In my personal experience, this is probably the most accurate description of what a KZfaq channel should be!!!! Great content and great work!!!!

I’ve been a pump technician for about 6 years now, you do a really good job of explaining things. Keep it up I’m 100% certain you help a lot of people out there with videos like these. I just subscribed

We live in Ohio and everything here is on a pitless adaptor. Great video. The last minute explaining the connection was golden. Well done video.

The pitless adapter is hands down the Best

Mystery solved! I haven't seen a pitless installation before. I can tell from the cap on top of the casing that this is what we have up at the family farm. It's been sitting idle for 10 years and I will have to work on it at some point. Thanks for another very clear explanation.

Love your content. My well pump failed during the night. I did call a well pump repair guy and I assisted him every step of the way, and I knew exactly what to do and expect thanks to your channel. I just needed his experience, help and his well dog. We got the whole system up and going today, to include replacing the PVC well pipe with new black poly, new wire, and a fancy electronic pump drive, a Pentek Intellidrive, and a new Berkeley 10 gpm 3/4 HP pump. The system works beautifully. I really appreciate your content.

This is a great channel.keep up the good work and key points and explanations in the videos. Vital information doesnt seem to be shared freely anymore .my 1680.00 estimate went to 580.93 when i decided to watch your video on shallow and deep well pumps. And the difference in well depth and static lvl. Thank you very much again. 😊

I’m so glad you covered a pitless adapter setup. I’ve followed you for awhile now and your tremendous tutorials have really educated me and helped demystify water wells. I’m in the NE and have a 325’ well installed 24 years ago so getting prepared! I have sent a donation in appreciation. Thank you so much!

I have the pitless adapter style connection and I have never seen a video that explains it or anything else well related with such clarity! Your professionalism and guidance is very much appreciated by those of us who have been fortunate enough to have found you & your channel! Subscribe & Smash That Thumbs Up!❤️

This is probably my most favorite video. I have a well that I just pulled up of 225' of PVC. The pipe had broken about 4' up from the pump at the bottom- and had burned up. I used a hitch deer hoist (I dont hunt....but now own a deer hoist. LMAO), vise grips, two 8' long ratchet straps, and a 2"X6" board with a U shaped cutout for pipe and wire to come up through. It wasnt bad...just time consuming...a lot of cranking. Sure beat the hand over hand removal. Now I have a new pump, polypipe, pitless adapter and all new fittings. So glad I found your channel. Thanks so much for your tips and knowledge.

Been waiting for a pitless video!! Did my parents well 5 years ago. 300 foot of poly pipe. Just about killed my dad and i. One of the hardest things ive done in my life! Once the pitless is free you own it lol. Didnt have a pipe dog. Thanks again for taking us along!

Northern Minnesota here, my pitiless is down about 8 feet. When I had my well refurbished with new parts after building a new home it was interesting to learn that the previous owners had actually buried the pressure tank down 8’ where the pipe ran to the house. The pressure tank was inside a plastic garbage bag which we hit with the excavator when installing the new pitiless. And no, I didn’t do it that way on the new install😆. People do sone crazy stuff.

Thank you! I am learning so much from you. In a few weeks my solar powered deep well (300 ft deep) pump will be installed (I've watched your deep well installation video several times) along with a pitless adapter. I can't do it alone but at least I have a good understanding of what needs to be done.

I have never seen this system before. We don’t typically use this method around here as far as I know. I will have to ask cousin Andy about this. Thanks for the tutorial on old wells. I have actually learned quite a bit on the subject from your videos. Al from Ebony

Wow . I love how you demonstrate the pros and cons. Thank you

Two things that might interest you, there’s a company called Mikalor that makes double wide hose clamps that use a T-bar clamp arrangement that are excellent to use instead of double normal clamps. Another thing that’s excellent for damp situations like these is Wago lever connectors, they replace wire nuts and they make a gel filled case for them that keeps the connections waterproof.

Hey H2O Mechanic: Thanks for the informative videos. I am almost done with my well conversion from jet pump to submersible. I need to hook up electric and the water line. the pump is installed as well as the pit less adapter. 6" coupling welded on to old well casing with a 6" adapter to 6"pvc.,to get above grade. I also installed a "tee" below the pit less adapter with a street elbow and a 3/8 quarter turn ball valve to drain the pipes for winter time. I shortened the ball valve handle drilled it and installed a handle to work it from inside the well casing. The roll pipe is in or on a barbed fitting in the "tee" down the hole. Your working knowledge is second to none and hats off to your teacher... GB

I've been doing it all a long time from industry to commercial to residential anything mechanical and electrical but I never did a pitless.never quite learning.thank you.

