If you have a well on your property, make sure that you follow these three tips to ensure that your well pump system makes it through the winter without an incidents.
#1 Protect Your Pump With A Pump House
The most basic way you can protect your well pump system is by ensure that it is covered with a pump house. If you do not have a pump house around your well, contact a local contractor and see about having one installed this week. It should only take a skilled contractor a few hours to create and install a pump house.
A pump house is basically like a dog house for your pump. It does not have to be incredibly fancy, it just needs to protect your well pump from the elements and provide it with some level of insulation. It goes around your pump and helps it weather the winter a lot easier. …show more content…
Make sure that the door closes securely and that there is not space where air can get in. If there is space around your door, purchase weatherstripping to go around your door.
Next, set up a source of heat. When it gets below freezing outside, the water inside of your well could freeze, which can break your pipes and pumps and cause a lot of damage. Keep everything warm with a heat lamp, space heater or thermal plug.
#3 Protect Your Pipes & Pumps With Insulation
If your exposed pipes that connect to your pump are not insulated, purchase foam insulation covers at your local hardware store. These covers will just slip over your pipes and will fit snuggly against them. Once you have these covers in place, wrap your pipes with heat tape.
You should also wrap the rest of your pump head and tanks that you cannot wrap insulation around with heat tape. Heat tape is flexible and can go work around just about any surface.
All exposed pipes, tanks and your well head should be wrapped in heat tape.
#4 Keep Your Water
#1 Protect Your Pump With A Pump House
The most basic way you can protect your well pump system is by ensure that it is covered with a pump house. If you do not have a pump house around your well, contact a local contractor and see about having one installed this week. It should only take a skilled contractor a few hours to create and install a pump house.
A pump house is basically like a dog house for your pump. It does not have to be incredibly fancy, it just needs to protect your well pump from the elements and provide it with some level of insulation. It goes around your pump and helps it weather the winter a lot easier. …show more content…
Make sure that the door closes securely and that there is not space where air can get in. If there is space around your door, purchase weatherstripping to go around your door.
Next, set up a source of heat. When it gets below freezing outside, the water inside of your well could freeze, which can break your pipes and pumps and cause a lot of damage. Keep everything warm with a heat lamp, space heater or thermal plug.
#3 Protect Your Pipes & Pumps With Insulation
If your exposed pipes that connect to your pump are not insulated, purchase foam insulation covers at your local hardware store. These covers will just slip over your pipes and will fit snuggly against them. Once you have these covers in place, wrap your pipes with heat tape.
You should also wrap the rest of your pump head and tanks that you cannot wrap insulation around with heat tape. Heat tape is flexible and can go work around just about any surface.
All exposed pipes, tanks and your well head should be wrapped in heat tape.
#4 Keep Your Water