What can cause air in home plumbing?

[imnukensc]

This will not help with your problem, but just to clarify, your water is not "very acidic" with a pH of 6.8 or even 6.6. It's barely below neutral (very mildly acidic) which would be a pH of 7.0. (pH scale runs from 0-14.)

 

[Vlach7]

I think the casing is 6", not 1'. I may be reading the report wrong but that is what I see. To be clear, the casing is 6" diameter and stands 1' above ground to the depth of 82'.

OK, just keep using it till the prob. gets worse or maybe better, I had a persistent water hammer issue that I spent hundreds of dollars on and the fix many years later was a cheap plastic check valve with internal spring, $15. Not the expensive free-swinging Brass one.

Does the water have the bubbles in it before it enters the house?

 

[armylifer]

OK, just keep using it till the prob. gets worse or maybe better, I had a persistent water hammer issue that I spent hundreds of dollars on and the fix many years later was a cheap plastic check valve with internal spring, $15. Not the expensive free-swinging Brass one.

Does the water have the bubbles in it before it enters the house?

I really don't know if there are any bubbles in the water before it enters the house because there is no way for me to check that. The plumbing for the house comes directly off from the well casing under the crawl space and up into the garage where the holding tank is.

One thing that I am going to try tomorrow is to tighten the well cap bolts. I was reading today that the well cap seal may be what is leaking. If that fixes it I will be very happy.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

I think the casing is 6", not 1'. I may be reading the report wrong but that is what I see. To be clear, the casing is 6" diameter and stands 1' above ground to the depth of 82'.

Yes you read it right
6" casing
1 foot out of the ground.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

One thing that I am going to try tomorrow is to tighten the well cap bolts. I was reading today that the well cap seal may be what is leaking. If that fixes it I will be very happy.

That is completely false, the well cap just keeps dirt and critters out it has nothing to do with sealing the well from air.
The water level is 51 feet down so there is a lot of air in the well.

In fact there is a vent in the bottom of the well cover.

 

[armylifer]

That is completely false, the well cap just keeps dirt and critters out it has nothing to do with sealing the well from air.
The water level is 51 feet down so there is a lot of air in the well.

In fact there is a vent in the bottom of the well cover.

That is great information. In that case, I don't have to fool with the well cap at all.

Another thing that I noticed in the report when I read it again today is that I have 31 ft of water in the casing from the static level to the 82 ft level of well casing. That is a lot of water volume in a well casing from what I have been reading. That indicates to me that I am not having any problems with drawing air from inside the well because the pump is a lot deeper than 51 ft. I might be wrong but that's what I am Gathering From the report.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

That is great information. In that case, I don't have to fool with the well cap at all.

Another thing that I noticed in the report when I read it again today is that I have 31 ft of water in the casing from the static level to the 82 ft level of well casing. That is a lot of water volume in a well casing from what I have been reading. That indicates to me that I am not having any problems with drawing air from inside the well because the pump is a lot deeper than 51 ft. I might be wrong but that's what I am Gathering From the report.

You really should pull the cap and inspect the pipe and the pitless adapter.
I have seen wells with pipes that have leaks above static level that affects the well performance.
It's an easy thing to verify, just a good flashlight will let you see a lot.

 

[armylifer]

You really should pull the cap and inspect the pipe and the pitless adapter.
I have seen wells with pipes that have leaks above static level that affects the well performance.
It's an easy thing to verify, just a good flashlight will let you see a lot.

I'll get right on that after we get a dry day.