I have a well on my property that is already connected to my home. What is the easiest/cheapest way to connect a hand pump from the well using a drop pipe?
2007-01-13 16:55:17 · 8 answers · asked by Julie 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
This is an operating well with a motorized covered pump...not a "wishing well" I am trying to create a water supply during power outages.
2007-01-13 17:05:06 · update #1
I am looking for ways to rig it up
2007-01-13 17:09:41 · update #2
If you already have an electric pump on the well it's not real workable to have a hand pump at the same time. It's one or the other. Also you don't state the water depth. A hand pump won't lift water more than 25 feet.
2007-01-13 23:50:52 · answer #1 · answered by morris 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with petasucks (not with the whole PETA sucks, but with what he was saying about the well). Your water supply is clean because it is a closed system...from the groundwater to the tap. Adding any other kind of opening where you could possibly get back-syphon, including a yard hydrant or a hand pump, may introduce bacteria and make the water supply contaminated or at least unreliable. Best to maintain bottled water supplies for such an emergency (bottle your own from your currently clean supply!).
2007-01-14 13:26:40 · answer #2 · answered by just browsin 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
don't know about hand pumps, but we have a gas-powered water pump with hose for emergency situations. If we lose power, we can drop the hose in the well, start up the pump, and use it to fill a water tank or temporary container. Our well is an older, shallow one, though... this would obviously not work with a newer, deeper well.
2007-01-14 01:34:19 · answer #3 · answered by Cleo V 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I doubt you will have room to fit a suction pump past the drop pipe, and pump. You have a pressure tank in your house, that holds about 5 gallons of water. use it sparingly. It is also not recomended to remove the well cap you may inadvertently contaminate your water supply.
2007-01-14 09:50:39 · answer #4 · answered by petasucks101 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You need some sort of suction device go to say a good local old time hardware store and ask for help and or look into the computer under search
2007-01-14 00:58:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Get a pail and start putting some water in it from the well.
2007-01-14 00:58:00 · answer #6 · answered by MG 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Screw it on the pipe.
2007-01-14 00:58:18 · answer #7 · answered by Dorothy and Toto 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will need to be primed. WE have one.
2007-01-14 01:03:10 · answer #8 · answered by ruth4526 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