Thank you….I never knew how to disconnect a pitless adapter. Very informative!

I live in Colorado my 845t well has a pitless adapter. Finally, a well expert has completely explained how this simple ingenious device works. And now I know why when I bought the ranch, there was & still is an 8ft galvanized pipe in the barn with "well pump lift rod" written on it. Thank you - even if I never try a repair myself - I will at least understand what the well tech. tells me. I would hate to end up pitiless... Again, thank you - liked your explanation of the pressure tank too - very informative.

Excellent video, one of the best explanations I’ve seen on any video on KZfaq!! Thank you, hopefully just save me a few thousand dollars!

Great explanation for the Pitless adapter and how it works. Thanks and take care Mister H20.

You are a great teacher, great content creator, and doing such a service to many sharing your knowledge! Thank you sir!

Thank you for this! We’ve got a leak really close to the well. I’m digging to find it but didn’t want to mess around until I understood how a pitless works. You did an amazing job of explaining. Again much appreciated!

Fantastic explanation of a well setup with an adapter. I really like the content.😊

This is about the only type of well you see in the midwest due to the cold air, cool to see one being worked on cause I have a property with one!

Bro. I love your channel. You're very detailed with your explanations. I love your work ethic

Pitless is the only form of well you will find in the Northeast unless you have an old school shallow hand dug well where the pipe just goes through the wall below the frost line. I fear to think of how far down our pump might be in upstate New York. Our neighbors well is 780 ft deep and we are another 30 ft above them on the hill. Are well has never run out of water even when running sprinklers in the yard during New York droughts. No matter what time of year the water is always crystal clear and 40° f. That pump makes 12GPM at 70 psi at the well tank too!

First time seeing a pitless adapter up close. Just found your channel and I've learned so much already. Thanks for posting

I only recently came across your channel. I've done a lot of plumbing over the last 70 years, but very little well work. I'm sure I've watched over a dozen of your videos this week and there is NOT ONE that I didn't learn something from. I've lived on this property for twenty years, it has three wells and so far I've had NO issues. And, thanks to you, I'm pretty confident that with the acquisition of a well dawg, I can handle whatever happens in the future. Thank you immensely.

Where do you get that pump dog at?

Thanks for this. I’ve been 23 days without water. New well drilled yesterday, trench from the well to the house dug today, and tomorrow we hook it all up. This really helped me understand what will happen and what to watch for as the work is completed (a friend who knows this work and the driller are doing that). 😊

After watching this, I now know that’s what I have on my property, and understand why it’s not in an insulated pump house. Great explanation!

You are a very good teacher with attention to detail, mechanical aptitude, and problem solving. Anyone hiring should have these on their checklist.

Your videos are awesome. I’ve always had lived in homes that had city water supply. We are now looking to move to a home that is on a well. Not knowing anything about wells or how they work can be pretty intimidating. After watching a bunch of your videos I now have a clear understanding of how they work and what’s involved in repairing it if need be. Thank you!

Very informative, thank you for the great explanation on pitless adapters

we have to use food grade lube for pitless installs. another good vid, ty for the content.

Finally found a video, showing a pitless adapter type install. Thank you so much for a great video. My hope is that my pump holds up til the weather warms a tad.

You are the "grand master " what a wealth of information you provide. Thanks for sharing your experience and talent.

This is the most thorough video I've seen yet. Trying to figure out how I can get emergency water from a well on my property and this has me a lot less nervous!

Glad I came across your video's! I have been binge-watching them for the last couple of days. Was hoping to see one with the pitless hookup as I am in Ontario, Canada and that is the setup used here with our winters! Very well explained. Knowledge is Power!

I have noticed several well pumps that you have pulled has wiring that has insulation wear and causing shorts. I have noticed that the same wells do not have anti torque spacers installed on the pipe to help keep the pipe and wires near the center of the wells. I hope this may help your future customers. The local well driller installs these three corner plastic anti torque devices about every 20 feet or so. I recently replaced my well pump and the wire was not scraped and was still in original condition. Hope this helps your customers and help you stay on top of your profession.

When you first started talking about pitless adapters I said to myself, no one is going to know what he's talking about. But at the end of the video you fixed it. Excellent explanation of the adapter. On my system I installed a Pump Saver device which senses the current draw of the pump. If it gets too high, maybe a dry well, maybe a bad bearing, it will cut the power. Also has a timer which allows you to set the amount of time the pump will run. On slow recharging wells this gives the well time to fill up again. Was well worth the $100 and is easy to install.

