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Well Pump Extraction. How to Remove Your Pump. #1 Best Advice Channel for Anything Well Related.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 เม.ย. 2021
- Whether your Pump is Set at 60ft or 300Ft, this is the correct way to safely remove your pump & not harm the pipe or wire.
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I had to pull a pump today at work that was 549 feet down in a 6 inch well And attached and ran with two separate peices of 3/4 inch glued together PVC taped together to make it Stronger 🤣🤣🤣 talk about stressful .... I was able to retrieve and save the pump without anything snapping and falling to the bottom of hole and save the pump and all the wiring that's a win for me 🙏
Can you pull a pump that deep by using the hand over hand method like in this video ?
Great video and very informative 👍👍🇨🇦✌️🇨🇦✌️🔧🔧
Love it... H2OMechanic says to use 2 or 3 people.... And he proceeds to extract the pump on his own. You the man!
that was becuase that particular pump was not very deep. I have pulled 2 pumps manually from about a hundred feet and he is right you do need help. lol.... and some kind of tool to hold the pipe when you get tired is also is very helpfull.
There’s a reason the best advice an experienced person can give is “ Do what I say, not what I do “.
The advice is based on experience and/or education that lay people do not possess.
it's good to see this is doable with just 1 person, despite the recommended 2-3 people
Pump went out yesterday. Man im a city boy so wells are new to me. Your videos are f#cking amazing bro. Thank you so much
So glad I found your channel. Very informative with clear explanations and visuals. Much appreciated!
My water well just went out.I’ll be attempting this tomorrow after work.this video was very helpful thanks
Wow what great advice from a very knowledgeable person it is much appreciated that you teach us the ways of what you know
What if i have galvanized pipe, can i pull it up as easy as you did the plastic
Excellent video and to the point!!! Thank you so much.
Check voltage at line side of pressure switch. The wires at the well will only be hot if the pressure switch is made
Great information video is well done. Made my job easy !! Thanks
Loved the video and was excited to give it a try. But wow what a surprise when we went to pull up the pump to find it was all steel pipe down a 60 foot well. 4 hours later we had it done. Maybe do a video for that scenario!
I have a 35 foot well that's going to be steel pipe. Thinking of making 2 clamps out of 2 2 x 4's and screws. Put those around the pipe, jack up the pump, put the next one on, take the first on off , jack it up repeat. That way I can protect my cherry butt. No use to get hurt if I can avoid it.
Need fabrication detail on your pulley set up😊
You’re a lifesaver. Very much appreciated.
awesome!
Am glad I found ur channel very informative thanks
Interesting. I bought a place that has an old unused well that has galvanized pipe at the top. Wish it was a hose 😕
Great information
WELL done.
Good explanation for what you where doing 👏👍.
I ❤ it!
Great video
I noticed on this video you said you used heat shrink on the splices. On a previous video, you stated you have always used the silicone rubber tape (with the blue backing). Did you find one to be better than the other over the long term?
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Thank you! Y’all know your stuff. I’m looking for information on frost line well pump installation. I’ll check your Q&A
You need a Pitless Adapter. Look for videos on them. I don't believe I have one listed
Awesome, thank you!!
🚨🏆H20 mechanic I appreciate your advice. I’m going to attempt this. My house was built in 1986 and pump went out last night. I know it’s not the water heater , since the water tank is showing no pressure. I’m a stout man I believe I can do it myself. Any suggestions in performing this on an older well? I know where the shut off switch is on my electrical panel🧐❤️?
I noticed that you have not installed a safety rope, is there a reason why? Thanks
Black pipe has a 8000lbs stretch to snap limit. Rope holds 600lbs. There's no need for rope. Plus recently law changes are not allowing rope to exit with a electric connection. We used to use blue rope, but in 16 years if never seen rope help, only cause issues.
Currently I have a 120ft well, and pumps 18gals/hr, am I able to switch it to one that pumps more? Or where should I get this new one? As I saw some on Amazon!?
Great video! Any suggestions for retrieving a pump that fell down the casing? I have a 4-inch galvanized well that was vandalized and is bridged at 45 feet below top of casing.
Sewer camera may help you. At least you can see
I dropped everything inside the casing.
