Ok, so my father in law put a shower outside to clean off before you go into the pool. He hooked it up to the well system and wanted to be able to turn on the pump from the shower. I suggested to just put in a pressure switch and it will come on when the water hits a lower pressure and turn off when you are done using it. I hooked up the pressure switch and tried to see if the pipe would build pressure. I got no pressure on the line at all. I am going to be installing a pressure tank this weekend, but shouldnt i be getting some kind of pressure on the line even without a tank? the pressure guage is reading about 45 when the pump is on but wont build up and when i turn it off it drops instantly to 0. Shouldnt the line be holding some type of pressure with the pump off? I need someone to let me know if this will even work with this type of pump or am i wasting money just buying stuff to make it work. I will be putting in a check valve and pressure tank this weekend and adjusting the pressure switch to 20/40, but will it even work?

Hi! I'm looking at buying a property where the engineer that designed the waste system specified an Advantex system for this site. Has anyone used one of these on their property? I'm putting a total budget together for the site and don't know how to estimate this. Rough, budget numbers would be great, please (no, I'm not trying to beat up an installer, I didn't even buy the site yet). Also, they look like excellent units from their description. Anyone have good or bad stories about these? I know that installation is (almost) everything with septic systems. Thanks in advance.