Very well done. I've installed more well pumps with pitless adaptors that I can count and your explaination was right on the money. I suspect that the person that installed that pump was someone not experienced with well systems because no technician worth his salt would use a plastic fitting on the pitless. I live in Maine so our pitless adaptors are down deeper; around five feet due to the colder climate, and thankfully we've always used the 1" black poly pipe for the drops because that material is just about bullet proof when it comes to strength yet flexible enough when it has to be pulled, (but awful, awful stiff when being installed on a cold January day, LOL) Great video.

Excellent video. Found myself shaking my head yes, like I understand what your saying.

THANK YOU! You have no idea how much you are helping people who have wells! I needed to see this video to confirm my well set up. I have watched many of your videos and, now that I've seen this one. I know what needs to be done to replace my well pump. I just don't know whether the drop line is PVC or black roll pipe (that's the mystery right now). Thank you so much for being so detailed and explaining things easily so that a DIYer can get things done.

Excellent video. Clear and very useful.

Well done . You my friend are a good teacher.

Absolutely awesome I want to thank you very much for explaining all of this in detail

Excellent explanation as always!

You are a lifesaver. I've been dreading pulling my pump and this addressed all the concerns I had.

I’m glad you showed what happens when you mix brass and iron in the water system.

What a fantastic job you did explaining. So gracious to show and teach! Please keep up the great work helping others! Love your channel.

I grew up on a rural California property wit a well. It was drilled to 275' with water at about 175, and the pump hung at about 225. The concrete well pad accommodated the well, and the bladder tank, which was 50 to 75 gallons. It was a steel cased well. That water was so good! And crystal clear. During our 1 and only major pump failure, we just ran a garden hose from our neighbors well, and that kept us going until the pump was replaced. The wells in that area must have had really good flow rates because I never heard of anyone in the neighborhood running their well dry. The housing development was on a 2.5 mile oval with houses along the inside, and outside of the oval with 2.5 acre lots. Each lot had it's own well.

Your method of teaching is first rate, dam i may go this route now, thanks

Smart young man.Your dad has to be proud of your accomplishments. Thanks from Sc

Here in Michigan this type of pitless adapter is illegal for potable water, even though they sell them in hardware stores all over. The reason they are illegal is because over time the rubber washers that seal around the hole in the well casing will dry out and shrink, then surface water can get into the well and cause contamination. The only type of pitless adapter that’s legal here is a fully pressurized type. The type in my well has a saddle fitting which clamps around the outside of the well casing, with a large o-ring to seal against the casing. This is centered on the hole in the casing, and the underground pipe is threaded into the saddle fitting. Another fitting with a large o-ring presses against the inside of the casing using a toggle operated by a screw. The entire system hangs from a permanently installed T that fits over the top of the casing, under the cap. You put a half inch pipe with a flattened end down the center of the T and the larger pipe hanging from it, the flat end fits on the screw and you tighten or loosen it by turning the small pipe. Once it’s loose you just pull up on the T and everything in the well comes up. There’s no fitting in the way to get stuff like your pump caught. My well for instance has only a 4" casing, and with a 4" pump, there’s no room to clear a fitting like the one in this video. Finally, because the inside and outside fittings have one set of o-rings to seal on the outside, the internal water pressure prevents dried out seals and ground water infiltration.

Thank you for explaining this to me. What my husband said makes sense now. He was saying there is a metal bar in the garage somewhere to pull the pump. Now I know what to look for. Thanks again.

Awesome. I have no intention on tackling it myself but nice to know how it works

Just came across your channel. We’ve got an old cabin with a well. Our pump was installed in 1974. It’s still working but,I’m expecting it to take a powder at anytime now. Saw your pump dog and knew I had to have one because I’ll be replacing the pump myself. Found one on eBay and bought it! Thank you for the valuable tip!! Be safe and the best of luck in your business!!! As I write this it’s - 22 in Montana 🥶🥶🥶

Excellent description of this adapter.

Great video! The ending is what I needed to see to understand that fitting. I plan to replace my pump this summer and its this pitless setup.

Thank you for keeping your video's clean and family friendly, God bless you.

Stumbled across your channel and have been enjoying the content. Appreciate your education and time spent sharing this knowledge. We try and do as much as we can for ourselves and videos like these help make that possible. Well Done!!

Good explanation of pitless adapter!

Any home owner with a well should watch your content to understand how their well functions!

