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    Jan 12, 2009, 11:05 AM
    I need to know how to hook up a shallow well pump and bladder tank in my home
    I need to know how to hook up a shallow well pump and tank in my home?
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    Jan 12, 2009, 01:58 PM

    Need a little more info. Is the pump already hooked up to wellpipe? Is anything already in place or is this starting from nothing?
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    Nov 11, 2012, 08:36 AM
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    How to install a shallow well with pump and tank

    I want to install a shallow well pump with no tank for irrigation

    [QUOTE=matamoros20;3321069]I want to install a shallow well pump with no tank for irrigation, the pump is a 11/2 HP and water is about 25 deep
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    Nov 11, 2012, 09:01 AM
    Hi matamoros and welcome to The Plumbing Page at AskMeHelpDesk.com You are responding to a 3 year old dead thread. Please check the date before you post. Thanks,
    You've posted 4 times in the same thread. I merged them to tidy up the thread If the future if you wish to add something simply click the Edit button at the bottom right of your post.
    Will this diagram help you out? Good luck, Tom
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    Nov 11, 2012, 02:30 PM
    Mat, it just so happens that 25' is kind of a magical depth. A simple shallow well pump will not work at much past 25'. So you can give it a shot and just see. You'll drop a 1" line with a footvalve on the end down the well. Use PVC. Try to get at least 5' below the water surface, but not sitting on the well bottom. Hook up to your pump. Prime it, and see if you get water.

    This will help: installing a shallow well pump.wmv - YouTube

    What he calls a checkvalve (on the end of the wellpipe) is typically called a footvalve.

    The CV he installed above ground in strictly optional.
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