Sprinkler Pump Repair: What Fails and What to Replace
Sprinkler pumps fail in the middle of a dry spell, which is the worst possible timing and also the reason so many get replaced when they did not need to be. Most of what stops one is a…
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Pond Pump: How to Size One and Keep It Running
A pond pump is the only pump most people buy that is expected to run every hour of every day for years, in dirty water, with leaves going into it. That duty is nothing like a well pump’s,…
Read MoreHow to Prime a Well Pump (and Why It Loses Prime)
A pump that spins without moving water is not broken. It is almost always empty, and five gallons of water fixes it. Priming takes ten minutes. Knowing why the prime went missing in the first place is what…
Read MorePump Cavitation: Causes, Sounds and How to Stop It
If a pump sounds like it is passing gravel, it is not passing gravel. It is destroying itself, and it will keep going until someone changes the suction side. Cavitation is the most misdiagnosed failure in pumping, mostly…
Read MoreFoot Valve: What It Does and Why Your Pump Loses Prime
A pump that loses its prime overnight is rarely a bad pump. It is usually a two dollar flap sitting twenty feet underwater. The foot valve is the least glamorous part of a suction system and the one…
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