Well pump and pressure tank installation, repair, and replacement

Signs your well pump or pressure tank needs attention

Check the breaker for the pump circuit before anything else, because that one is free. If the pump kicks on when nobody is using water, the pump is fine and you have a leak, which is leak detection. If the water is sandy or smells, that is water treatment and filtration rather than the pump. If the water itself is the complaint rather than the pressure, start with whole home water filtration.

• No water, or very low pressure
• Faucets sputtering air
• The pump cycling on and off rapidly
• The pump running without shutting off
• A sudden spike in the electric bill
• Dirty or sandy water from the tap

How we tell a pump problem from a tank problem

This is the question that decides whether you are spending a few hundred dollars or a few thousand, so we test it rather than guess. A diagnosis and well test is $150 to $350, and you get the answer before anybody quotes you for the expensive option.

No water at all is usually the pump side

With the breaker on and the gauge reading nothing, you are looking at the pump, the pressure switch or the control box. A switch is $250 to $450 and a control box $300 to $600, and both are a same-visit fix. See well pump repair.

Short cycling is always the tank side

A pump starting and stopping every few seconds is a tank that has lost its air charge or its bladder, not a failing pump. It is cheap this week. Left alone it is a dead pump within months. See pressure tank repair.

Replace the pump when it has earned it

Eight to fifteen years is normal, and sandy water, constant cycling and lightning all shorten it. Pulled and replaced runs $1,600 to $3,800 depending on how deep it sits. See well pump installation and replacement.

Replace the tank when the bladder has gone

A ruptured bladder cannot be recharged, whatever anyone tells you. A tank is $600 to $1,500, and quite often the tank is what actually failed rather than the pump. See pressure tank installation and replacement.

Pump or tank, pick the one you need

• Well pump repair: No water, sputtering, breaker tripping
• Well pump installation: Submersible and jet pump replacement
• Pressure tank repair: Short cycling, switches, and air charge
• Pressure tank installation: Sized right so the pump lasts

Why the Shore calls us when the well stops

From large commercial projects to a dripping faucet, the work gets the same treatment: diagnosed correctly, repaired carefully, guaranteed in writing.

Stocked for the Shore

There is no supply house around the corner out here, so we carry more inventory in the shop and on the trucks than most companies our size carry anywhere.

Who actually shows up

A Shoresteady Plumbing technician who has been background checked and drug tested. We provide clear estimates before work begins.

No surprise on the invoice

You approve a written estimate before work begins. If the job needs something we did not see, we stop and talk to you first. Financing through Acorn Finance is available.

Guaranteed in writing

2-year workmanship

Our guarantee on the labor, on every job we do.

Manufacturer warranty

Passed through to you in full on everything we install.

100% satisfaction

If it is not right, we come back and make it right.

Questions We Get Asked About Well Pumps

What people ask when the taps have gone quiet.