moving a shallow well pump


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Posted by Bill Young on December 07, 1997 at 10:09:09:

Hello ... I have almost no plumbing experience, but I'm in the process of renovating my basement, and one of the first things I'd like to do is move and old shallow well pump about 8 ft from where it is now so it's out of where I'd like to construct the living area .
The line will still come through the wall where it is, but
I'd box it in, so it would only protrude from the wall about 4 inches. Then I'd run the line about 8 feet over to the pump and a smaller reserve tank . I'll be constructing a wall to separate the pump etc from the
living area .

Right now it's got about a 50 gal. tank, which I'd like
to remove and replace with a much smaller one since
I only use it for watering the grass. I'll reuse the existing pump for now . what I'm not sure of, is when I start dis-connecting the lines what do I do with the well line coming out of the basement wall when it's disconnected. Do I need to cap it off, or is it ok to just remove the copper pipe and let it sit open. Will I have to prime it after I'm all done ? Are there any other things I should keep in mind ?

PS: If anyone recommends scrapping the idea of doing this myself, what do you thing a ballpark price
would be to do this . I already have a shelf mounted to the basement wall where the pump will be re-located .

Thanks a lot ,

Bill Young



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