In my area, a 200' well is deep so we can get away with rolls of black poly pipe. A 600' well has way to much water pressure for black poly so I guess that why you use sections of pipe screwed together.
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As I recall the lowering cable is attached directly to the pump and then attached to the pipe which in my case was flexible plastic pipe along with the electrical wire.
I talked to someone earlier who just had a pump replaced and she said they used flexible plastic pipe. It was a large roll.
I have worked with wells for over 40 years. And I can tell you right now that without a well driller with the proper equipment the pump is not coming out. The weight of all that mess is just almost impossible to lift without machinery. And if it is 1-1/2 pipe more than likely it is metal pipe screwed together.
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My old well was 400'. I set the pump at either 350 or 375' so if things got dry I had a good reserve of water. I also used black plastic water service pipe for about 20 years with no problems.
There is no smell if the furnace is venting properly. There is also no smoke to be seen. If they are smoking its because they need attention ASAP.
I think black poly is good for 180-200 psi so your well was pretty close to how deep you could go if your water level got down to your pump. Sched 40 pvc is good for 330 psi which is why they were using it in a deeper well.
My drilled well is over 100ft down and its one piece of 1-1/4" HDPE flexible tubing off a roll.
When I had my pump replaced they reused the old tubing.
Most heating up North East in Main NH and Vermont is by Propane (tanked), Methane (Natural Gas in street) or HHO#2.
I hate diesel fumes too. Smelling it depend on the weather. There is no smell in the basement near the Boiler . The burner on the boiler was running too much excess air, I added a touch extra of fuel pressure it seems to be doing better.
You should have 0 to trace smoke on an oil burner. They test with a white gauze disc using a draw pump, pulling from the flue through a bung hole. they should also check CO, CO2, O2 using a Testo combustion analyser and probe. Old guys set it to factory table specs for the burner then tweek by eye, I have seen.
At least Diesel doesn't blow up your house if it has a malfunction like Natural Gas does.
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My dad's house (now sold) has a gas water heater. The gas water heater is plumbed to the gas line with black pipe coming out of the gas valve about a foot off the floor. This horizontal gas pipe runs another 2.5 feet where it makes a 90 degree turn and continues another 4 feet where it connects to the vertical gas pipe by the furnace.
That's over 6 feet of gas pipe running about a foot off the floor with NO support except for at either end.
Always wondered two things:
1)What would happen if someone stepped or fell on that gas pipe (at the 90 degree turn it's nearly a foot and a half from the wall).
2)Who thought that was an OK way to run to the pipe. (I already know WHY they thought it was an OK way to run the pipe--that's the way they roll in Manassas, Virginia. Git 'r' done!)
I don't think that iron pipe run meets code for change of direction requiring support. If you had not sold the house I would call the gas co. to come out and inspect and fix. You may want to alert the homeowner.
The buyer got a home inspection. Unknown if the inspector cited it as a problem, the buyer did not ask for anything to be fixed.
Nothing wrong with that !
They are typically not qualified to inspect gas piping. Home inspection in general is a joke - at least up in my woods.
My guy (ca. 1989) didn't even go up on the roof ( You don't have a ladder? He said) He pointed out a cracked window pane and a loose mounting nuts on the water closet. Missed major structural issues.
I know this might elicit sturm und drang, but maybe let them know. How to do this tactfully, I am not sure.
Was home sold with no disclosure and no guarantees?
That's correct, no disclosure, no guarantees. Although I don't like how that gas pipe was done, I don't know that it doesn't meet code and it isn't concealed. Presumably it was inspected when the house was originally built.
If the house had a basement or crawl space then that would be the place for the gas line, secured to the floor joists. If this was on a slab foundation then I don’t know how that would be done. Outside?
It definitely doesn’t sound right.
It's in the basement, about a foot above the concrete floor for the basement. Why the installer didn't put it above and secure to the floor joist and drop down to the water heater...well, if I could figure that out, I could figure out a lot of the dumb stuff I see on a daily basis.
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