Re: moving a shallow well pump


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Posted by Johnbrown, Levine Plumbing on December 07, 1997 at 17:04:51:

In Reply to: moving a shallow well pump posted by Bill Young on December 07, 1997 at 10:09:09:

Bill: From the way you have described the project,
you better get a profesional in to give you on site
advice. If you can't find someone to come in and tell
you how to do it, for a resonable price, then get
several estimates from qualified profesionals.
Not your do it your self neighbor. Even if you
only use this water for your garden, it should be
considered potable water as it originates from
the house and could later be hooked into the drinking
water by some unsuspecting person and leave you
open to a lawsuit, in the future.

Good Luck


Hello ... I have almost no plumbing experience, but I'm in the process of renovating my basement, and one of the first things I'd like to do is move and old shallow well pump about 8 ft from where it is now so it's out of where I'd like to construct the living area .
: The line will still come through the wall where it is, but
: I'd box it in, so it would only protrude from the wall about 4 inches. Then I'd run the line about 8 feet over to the pump and a smaller reserve tank . I'll be constructing a wall to separate the pump etc from the
: living area .

: Right now it's got about a 50 gal. tank, which I'd like
: to remove and replace with a much smaller one since
: I only use it for watering the grass. I'll reuse the existing pump for now . what I'm not sure of, is when I start dis-connecting the lines what do I do with the well line coming out of the basement wall when it's disconnected. Do I need to cap it off, or is it ok to just remove the copper pipe and let it sit open. Will I have to prime it after I'm all done ? Are there any other things I should keep in mind ?

: PS: If anyone recommends scrapping the idea of doing this myself, what do you thing a ballpark price
: would be to do this . I already have a shelf mounted to the basement wall where the pump will be re-located .

: Thanks a lot ,

: Bill Young




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