How often should you chlorinate your Port Barrington well?

That’s a good question; how often should you chlorinate your Port Barrington well?

The easy answer to "how often should you chlorinate
your Port Barrington well?" is annually.

The best answer to that question is annually. You could do it yourself but it’s better to have your well chlorinated by a professional.

You should chlorinate your well annually to ensure that you’ve removed any bacterial contaminants from your well water. Chlorinating the well will also help to remove bacteria from the well casings, holding tanks and pipes. This is a pretty darn good reason to chlorinate your well at least once each year. There are more reasons why you should have a well technician perform the chlorination.

One reason to have a well technician perform the chlorination is that, while they’re chlorinating your well, they’ll also inspect your well system and perform some basic well maintenance. For instance, they’ll ensure that your well tank has the proper pressure. This is vital since, if it’s wrong, it could indicate a problem with the well bladder that could lead to the early failure of your well pump.

Another reason to have a well technician chlorinate your Port Barrington well is that they know how to chlorinate the well without getting chlorine on parts that will corrode when they come into contact with the chlorine. Parts contaminated with chlorine will raise problems, and expenses, when it’s time to replace your well pump.

Another reason is that there are safety factors to consider. If you’re chlorinating your well yourself, you should wear appropriate clothing, such as goggles, a protective apron, rubber gloves and boots. You should mix the chlorine in a well-ventilated area. Additionally, you’ll want to perform the chlorination while minimizing the risk of electrical shock while you work. The well technician is familiar with these necessary safety considerations.

You’ll also want to have an alternative water source for 12 to 24 hours after chlorinating the well.

A well technician will also know when you want to send out a sample of your water for testing. A test can determine if you have coliform or E. coli bacteria in the water.

Yes, you could chlorinate your Port Barrington well yourself. But, why would you when the cost is nominal and the convenience of having a professional do it while you spend your time doing something you’d rather do?

Is your Spring Grove well pump sick and what are the symptoms?

Do you know the symptoms when
your Spring Grove well pump
is sick?

A healthy well pump in your Spring Grove well is a happy well pump. It will silently pump water up into your home, out of your faucets and into intended appliances on demand and without complaint. But, from time to time, a well pump can come down with an illness that can make it operate sadly and unreliably.

If you’re feeling sick, you’ll consider the symptoms and decide whether you can take some aspirin, have some chicken soup and get some bed rest or whether you need to bring your symptoms to a doctor for an expert opinion. In the same sense, when your Spring Grove well pump is sick, you can do your own preliminary diagnosis as long as you realize that you may need to call in a well professional.

So, before you call a well technician for an expert opinion, what should you look for? Here are some of the symptoms of a sick well pump:

• You’re experiencing decreased water pressure in your home or office
• There are loud or funny noises coming from your pipes
• Water is spitting out of faucets rather than providing the regular flow you expect
• The water is dirty
• You may even notice an increase in your electric bill, though there are other things that can cause this

If you find one or more of these symptoms, you may have a sick well pump. But, don’t jump to conclusions. You could have other problems with your well. That qualified well technician can clarify matters for you.

For instance, there are other issues that could cause your well pressure to fall. You could have sediment clogging a filter. You could have a torn bladder inside your well tank. A well technician will sort that out for you. But, at least you’ll know what to look for in general; you’ll know when it’s time to call a well technician to come out and look at your Spring Grove well.