Good evening folks.

So just a little history... In 20 yrs old. Just bought my first house. 3/2 2400sqft total. The house has a well. Built in 89.

I am going to use this thread for advice as time goes on so long as all the post are relevant.

My number one issues right now is my well. The well is kicking on every thirty seconds or so for about 3-5 seconds and shutting off. Any ideas?

Edit: I am a Do-It-Your-Self kind of guy. I am in the process of finishing the irrigation (not related to well issues), and much more.

 

Edit:

This is WITHOUT any water running in the house. It's a 2hp submersible pump.

 

I assume you mean the pump. If so, sounds as if you have a leak.

 

Oh, congrats on the purchase.

 

congrats on the purchase and good luck finding the leak

 

I have a pretty good "well guy," but if I could save a couple hundred bucks it would be great.

Would it be a water leak or air leak? Or could it be either?

I appreciate it. I was able to get into it at the right time thats for sure.

 

It's common for old/worn well pumps to leak water around the shaft, but your leak could also be anywhere in the pipe headed to the house.

 

Congrats new home owner! I also agree on having a leak. Best of luck to you sir. Hopefully you can find it and save a few bucks.

 

congrats on the house.....

the leak could be in the piping from the well to the house or it could be a check valve that is fouled or has a bad seat....

 

It ended up being the bladder in the tank was bad. Pretty easy fix. $250 for a new tank, had it installed in about fifteen minutes.

Slowly but truly it's coming together!

 

Congrats! And good job on finding and fixing the leak

 

Having an Ac put in Saturday, $3300. Not too bad for 3.5 ton 16 seer unit, handler, and labor.

I wanted to kill my home inspector for missing that one.

 

And got the irrigation running for the first time in ten years! I had to dig up half of the back yard (.6 acre, no fun) to find where it was capped, but it's done! Out of about 30 sprinklers I have 5 broken heads and one broken pipe. Once again, not to bad for a system that hasn't been hooked up for ten years.

 

Do you have a pressure tank? I have seen similar issues when the pressure tank lines have slight fracture in the pvc lines.

 

I may be wrong but a 3 1/2 ton may be a little low for a 2,400 sq ft home in Florida.