Just recently replaced my bladder tank with a new WaterWorks (H232B) tank. It's approximately 4 feet high, assuming the "32" in the model # would be the capacity...? It's one year old (July 2012.) Also just replaced my 245' deep submersible on the worst possible day of the year in January 2013 in Vermont, with 40 mph winds and ambient temps. around -20*F that Saturday. Not fun, but I did it anyway. Today (9-9-13) I just replaced the one-way check valve. The reason: For the past week or so, we've been getting a LOT of air out of the faucets...to me seemed like the pressure tank was starving for water. The air pressure in bladder tank was low for sure, so I drained it, (shut the system down,) and changed the check valve assuming it was restricting incoming flow to tank. Before the tank is a whole house filter that I went to first and changed the element, but nothing changed. I put 28 lbs. of air in tank, which is 2 lbs. lower than cut-in/low pressure. I have a 30/50 switch... I seem to have solved the air issue...but to me, there's hardly any water in the tank, as it seems awful light when I tilt it. Am I wrong in assuming that the tank should have a reserve of around the 32 gallons I think it should have in it when the pressure switch reaches 50 lbs...?

Hello. I am writing in to hopefully diagnose and fix a problem that I am having with excessive air in my plumbing. I'm afraid it may be an issue with my well casing or foot valve (if I have one). For many years now, I have had a problem with air in my lines. I've always just kind of dealt with it, but now I'm growing sick and tired of it and I'd like to correct it. Basically whenever I turn on a faucet, flush a toilet or fill the washing machine, I'm greeted with some water and a lot of air. This happens year round, except one year it seemed to go away during the winter months. Also, sometimes if I turn on a fixture that uses a lot of water quickly (bathtub, washing machine), I'll get air and water for a minute or less until the pump seems to lose prime and nothing is coming out until it regains prime again after about 30 seconds or more. That happens on occasion, but not all the time. I have a 10 year old shallow well that is 45' deep with a Goulds Jet pump under the house. There is only one line going to the well. I can't find any leaks from the pump into the house plumbing, and there are no leaky fixtures. My pump is set at 30/50 and the bladder tank is not leaking and properly set at 28psi when empty. There is a check valve installed right at the pump in between the pump and black tubing coming through the foundation. I do not know if there is a foot valve. Here are the details of my well from the well completion report that I got from state records: It was constructed on 11-20-2003 and is a mud rotary drilled 45' well. The Casing Top reads either 0' or 6' (I'm assuming 0' since the pipe sticks out of the ground) and Casing Bottom reads 35'. Casing diameter is 2" and Casing Material is PVC. Screen Top is 35'. Screen Bottom is 45'. Screen diameter is 2" and screen material is PVC. Gravel pack is 32' to 45'. Grout type is bentonite clay and is from 0' to 32'. The static water level was 4' on the date of completion and the pumping water level was 20' after 1 hour and pumping at 50GMP. It says well head completion was a standard "T" type and completed 12" (I'm assuming below grade since that is where is connects to the black tubing to the house, but it isn't noted on the report). I'm not exactly sure how to interpret all of that info. It does not state whether or not I have a foot valve at the bottom of the well pipe. How can I go about starting to diagnose this issue? Also, it's important to note that after the water has been running for about 5 minutes or so (in the shower for instance) there is no more air and the water pressure, etc. is fine. And there have also been a couple times that I've woken up in the morning to hear the pump running and it won't shut off. I'll crawl under the house to find it extremely hot, so I turn it off, let it cool and it will always reprime itself. This has only happened two or three times in the tens years I've lived in the house, though.