Air in Water?

[kurt]

Got a friend in the hinterlands that has owned her house about 10 months; well & septic. After having her fixtures spit air & water @ her, she called a well contractor & they said "you have too much air in the water".

Their recommended fix is the installation of some sort of "de-air-er" system that takes excess air out of the water. Cost, about $4000. Yeah, 4 Large.

Anyone have any inkling what the heck this system might be? I've never heard of such a thing.

[Chad Fabry]

Submerisble or jet or shallow well pump?

[Chad Fabry]

No matter what it needn't cost 4 grand.

If it's a shallow well pump there's probably a small leak in the suction line. If there's actually too much air in the water, get a big bladderless tank..the old kind.

[Terence McCann]

Kurt:

Their installed on most larger, commercial, hydronic heating systems. If you Google air scoop or air seperator you'll get a bunch of info on them.

Taco, Bell & Gossett and others make them.

4 Gs to install one is absurd.

[hausdok]

Hi Kurt,

My little reference book for these systems is Cottage Water Systems by Max Burns. Reading that was quite an education - and fun too. Anyway, from everything I read there, it sounds like you've got a crack in the intake line someplace.

Pick it up. Even if it doesn't help in this case, you'll learn a lot about private water systems that were puzzling before.

ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!!

Mike