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Water pressure loss after a recent well tank project
Comments (0)I'll try to keep it brief. The history: 40 years ago I drilled a well and put a pit around it and installed a large Welltrol tank. It is located between my and my neighbor's house (my brother's house) and we live about 100 feet apart. For the past 40 years we have used the centrally located Welltrol tank to supply both houses with water. Never a problem. About 10 years ago I noticed the tank in the pit was rusting and we bought separate smaller Welltrol tanks but only I installed mine. My brother continued to mooch off of me with only a pipe going into his house, using the pressure from the two Welltrol tanks Never a problem. Recently I went into the pit and heard hissing. The pressure in the empty tank was now 18# instead of the required 38#. My tank was at 38#. I told my brother that he better get his tank installed because the old tank was failing. He reluctantly installed it. Until now, the pressure switch and electricity was operating off the tank inside my house. The old tank in the pit was just a buffer. After he installed his tank and pressure switch, it was his turn to pay for the water. But since then, my high pressure reading on my house gauge has dropped by 10# to 50# on the high side and about 15# on the low side. We checked the tank in his house and the empty tank has 38# of pressure above the bladder and the pump shuts off at 60# and restarts at 40#. So, what's the deal? There are no obstructions between the house piping. How can a straight pipe from his house to mine cause my pressure to drop so low (15#) before his tank switch kicks in at 40#? Some thoughts: Is my Welltrol tank, charged to 38# causing the issue? Is the old tank in the pit hissing air causing the issue? Should I chnge my tank bladder pressure? He has lots of pressure in his house and I barely get any water at 15#. When the well pump recharges the tanks, the pressure (50#) is fine, but when it drops to 15#, I can barely take a shower. The check valve, and only one check valve, at the top of the well pipe, seems to be holding. We aren't having phantom pressure loss. It's probably a simple physics issue. Looking for any suggestions as to what I should do. Thanks....See MoreDo you get everything you want after a home inspection report?
Comments (30)I find buyers who attempt to renegotiate price after an inspection ridiculous. If it isn't an unknown, previously undetected SAFETY issue, I'm not fixing it. I do all the work I am going to do before I list it. Otherwise, you are on your own, and my price has accommodated any deficiencies. Some attempt to throw dozens or hundreds of requests at the Seller, often that are entirely upgrades, not deficiencies, in an attempt to either get improvements or get a lower price. That only creates more intractability in Sellers like me. I will sell to someone else just because he didn't ask for anything unreasonable. You get what you see, not a brand new house. I had a buyer ask for a brand new screen door to be obtained and installed last time since the brand new, brand name, high end sliding doors didn't happen to come with one. Yeah, right. Go away. You saw that it had no screen door when you looked at the house. One isn't going to magically appear afterward. When they do that, I simply say no....See MoreResearching builders - failed inspections
Comments (8)Well, it depends why they “failed” inspection. Technically my house failed an inspection as it was still missing a sconce over the back door (it was still on order) and the laundry sink and faucet were not installed (ditto, they went in two days after the inspection). And it is also important that they fixed it. I’d be more concerned if there is a history of failing something like foundations because that may link to them needing to be more picky about their subs or having poor oversight/construction methods. I work in a field where I see the construction process from the homeowners side, the builders side, the lenders side, and even the inspectors side (and have just finished building my own home with a builder so have my own personal perspective) and a failed inspection is not that unusual during course of build - they tell you specifically what must be fixed and then if it gets fixed, you carry on. Honestly, I’d be more interested in the “after” build experience - how they handled post close punch lists and problems, warranty issues, etc. Inspections are targeted to ensure both things are to applicable Code etc, they don’t necessarily catch anything else from the special plumbing you wanted run to the finish quality. You can find this by talking to current homeowners or searching court records for suits - though depending on where you are these all may be handled in arbitration not the courts. Because I guarantee you even if you do all your due diligence and do everything custom from shoveling a hole out of the dirt to the key they hand you at close there will be issues. You want to know how they will be after they have most of your money (because I hope you plan to do a holdback)....See MoreNo inspection after custom home build?
Comments (14)I agree with the observation that all home inspector reports I've seen lately have pages and pages of boilerplate. I think this is for three reasons: 1) many things are pretty common from house to house; 2) it makes it easier to produce a superficially impressive document by pulling up standardized sections that are available in their report software; and 3) a lot of the language relates to enumerating all the things they didn't do or can't know (like take off the electrical panel cover to inspect the wiring, or inspect plumbing in the walls, or provide assurances that there are no insect infestations anywhere, etc.). I get this...they don't have X-ray vision, they don't want to take things apart, and they can't see hidden defects. The problem is that people think that a home inspector will ferret out most/all of a home's problems, when in fact many inspections are more limited than people realize. This is further underlined by the many disclaimers in most reports, and by a statement in most contracts that the maximum liability of the inspector is the cost of the inspection. I've had both good inspectors and those who knew less than I did...so I always approach these reports with a level of skepticism...See More- 2 years ago
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