Mel's Wells LLC

Description of Work: I had no water and needed well pump etc checked

Description of Work: Needed to have the failed, 12 year old Goulds well pump replaced. Called Mel's Wells Sunday afternoon. Arranged for him to be on-site at 8AM Monday morning... not an emergency. Mel and his son, Mel, arrived on time. They verified that electricity was being delivered to the pump. Then they verified that the pump motor was bad by checking it with a meter. Using a t-bar and other tools, they were able to bring up the well-head, the PVC line and the failed pump which was rated at 10 gpm. Mel retrieved a Grundfos pump with the same gpm and voltage as the failed pump from his trailer, along with other supplies needed to finish the job. They come well prepared, no pun intended. The well-head assembly that mates to the line running to the house was rusted out, so they decided to replace it with a new solid brass well-head fitting and also to replace the 25 feet of 1" black PVC line that the pump is suspended on below the well-head. They used new 3 wire 12 gauge power cable with ground even though the wire running between the well head and the pressure switch under the house is only 2-wire. The also disinfected the water in the pipe with a dry chlorine powder made for this purpose. When I turned the circuit breaker on, the pump cycled and water came out of the garden hose running clear.

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