pipe in the new run or maybe too much glue on a glue together fitting spooged the joint shut. Is the new home elevation way higher than the well? It only takes 100' of fall to use up the 40 psi created at the well.

 

[Highbeam]

You did fine with the reductions. I would do the same. ALmost all well pipes are 1" of maybe 1.5". The long run to the home being 2" only reduces the head losses, good job. The reduction to 3/4 at the end is no different than standard indoor plumbing that steps down to 1/2" at the faucet. Your pipe choices are fine.

Something else is wrong. Pinched pipe in the new run or maybe too much glue on a glue together fitting spooged the joint shut. Is the new home elevation way higher than the well? It only takes 100' of fall to use up the 40 psi created at the well.

 

[JerryG]

<font color="blue"> I used 2" because of the distance and resistance factor. </font>
I can't see that you would have a problem with the way that you have it plumbed except that the water would take a long time to change. I guess I should have just said that it might get old before it was changed out, but that sounds strange. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif You get my point I am sure. Another thing, I really think that the resistance thing is over blown. I use about 20,000 gallons a day some days and run it through two 1.5" pipes with no problem. I am sure that I will get a lot of flack from saying this. (It could be 2" I don't remember.)

 

[JerryG]

<font color="blue"> I used 2" because of the distance and resistance factor. </font>
I can't see that you would have a problem with the way that you have it plumbed except that the water would take a long time to change. I guess I should have just said that it might get old before it was changed out, but that sounds strange. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif You get my point I am sure. Another thing, I really think that the resistance thing is over blown. I use about 20,000 gallons a day some days and run it through two 1.5" pipes with no problem. I am sure that I will get a lot of flack from saying this. (It could be 2" I don't remember.)