So, interesting thing that. The local water utility has programs that subsidize the removal of grass and irrigation. I've taken out about 1,000 Sq. Ft. of formerly watered turf. I won't remove much else because I put up a bunch of trees and the water feeds them. My neighbors with pools have $300 water bills during the summer, mine is around $100.
Our water is theoretically "free" since we have a well...but our well pump is now 36 years old...do I replace it even though it is working fine? Or do I wait until it is 20 below zero with a pile of snow on top, and then it fails?
It just runs against my personal grain to replace something that is working fine, given the shabby nature of a lot of newer "hardware."
Do not even get me started. Will make this as short as possible. Mom's pump failed. Guys who replaced it screwed up and contaminated her well. Had to hook up to city water at almost $10,000. Pump guys disappeared. BBB was useless. May go with a local Troubleshooter. Sunk almost $3000 into a pump that we have no use for now.
budwom - I suggest you do not wait until failure and make sure your guys know what they are doing. BUT new pump only has 5 year warranty.
I was raised to believe in BBB, and have absolutely no trust whatsoever in reviews from Google/Yelp/etc etc. But, to be fair, that was the BBB of 50+ years ago. I have used their web site recently to try to check out contractors, and have not encountered a lemon yet, but that is far from a ringing endorsement.
General consensus seems to be that pumps are good for roughly 20 years. So this one is in the sixteenth inning or so. We do have three high quality well pump companies near me since few homes have “town” water. I often get proactive but given the shabby nature of a lot of new hardware I am inclined to stay put. Might be a dumb move
My dad used to tell guests to his house that they could feel free to use as much water as they wanted. He explained that he had the well dug next to the septic tank, and if the well water got low, all he had to do was flush the commode a few times. For some reason, guests started bringing bottled water with them.
Nothing quite as bad for homeowners than an ugly septic situation. One needs to know the attributes of the system and soil. Or else