How to Remove Submersible Well Pump
If you've read any of my other articles you have probably figured I'm an avid do it yourselfer, whether this is from stubborness or not wanting to pay someone else, I don't know, probably a little of both. So when my well pump went bad on my deep well (also known as artesian well) I figured I would give it a shot at replacing it myself and since the cost of replacement was around three thousand dollars I had quite a financial incentive. I have another article listed in the resource on how to put new well pump in once you get the old one out. Does this Spark an idea?
Things You'll Need
- 2x4 lumber ( around four eight foot lengths )
- pulley
- truck (preferable) or car
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Instructions
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When your water stops flowing and you know you have a deep well the first thing to do is check the circuit breaker. If that checks out it's probably time to take the cap off the well and check the power leads that go into the well casing. There should be a splice at the top of the well where you can get the leads of a circuit tester. Caution if your not comfortable with electricity do not attempt!
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If there is power here your pump most likely needs replacing or your water level has dropped in which case you'll have to remove pump and add more pipe anyway to reach new water level.
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Build a simple tripod out of the 2x4's and center it over the well casing and suspend the pulley under the tripod so it too is centered over the well casing. Reach in the well casing and grab the safety rope, depending on how much extra rope you have, loop rope over the pulley and attach it to your truck or vehicle. If you don't have enough rope attach an extra length to the existing rope until it is long enough to tie on to your vehicle. Make sure to secure tripod staking it to ground or to a tree if it is nearby . You're going to be pulling the pump out by the pulley on tripod and it will topple over if not secured.
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Move vehicle away a couple inches to raise pump a couple inches to allow you to remove well pipe off the pitless adapter. This can be tricky so look carefully how the adapter slides the hose into its groove, it's not complicated but you might have to play around with it.
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Once you have the pipe out of the groove just drive the vehicle forward raising the pump out of the well. More than likely you're going to break the pipe if it's made of white pvc sections glued together but don't worry I replaced mine with black polyethylene because it's more flexible and much easier to install. If you don't have room to drive far enough to move pump all the way out just secure rope to tree or other object back up vehicle and tie to vehicle rolling up excess rope and repeat process until pump is all the way out.
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Tips & Warnings
If the well you have doesn't have a four to six inch casing this advice might not apply but make sure your dealing with a submersible pump
