Well Pump Installation
Core Well Drilling installs the complete pump system on new and existing wells. That covers the submersible pump, the pitless adapter, the pressure tank and switch, and the hookup at the house.
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Water line installation is the last piece between a finished well and a running faucet. The line leaves the well casing underground at the pitless adapter and heads for the house. We cut the trench and lay the pipe below the frost line. The hookup at the house follows. On a new water well, this part goes in with the drilling and the pump.
Most of what we bury is well line. It runs from the wellhead to a house, a shop, a barn or a hunting camp. We also replace old lines that leak and lines that were never buried deep enough. When the line goes in with the pump system, it all happens on the same job. Call (864) 768-5688 and we will get back to you.
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The line starts at the pitless adapter, a fitting on the well casing below ground. Water turns sideways there and runs toward the house. The route is picked at the site survey, and buried utilities get marked before any digging starts.
Depth is set by the frost line, which is shallow in this part of South Carolina. York County's building code table lists a frost line depth of 12 inches. The pipe goes deeper than the minimum so yard work and equipment stay clear of it.
The Upstate sits on red clay and weathered rock over hard bedrock. Rock near the surface can shift the trench route or slow the dig down. The pipe gets bedded so sharp rock is not resting against it, then the trench is backfilled. A fresh trench line settles, so the ground over it may need topping off later.
A buried line that leaks does not always announce itself. The usual sign is a soggy patch in the yard that stays wet in dry weather. Pressure in the house sags, and the pump starts up with every tap closed.
Old lines are the common ones to fail. Thin pipe and shallow trenches were normal on jobs done decades ago. Roots work into a fitting. A plow or a machine catches the pipe.
Water line replacement is usually a new trench beside the old one. The old pipe can stay in the ground or come out with the dirt. If the line turns out to be sound, the trouble is the tank or the pump instead.
A second building can run off the same well. The line comes off the wellhead, or off a tee in the main run to the house. A shutoff at the building lets you cut the water there without shutting down the well.
Longer runs need bigger pipe so pressure still holds at the far end. The buried line to a house is often an inch to an inch and a half across. A long run out to a barn may call for more than that.
Inside the house the line comes up to the pressure tank and the pressure switch. Some systems keep the tank in a crawlspace or a well house instead. A line feeding a pond or a field gets sized on its own, which is the work behind an irrigation well.
Free estimates and site visits across the Upstate, about 60 miles around Spartanburg.
(864) 768-5688From the first call to water at the house, here is how it goes.
Call (864) 768-5688 and tell us where the land is and what the water is for. If we are on a job, leave a message and we will get back to you.
We look at the property before the job is scheduled. Setbacks matter here, since the state well standards keep a well 75 feet from a septic tank or drainfield.
The estimate quotes a minimum depth for your well. Bedrock depth is not something anyone can see from the surface, so the estimate explains how casing cost can change.
The rig drills through soil and weathered rock into the bedrock below. Casing is set into that rock and grouted, then the well is developed until the water runs clear.
We size the pump to the depth and yield of your well. Then we set the drop pipe, the pitless adapter and the pressure tank. The water line runs to the house and the water comes on.
Common questions about water lines across the Upstate, about 60 miles around Spartanburg. If yours is not here, call and ask.
Core Well Drilling installs the complete pump system on new and existing wells. That covers the submersible pump, the pitless adapter, the pressure tank and switch, and the hookup at the house.
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A well pressure tank holds water under pressure so the pump does not run every time a faucet opens. We install and replace pressure tanks across the Upstate, sized to the pump on your well.
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Irrigation and farm wells for sprinkler systems, livestock, ponds and pools around the Upstate. We size the pump to the well and run the line out to the field.
Learn MoreCore Well Drilling is licensed and bonded in South Carolina. Every well is built to the state well standards. The well record is filed with the state when the job is done.
Our drillers bring more than 40 years of drilling experience. Two wells a mile apart can hit rock at very different depths. That experience shows in where we put the well.
We look at the property before the job is scheduled, so the well goes where it works best. The written estimate quotes a minimum depth, and estimates are free.
You call one number for the well, the pump, the pressure tank and the water line. The same number gets you well pump repair years down the road.
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