We have pressure...

Today we had a well service from town come out and replace or water well pump and tank with a new submersable pump and holding tank.

it's a 38 gallon tank set at 60/40 lbs of pressure, which means it turns on at 40 lbs and off at 60 lbs. We have lived in the house for 8 years and have always had to be careful when running water that you never had more than one thing going at a time. You never could take a shower and run the washer or dishwasher or even fill a pitcher with water at the same time. We had very limited water pressure and in the last couple of months its gotten even worse. Where you lost pressure even when all you had running was one thing.

So they came out and looked at the old tank and said it was really old, I said "well the house was built in 1972" and he replied "I know this tank system is from the 1920's" We were so excited when he finished putting in the new system we ran water in the washer, bathtub and kitchen sink all at the same time! So of course Kenneth and I are both wanting to take the first shower to try out the pressure and Kenneth wins. Then this happens...

the shower arm broke off in the wall! Kenneth said it wasn't from the new pressure but because it was rusted. We did ask the man if we could have a problem with the new pressure coming into the water lines, he didn't think we should...I'll keep you posted. OK, Amanda you can stop laughing now.

Just a note: before he ran the new pump he measured the depth of the well...we hit water at 14' and the bottom was at 48'. So we have 32' of water. Good information for the future.