air in pipes?


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Old 10-09-10, 02:40 PM
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air in pipes?

I live in an 11 year old house. We are on well water. Just within the last couple days the water flow is interrupted with air. I have heard this with the kitchen sink, upstairs shower and toilets. Question 1) what could be causing this? 2) what can I do to fix this, understanding I am fairly ignorant of plumbing repairs outside fixing a leaky faucet or running toilet.
 
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Old 10-09-10, 04:55 PM
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Welcome to the forums! Need more info. Is your house the only one on the well? Is it a drilled or bored well? Do you have a pressure tank installed? If so, where is it in relation to the pump?
To help you understand it, water is falling back toward your well head, either by a faulty foot valve or a leak in the pipe. Before we go there, fill us in on what you have.
 
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Old 10-11-10, 11:07 AM
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Yes we are the only house on the well. I dont know if it is bored or drilled. I know it is about 300 ft deep and it has a white pvc looking about 4 or 6 inch pipe the protrudes up out of the ground about 20 or 30 yards away from my house. I dont know if we have a pressure tank. Under the house are 2 real large water tanks. Also we have a rainsoft water treatment system.
 
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Old 10-11-10, 07:21 PM
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What are the two large water tanks used for? Are they blue? Your water treatment system may be allowing air to enter the system, so it is possibly a weak link.
 
 

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