How to Install a Water Well Booster Pump System?

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How to Install a Water Well Booster Pump System?
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A water well booster pump system provides you
with an increase in the water pressure from your
well. This increased pressure allows for smoother
water flow at the tap, increasing the pressure of
the water throughout your house. There are two
types of pumps available for use, depending on
the depth of your well. The installation process
is the same for each, but an additional pipe is
necessary for deeper wells to help drive
additional pressure through the system for
dragging the water further upward.
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Instructions

1. Clean any debris from the well, including sand
   and dirt, to supply clean water without
   obstructions through the system.
2. Obtain a booster pump kit for your well depth. A
   shallow well booster will do for any well under
   25 feet in depth, while youll need a deep well
   booster with two pipes for wells over 25 feet
   deep.
3. Assemble the derrick over the wellhead, following
   the derrick manufacturers instructions. You can
   rent a derrick and winch at an equipment rental
   shop. Attach the winch to the center of the
   derrick bar over the wellhead.
4. Connect the foot valve of the booster pump to the
   bottom of the well pipe if using a shallow well
   booster. For deep wells, attach the foot valve to
   the tail pipe of the well pipe assembly, and then
   connect the tail pipe to the base of the jet
   assembly. Lower the pipe into the well casing
   until the top of the well pipe is even with the
   top of the casing. Use the winch on the derrick
   to help in lowering the pipe, attaching the winch
   to the top of the pipe using the included winch
   strap. If using a deep well system, then lower
   the jet assembly into the casing until the
   assembly is slightly above the casing opening
   with the tail pipe fully inside the casing.

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Instructions
5. Attach the suction and driver pipes to the jet
assembly. Continue lowering the well pipe into
the casing until the top of the well pipe is even
with the top of the casing. Attach the next pipe
to the top of the first to extend the operating
depth of the well pipes. Lower the new pipe
section into the casing using the winch. Continue
in this way until youve extended the pipe far
enough to reach the operating level of the well.
The base of the foot valve should be located
about 5 feet from the base of the well. 6. Place
a well seal over the casing to seal the well and
prevent debris from falling inside, contaminating
the well water. In addition, the seal helps to
support the well pipe in place. Connect the
suction pipe from the well, as well as the drive
pipe if you used a deep well kit to the booster
pump. The pipe connectors will be clearly
labeled. Just use the pipe wrench to screw the
pipes into place using the nuts from the
connectors on the pump. 7. Attach the output
pipe connector used to link the old pump with the
water supply intake pipe for the house to the new
output socket on the side of the booster pump.
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Instructions
8. Hook up the power to the pump, making sure to
connect both the power and the ground connectors
to the pressure switch of the pump console.9.
Turn on the power to prime the pump by dragging
water from the well into the pumping system.
Priming the pump fills the pump housing and pipes
with water. Once primed, the pump will usually
fill the pipes and pump housing automatically.
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