Really great video, thank you so much for sharing your experience and knowledge with us!

Great video and explanation of pitless adapter.

Awesome, very informative, enjoying your videos and explanations

You truly are the best water well plumber on Utube!!!

My 2nd comment today...You have incredible teaching skills and now I'm prepared to attempt to replace a well pump. Thank you very much!!

Great job on that fix, had the same thing here, except my pit-less adapter is probably a newer version and I'm sure there are many versions, mine has no piece on the inside just a T joint that's matched to the adapter, below grade, the adapter has an extension that extends to the top of the 6 inch casing pipe with a T on it that is aligned with the out flow hole and is all metal, there is a long T wrench the goes down the T extension to a bolt that pushes a foot opposite the water elbow to tighten the adapter saddle to the inside of the casing pipe, the top of that T-extension is designed to hang the saddle to vertically alignment and supports the weight of the pump/pipe assembly. I'm sure you seen the type. to pull the pump just disconnect the wires, loosen the adapter bolt with the long t-wrench and pull. have a great day

Good video! Watched a linebacker sized guy pull mine up years ago, 200' down and pulled it all by hand. He had to take a few breaks to catch his breath...

Not sure how I happened across this channel but I'm glad I did. You've helped take the mystery out my own well setup. Seeing that pitless adapter with your explanation gives me the confidence to take on a future repair myself. I will need to replace my pitless adapter at some point as the water here in my locale is very corrosive and has done a number on mine. So far it's holding pressure down at that connection point but I know at some appointed day it will work loose again and I will hear my well pump short-cycle. I will have to excavate and do a replacement then. Hopefully in the summer as I'm in northern IL.

Very good explanation on the Pitless system. This is used on my well. I saw on one of your other videos a sticker showing Clarksville VA. I am in Lynchburg. Your videos are very informative and enjoyable. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you. Learned something new today

Between this and other videos, you've saved me thousands of dollars. Thank you so much for making these videos. I've liked and subbed.

your good at your job and at your videos. great work

You are the wizard of water. Thanks from British Columbia.

Thank you for the video with the pitless here in the Ozarks even though we don't have much freezing everywhere well seems to be this way outside of the well everyone has an outdoor faucet also that drains down you make everything so easy to understand I love your channel.

YOUR VIDEOS ARE FABULOUS!!!!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!! I am having to learn about pitless adapter hook up for well way up north. No house yet. I have watched many of your videos already which are extremely helpful. You give excellent instructions!

My pump quit working yesterday morning and though my system doesnt exactly match this one, it was very helpful to steer me in the right direction. Hopefully all goes well.....

Man this is awesome content. This video is a huge need because there's limited content on a pitless adapter well trust me I've searched. Have had to just wing it on mine every time!

Thanks man! I seen a tiktok about a pitlas and your video explained what it was very well!

Thanks. This is what I was looking for.

You do a great job

Thank you for the close up on the adapter at the end of the video.

Great explanation. Thanks for sharing your knowledge

That explanation at the end was super helpful! Thanks

The first understandable explanation and demonstration of a pitless! Thank you!

Excellent video and explanation! I will check my amps first but I’m pretty sure my pump went bad after not replacing my bad pressure tank for over 6 months. Learn from my mistake people! Replace bad pressure tanks immediately!

Excellant video! Same goes for your other ones that I have watched so far. The Chelsea Farmer said that!

Thats what I have here in central Oklahoma, I made a tool just like that, I've pulled well and changed pump 3 times in 35 years, unfortunately my well pump is problem getting to end of life, not sure I could pull it next time, well is 167 feet I have pump at 120 feet, we have a really good water supply 👍 My well has always been PVC, when I put it in I put a threaded junction every 2 joints, pull it unscrew joint and keep going...

Thanks, great explanation on how these pitless adapters work!

Very fun to watch. It helps to see everything in detail like this before working on my well.

That opening on flooding the house, just down the way a pipe froze and the water ran from upstairs to the basement for at least a week. Drywall was falling off the walls. Good advice.

I have well issues. I found your channel and I’m sure learning a lot. Subscribed of course. Thanks for teaching! Now I got to get back to more of your videos. From Hells Canyon, Frank.

Outstanding video. Thank you for sharing this. Now I know how a pitless adapter works and now to remove the pump.

Thank you for the tutorial.

We have a pitless well out front of our house. Never understood how it worked. Thought the electrical conduit pipe was the water pipe. Now makes perfect sense. But… you have to wonder who dreamed up that system of well installation and why. Pretty ingenious but also weird.