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I’m doing an addition for a couple here in Geyserville California. They recently purchased this home on a few acres of land and I’d like to decypher the plumbing before coming up with a design. They have a well with a submersibel pump located below the house and a storage tank located nearby (also lower than the house). Just after flowing from the storage tank there is a pressure tank/booster pump on a pad. This is all about 5′ below the house finish floor and its probably about 150′ to the house. Up at the house there is another pressure tank with a booster pump and it actually seems to be located at the opposite end of the house from where the water comes in. Is this done to equalize pressure or something? Was it installed this way to avoid some kind of water hammering. Are two pumps usually required with this kind of height or distance? Any help would really be appreciated.
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Probably to equalize pressure. Also - a small submersible may only be able to lift about two hundred feet. This sounds to me like the original installer didn't plan and calculate but just started doing. when supply was insufficient to needs he started adding various solutions along the way. Maybe a DIY or a series of plumbers involved stacking one patch on top of another instead of putting in a larger pump , wires to handle it, 1" supply line, etc. See if you can talk to area plumbers to get a history on the place. Could be enlightening.
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I'm doing an addition for a couple here in Geyserville California. They recently purchased this home on a few acres of land and I'd like to decypher the plumbing before coming up with a design. They have a well with a submersibel pump located below the house and a storage tank located nearby (also lower than the house). Just after flowing from the storage tank there is a pressure tank/booster pump on a pad. This is all about 5' below the house finish floor and its probably about 150' to the house. Up at the house there is another pressure tank with a booster pump and it actually seems to be located at the opposite end of the house from where the water comes in. Is this done to equalize pressure or something? Was it installed this way to avoid some kind of water hammering. Are two pumps usually required with this kind of height or distance? Any help would really be appreciated.