Recommend a good brand bladder tank??

[gmein]

Having to install a 5000 gallon tank for reserve water. H2o is getting scarce out here in the West. Will be setting it close to the house and plumb it with a 1 HP Jet pump into a bladder tank. Went to Tractor Supply and they were out of tanks so I do not know who made the County Line brand. Like a lot of things, I want long term use and would want to put a quality item here. Not to sure about the Tractor Supply line, was just there looking. Please share some thoughts as to what are the better tanks on the market. Thanks

 

[gmein]

Also, check my system out as if it can be bettered. Was going to utilize a 5000 gallon poly tank set at ground level. Isolation valve at tank base, check valve piped to a 1 hp jet pump 25 GPM @45 PPSI, pressure switch, 120 galllon charged bladder tank, Arkal/NetaFem disc filter, isolation valve. I have read reviews on Cycle Stop Valves and possibly utilizing a small tank and a savings of money. Although I am not trying to eliminate pump cycling. My domestic submersible has run dry. I am having to set this system up and get my water from a deep well that is pumping for agriculture purposes. The tank is for a volume of storage and the pump and bladder are for on demand use. My well my not recover until next spring or even later as we are in a severe drought the last three years.

 

[Heavymetalmechanic]

I don't have any input, but best of luck with all that, drought *****.

 

[kbs2244]

Your plan sounds fine for your problem.

I think there are only two US made tank factories left.
And they both are old time outfits making good stuff.
Everybody just puts their label on them.
So, if you get anything labeled Made in the USA you should be fine.

(Now that I think about it, one company may have moved production to Mexico. So Made in Mexico may be OK also.)

I would just compare the warranties.

 

[gmein]

I viewed a video on YOUTUBE and it was Amtrol/Well X Trol, showed some of the manufacturing process going on, I think the company was in Ohio. 895.00 for a 120 gallon tank Model WX-350. They claimed they were the best tank made and showed the differences between theirs and the competition.

 

[bob15]

I have had great luck with Well Rite. Made in Massachusetts. My last tank I bought (I have two wells) I bought on e-bay; brand new in the box (straight from a warehouse/distributor) for half the price of buying it locally.

http://www.flexconind.com/html/products/well/wellrite_series.html

 

[Majordisorder]

I've had a Well Xtrol for over 35 years trouble free. In a recent project I was able to get the same exact tank. I believe they are the originals.

 

[Worsedog]

Using a jet pump is waste to transfer from your holding tank to your pressure tank is a waste of money. Jets are used to get a surface mounted pump to be capable of deeper performance.

 

[Cyberbear]

In So. Calif. I have a 500' drilled well, 3 hp deep well pump that fills a 10, 000 gal. above ground storage tank. The tank gravity feeds a 3/4 hp jet pump which fills several 80 gallon bladder tanks from Home Depot, and it's all been working great since 1994.
I like the above ground storage tank because when we have a power outage there is still water available from a hose bib on the tank for gravity usage. The bladder tanks keep the jet pump from cycling on and off too often. My large storage tank allows me to feed water to several properties if I wish. Once being an electrician I designed a pump control system that shuts down automatically if there is a ruptured/broken pipe or vandalism during our absence.

 

[RossABQ]

I bought and spec'd tanks for 20 years for industrial facilities. You can't go wrong with the Bell & Gossett units or Amtrol.

B&G have programs to select the correct size tanks, and offhand I think a 120 gallon bladder tank isn't big enough based on your pump. You want the tank to smooth out the pressure over different demands, and prevent nuisance pump run-time for small-flow, short-duration demands. Once the pump is running, it's better that it stay running, rather than cycle. Keep in mind too that a 120 gal tank has an "acceptance" of about 1/2 the total volume.

But, the pump at 25 gpm seems excessive for a house. With a house bibb at 10 gpm (heavy watering), someone in the shower at 3 gpm, the washing machine filling at 5 gpm, and a toilet flushing at 2 gpm, you're still a long ways from 25 gpm. Most of the time your demand will be much lower.

I agree with Worsedog, an in-line circulator pump is a better choice where no lift is involved. See the B&G Series 60 line.

Are you subject to seismic support of the tank? If so, I think you'll want to bury it.