Hydro Pneumatic to CSV setup

[joshfish]

Ive been reading a bit between here and the Terry Love forums. I am considering moving from my existing hydro pneumatic to a CSV setup and have some questions.

My existing setup is a submersed pump at approx 40 (forty) feet deep, and a retention tank. Its just my home, 2 bathrooms, washer, my wife and 2 kids. No irrigation, nothing else in the system. The retention tank is inside the house next to the HWT with the pressure switch and a shut off.

I am in the process of getting all the detailed information about the well, the pump and the tank from the well company who has been servicing the well for the last 35 years prior to my purchasing the property. If you need any of these particulars hopefully ill have them in a few days.

The reason I am considering the switch is this. Since I have owned the house I have been unsatisfied with the water system. The poor pressure, the fluctuations in pressure and especially the damn noise from air volume control. And finally, the retention tank has two leaks in the side where the wall of the tank seems to have simply rotted away.

At this point, before I move forward, if I pull the tank and replace it with a CSV setup. Will I have to modify the existing well head setup? Specifically the bleeder orifice and the schrader on the check valve?

Thanks in advance, let me know if there are any other details I can add to help.

[Cary Austin]

If you plug the bleeder orifice that is about 5’ down in the well, there is no problem replacing that big tank with a Pside-Kick kit and the 4.5 gallon tank.  Just make sure you don’t have an air over water type tank for a reason.  That kind of system is usually only used when you have iron or sulfur in the water.  Mixing air with the water helps eliminate the iron and the sulfur smell if you have those things in your water.  If you have iron and sulfur and you change out to a bladder style tank, you may start having smelly water.

[joshfish]

Ill have the water tested to see if that is a possibility. My first thought was it was this style simply due to the age of the system.

Hopefully the well company will offer up any info they have regarding my well and its service history.

[Cary Austin]

My first thought was it was this style simply due to the age of the system.

That is most likely right.  You would probably know if you have sulfur or iron.

[joshfish]

Thanks Cary for following along and chiming in with me at two different forums,

I believe the well company at some point encouraged the previous owner to replace the retention tank with a bladder tank, however they turned it down.

any thoughts on my 3/4HP 10GPM Red Jacket pump and CSV?

Im am very much looking forward to seeing the closet where the 80gal tank resides turned into usable space (at least half of it).

[Cary Austin]

The Pside-Kick kit with the 4.5 gallon tank will work great with that pump.  The little tank will clear up a lot of space in the utility room, and the CSV1A will deliver great constant pressure to everyone in the house.  Even if you later discover that you have supfur or iron in the water, I have recently discovered a way oxidize in the well so you can still use a bladder style tank.  The "Sulfur Eliminator" is a system that can get rid of iron and sulfur in the well, and can be used with a bladder tank system.