How do I get it back up
What did you use for thread tape or paste for connecting drop pipe to the pump? Metal to plastic
Liquid-tite, Lowes sells a Blue Ryno thread paste. It's just as good.
Wow this man knows his whales he knows his pumps
Awesome videos my friend, thank you for sharing your knowledge!!! Quick question, when you thread the pump onto the fitting, do you use a sealant for the threads, if so, what type? as far as the hose clamps on the nipple on your black pipe right above the pump, how tight do you tighten them? I'm assuming you use stainless clamps?? Do you have a brand you recommend for the clamps? Thank you!
I used All SS (Ideal brand) clamps. Use a nut driver, not a Flat Head. Tighten very firm. I'm pretty hard on the clamps, they hold up good but I can break the band if I get crazy on it.
Any thread tape would work on the pump fitting, but I prefer to use liquid Teflon pipe dope. It's just way to simple and easy to coat threads & Tighten it in. Use 2 channel loks and Tighten it up good or it'll unspin itself. Stick with metal/brass or SS fittings. They live forever!
@@h2omechanic Excellent, thank you so much for your wisdom!!
Love this video very helpful 👏 my well is running constantly I think the switch it's not turning off... until I turn it off manually...I replaced the blader and the pressure switch...I ran the well on a water slide from 11 to 7 now I'm having issues... we still getting water now...but way less pressure...and I wna do it my self because it's 2500 for someone to come out...I dnt know wat pump I put in back in 2009 but itz 2021...I think itz 100ft deep...what pump you recommend...thanks h20mechanic for advice...
Leave the breaker off for a day, let the well recover. It could be a worn out pump if it's a 2009 model. I'd recommend goulds pump 0.5hp 10gpm. If you kill the power & pressure goes down to 0, that means you have a leak in the line down in the well, typically a broke fitting between pump & pipe leaking out most of your pressure
@@h2omechanic Hey thank you so much....i cut the pump off.. pressure went down 0...ima replace it....keep on teaching brother...
Do you have a check valve at the pressure tank tee? Is the foot valve at the pump holding the watter in the well pipe?
Do you have a check valve at the pressure tank tee? Is the foot valve at the pump holding the watter in the well pipe?
I have a 4 year old well, 279 ft deep. It has always had silt, I have seen people use air to blow the well. It’s a 100 GPM well. It gets silty after running it for 15 minutes or so. I have also heard people would dump smooth pea gravel down well to help settle it. Any thoughts on this? Thank you. Kelly from up in Montana, I like your videos.
You'd have to contact your local well company about Air lifting or gravel packing. Only because without seeing what type of well you have and what the geology is like in the ground they, I can't make a proper recommendation
But I will say this, if your well makes 100gpm, id suggest that the pump doesn't need to be set deep at all. The pump only needs to be 50ft below the water level. The deeper it is set, the worse the sediment will be.
They could also camera the well & Inspect the casing to see if its cracked or leaking in surface water. Normally that's the issue.
Must be a warm climate for the well seal to just be out in open like that with no pitless
What size pump and pressure tank would you recommend for a 82ft deep well with about 6gpm flow? Mostly used for watering yard and garden and not attached to house.
A 10GPM 1/2hp.
20 gal pressure tank.
I have 2 wells on a property that we bought. One well is fully operational, the second well needs power. The well that has power is next to the meter and breaker box on the power pole. The second well is 300 feet away from the power pole. Would it be possible to run power 300 feet from the power pole to the second well? What gauge wire will run a typical submersible pump at that distance? I know the wire will cost an arm and a let. Alternatively, I could have solar panels on the 2nd well house roof, but that is an entire different set-up.
300ft run you'll need #10 grey wire.
You can do it that way if you put the tank & switch at the well as well.
Power goes to the switch first, then wire to the well/pump.
Switch MUST! Be near the tank! It requires the coushin of the bladder or the switch will short cycle & kill the pump.
Is there another method for attaching the wire to the pipe other than electrical tape? The last several times I have watched the people pulling my pump and the electrical tape was falling off. On the last well work that was done I was able to look at the screen of the camera they ran down the well and there was quite a bit of old electrical tape in the well, and it was not removed before they installed the new pump. Seems to me that this could potentially cause a problem if the tape gets pulled up to the pump water intake. The well I'm talking about is 115 ft deep with the pump at 105 ft. Well produces 3 GPM.
