How To Plumb Well Water Lines for 2 Homes

[Pettrix]

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[Pettrix]

Don't hold the brass nut but the fitting the brass nut screws on to. As long as you don't unscrew the brass nut off the fitting the pitless will be held tight to the casing. Teflon tape or pipe dope either will work. I use both with the tape first then dope over the tape. In my opinion Teflon paste is too slick and doesn't let the fitting get tight.

Thank you for the photo.

So that horizontal pipe that sticks out of the pitless has threads on the inside of that pipe to accept the male adapter?

So hold that pipe in place and leave the pitless lock nut alone.

 

[Pumpmd]

Thank you for the photo.

So that horizontal pipe that sticks out of the pitless has threads on the inside of that pipe to accept the male adapter?

So hold that pipe in place and leave the pitless lock nut alone.

Yes it has threads. The question is more like if he used a 1" pitless adapter or 1 1/4". Since he used 1 1/4" drop pipe, I would guess he used a 1 1/4" pitless adapter.

Do Not Remove that Brass Nut. That is holding all the weight in the well to keep your pump from falling to the bottom of the well or you could say that it holds it tight to the casing.

 

[Pumpmd]

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https://www.merrillmfg.com/sites/default/files/images/pitless/Adapter/features.jpg

 

[Qapla]

Friction loss is one of the reasons we ran 1.5" mainline for our 1,000 feet that feeds three houses and a shop. Of course, since we are in Florida, we ran PVC and don't have to worry about the "freeze" or "ground thrust" do to changing temps

 

[Pumpmd]

These little boogers known as water savers aka flow restrictors, can slow the flow terribly down on a well system. This is where a constant pressure pump system comes into play by the homeowner not knowing about them.

I would show you the metal kind but I can't post pictures yet. Here is a link for the newer ones they are using now.

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[Pettrix]

Yes it has threads. The question is more like if he used a 1" pitless adapter or 1 1/4". Since he used 1 1/4" drop pipe, I would guess he used a 1 1/4" pitless adapter.

Do Not Remove that Brass Nut. That is holding all the weight in the well to keep your pump from falling to the bottom of the well or you could say that it holds it tight to the casing.

Yes, it is a 1 1/4" pitless adapter.

I will make sure the brass nut doesn't move .

 

[Pumpmd]

Yes, it is a 1 1/4" pitless adapter.

I will make sure the brass nut doesn't move .

The next question, do you have the tool for 1 1/4" Pex? You need a big hole open far enough to fit the bigger size tool in the hole to crimp the ring.



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[Pumpmd]

Friction loss is one of the reasons we ran 1.5" mainline for our 1,000 feet that feeds three houses and a shop. Of course, since we are in Florida, we ran PVC and don't have to worry about the "freeze" or "ground thrust" do to changing temps
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[Pettrix]

The next question, do you have the tool for 1 1/4" Pex? You need a big hole open far enough to fit the bigger size tool in the hole to crimp the ring.

I am going to use SharkBite connections so I don't need the special tool to expand the PEX.