Hi. I think the foot valve at the bottom of my well is leaking. I slowly lose pressure even when I shut down the main on the house side of the pressure tank. I've read that installing a check valve on the suction line of my jet pump may be able to solve this without pulling the foot valve out. My well is 140ft deep. My well is in my basement, so pulling the pipes may be difficult. Not sure of depth of foot valve, but water table is about 15ft down. There are two pipes (suction and supply) that come out of the pump and go down the well. The well is about 3ft away from the pump. I'm skeptical about this "solution." How can just a few inches or feet of water in the suction pipe hold enough prime to make the pump work if it loses all remaining water in the column? Advice appreciated. Theodore.
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12 years ago