I appreciate your videos. Lots of great information.
People used cheap electric tape. 3M brand tape is the best method. 4-5 overlay wraps. Don't use zip ties or duct-tape
@@h2omechanic Thank you for the reply. I have searched your channel for a video on well tools needed for a DIY pump install and where to purchase them (ie. pipe clamps and such), and could not find one. If you have a video of this topic I would appreciate a link to it. If not that topic would be a great video for the DIY watchers. Thanks again.
Hi i want you to advice me how to if my water pump is faulty??
Do you have any tips when you are pulling out three hundred feet of poly?, best way to do it safely. Thanks!!
Have 4 ppl & go hand over hand & take turns.
Watch my latest install video, about 10 minutes in you'll see a close up of my "wheels" it's a simple design that you might can copy in some way.
10gpm Goulds pump stops without kicking breaker and restarts after a few minutes. When running flow is good. Guessing something is overheating. New top end (pressure switch, bladder tank and manifold). Just pulled pump from casing ... do I check the pump or the motor?
Your in the right direction, just replace the pump. The bearings in the motor have failed. Testing it requires a clamp style amp meter & needs to be in the water to give it a load. But yes, it's over heating
I'm a 72 yrs old femal just purchased a piece of land with 186 ft deep well.
Please help me what and where to buy all parts necessary and how to install
Them to my water host dripping system.
I plan to grow 150 trees
All the pump in California are galvanized pipe or sch40 threaded PVC at 20f length the only difference most of the time you need a rig like a 5t👍👌✌️💯⛲
Deeper depths requires stick pipe. & the company is guaranteed the work in the future bc no1 can pull it by hand. Job security. We have a T3 Smeal for those around here
@@h2omechanic I started on a 5t smeal then a 12t smeal now trouble shooting and plumbing. smeal was just brought out you know it's called a houke or something like that now I steel call it 5t smeal only thing changed is the color and tail gate.👍👌💯💦
I'm at work right now haha 🤫👍✌️👌💯💦
Very interesting. Question...can a pump be repaired or do they just get replaced? Great video.
They are sealed units. They get old, they become junk.
@@h2omechanic Roger that.
Do you have to pull it up with no shirt on or can I wear one ? Thanks in advance
Question. I removed the water gauge on my water well and poured water in it to get it to get the pressure of the water flowing, but it would not catch the water. It has power, I can hear the motor going off. Do you know what it could possibly be?
A broken pipe down the well or a failed check valve down the well.
@@h2omechanicthanks for getting back to me. Much appreciated!
What about those of us in Texas where the wells are 500-900 ft deep and use rigid white PVC pipe?
Those must be pulled out using a crane. Most well&pump companies have a Smeal pick up crane
Is there any preventative for the possibility of the well pump head cracking over time as you mentioned in your video?
I am not sure what you mean by: "well pump head" so I'm going to respond to this question as if it applies to the well cap. Well caps are often plastic and so it certainly could crack, especially after long exposure to sunlight although I don't recall seeing this. To reduce the damage caused by sunlight exposure to the above ground components of a well one can use a removable sheltering cover. Some people build a shed over their wells but a well house can make it more difficult to service the pump and this shed turns out to be a poor place to store garden tools. Options for a lightweight removable well cover include buckets, barrels, tubs or bins. If you want something less utilitarian, a small, removable house-like structure (like a doghouse) could work provided that it is light enough to tip over and drag away to access the well.
Should you bleach your well before you seal it ? Would kill bacteria once opened.
With certain types of iron, it's a bad idea
girlfriends son has what looks like a drilled well when he opens the top it has the wires but i don't see the water roll pipe he changed the pressure switch and still no water I watched some of your videos and im not seeing how the water gets to the house its a cast iron pipe come about a foot out of the ground with all the wiring and the pressure tank is under the house and ideas>>?
my pump seized, so we tried to pull the pump and its stuck, its 100' down , so we put the new pump above it ,but the poly pipe snapped off at 25' from the surface ,which only gives us 7' of water which isn't enough, any ideas on how to cut through or break the poly pipe off to give more depth of water, its in a 5'' casing.
