Well/house water problems

[sampoole1]

Goodmorning,
My names Sam,
I'm new here, this is my first post.
So I had water in my house all day yesterday, then last night I came inside from taking the kids fishing. No water to wash our hands.
So I've never had a well prior to this home. I have always had city water.
I'm not a genius when it comes to electric items. But I can get by. So pump is kicking on and pumping water. Pressure tank holds around 50psi. Pressure switch kicks on at 35psi and off at 50psi. So no loss of Pressure there. I do have a water softener and there is no water getting to it. There's no visible water outlet on Pressure tank. I'm assuming that means it goes underneath the tank to the house. Any suggestions?

 

[Dave Carney]

Several photos of your setup would be a great help. It could be a number of things, including a clogged prefilter.

 

[ptt49er]

If the pump is cycling it sounds like you have a leak between the pump and the softener.

 

[larry_g]

If the pump is cycling then you have to be relieving the pressure somewhere. How fast is the cycling? If very short, like seconds then the tank is waterlogged. If it is near a minute then you have a flow somewhere, like a broken pipe. Do you have any outside spigots to try? Are you in cold climates where a frozen pipe could be a reasonable problem?

lg
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[30-30remchester]

Having been in this profession for 50 plus years give me a little insight. Obviously a plugged or broken line somewhere after the pressure tank since it holds pressure. After the water line leaves the tank in route to the house, there is a check valve installed somewhere. Find this check valve and the problem will be after this valve. There is a chance no check valve is installed after the tank and the only thing holding the tank from losing pressure is a totally plugged or collapsed line.

 

[giles45shop]

One point of clarification - if this is a modern bladder style pressure tank there is only one connection point, it does not have an inlet/outlet like the old style non-bladder tanks.

 

[30-30remchester]

The problem exists beyond the tank so neither style of tank is the issue with your system from your description of the problem. I will use this opportunity to help others in the future with the following. Very few manufactures are making bladder type tanks now days. Yes, there are some but not common in my area. What is standard here is diaphragm captured air tanks. Same principal but diaphragm tanks can't be repaired but are far more trouble free.

 

[Jbullfrog]

How far is your well from your house? Is the pressure tank in the well, in a pit, or in the house?

 

[The Cobbler]

Just an FYI, OP has not logged in for about 10 hrs at this point...

 

[Txwaterguy]

Bypass softener or softener filled line with resin