We use a big long steel weight & try beating it to the bottom. Or maybe you'd have better luck with a 3" pump. No Easy job. The right way, pay a driller to set up on the well & drill it out
we tried a 5' 1'' bar with a steel cable attached, but couldn't push it down, our local wel driller said he couldn't come for next two months
I am replacing my pump. My well is about 90 ft deep. I use it for the laem, garden and home. You recommended to go with J-Class pumps. What would you recommend the type of pump I get?
Any 10gpm 1/2hp pump will work from 80ft. Just stick with a submersible pump. You can find a Goulds, or Simmons or a Rustler. Google them & youll find one. Make sure you get a 240v pump if you current 1 is 240
@@h2omechanic THANK YOU very much.
Hi where are you located?
Being older near 70 now, approximately how much can I expect to pay to have someone else replace well pump. I don't know how deep it is or any other helpful details but ballpark amount ? You're not in the Harrisonburg va area are you ? Would hire you, appreciate the videos, thanks
I'm down on Kerr lake. Expect 1600-2400. Could be as cheap as 1000 if its only a pump replacement.
@@h2omechanic ok thanks that helps
So we dropped the top - we took the 4 bolts off. Now we went to pull it out and it’s stuck. How can I fix this? We can’t push it back down or pull it up. It’s STUCK. Need help
Up & down action is the best method but if its stuck for good, id first try a really strong magnet. Secondly, use a tractor & pull up till everything breaks loose.
I send a heavy metal bar on a rope & try to knock it down. But I have a camera to see what depth it's at.
Don't feel bad, it's a common mistake. 2 piece seals are a terrible design!
You can always set another pump down the same hole if its a 6" well.
Also a well drilling company will have a camera if you have the funds for that.
If you plan on hiring someone, don't make it worse for them, leave it til they get there.
Do u prefer polypropylene or pvc?
Poly for in the well. Pvc for in the trench, it's stronger against rocks & tree roots
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Can a man and farm girl wife Han pull a well pump from a 231’ well? I’ve replaced everything else and the pump will not restart with 40psi in the pressure tank. After it sits a while and the pressure goes down it will build up 60 pounds.
If two people who do home projects readily can pull a pump from 200 feet, what brand of pump do you suggest?
I doubt u need to replace pump. Sounds like you have too much air in the tank .
But yes, you can pull out your own pump with a few people. If its on white pipe you'll need a professional. All depends on what the drop pipe is
@@h2omechanic we replaced everything including the pressure tank with the bladder type with 38 pounds of air
Its very important if the pressure switch is a 40/60. The tank can't have anymore the 38psi of air. It's very important that it's not at 40psi. Most are shipped out with 40 psi & you have to let some air out.
Test the pump by cutting the pipe out at the well & see if it'll run for 20 minutes just pumping onto the ground. If it quits you'll know you have to pull it out. If it'll run non stop, then it's something else..
Tank air can only be adjusted with power off & all water drained out
@@h2omechanic the well usually runs about 4 minutes at open hose pressure from the low point drain. Then after a minute or two it will restart but lately it only restarts if we shut the power off and let it sit for a few hours. We replaced everything except the pump and it still has the same issues. I have the original well report but it does not say what pipe is below the cap. My well cap looks exactly like the cap in this video. My well was installed 231’ in 1989 8” to 29” then 6” to 231’. No mention how deep the pump was set. My well company is still licensed but moved 7 hours away to another town.
I live in Terlingua Texas
Started pulling mine out. Wish they wouldn't have used pvc pipe. It's a bitch to pull out by hand, especially when it's well over 100'. Anyway, great info, bud!
Guy is all buffed out from pulling pumps solo.
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Why do you call a coupling an " in line"? I guess it's a southern thing, like above ground well heads. Lolol
Why don't you guys use polyethylene wire loom to run over the entire wire length, more money for you guys and wouldn't have to worry about scrapped wire lines.
Looks like you’re in a hot environment so the removal won’t apply to my situation because the connection is 4 feet in the ground
You have a pitless adapter to keep it below the frost line.