Great repair! I did the same repair about a year ago, bladder tank only made 13 years. The first time you showed wrapping the teflon tape, you put it on reversed. The 2nd time you showed it being wrapped, you put it on the threads correctly. Believe it or not, there is only one way to wrap the teflon. You want it to tighten, as you tighten the fitting. Your first wrapping will actually cause the tape to loosen as you thread the joint together. :-)

You are a very patient man and that is the key to fixing things efficiently. Great video and very easy to understand. Thanks Bob.

I loved your calm and patient attitude about even the most frustrating moments that made me cringe in relating to similar experiences, but as soon as i hear your calm narration i started laughing out loud. now that is how you gotta handle the stresses life throws at you! I find my self skipping repeatedly through almost everyone's youtube videos now a days, but i enjoyed every second of this video because of the genuinity, skill , and expertise you caried out in this job. You would make a great instructor/teacher. you could be encouraging to a mostly hopeless young generation if they allowed themselves the ability to learn.

Don't worry, dude. I take a half hour job and turn it into a day project. Lol. Bought a house in the middle of the country out in Western Kansas, moved from NYC. You can imagine how tough it is to learn how to fix everything and keep up with a home where everything decides to break one after another. I am currently replacing everything from the well pressure tank, the line to the home, all the plumbing and fixtures etc. I figured if I am going to change out the plumbing to pex, install a sediment filter and water softener, I may as well change out the pressure tank as well- go new all around. I'm sure it'll be a day or two project, but I think it'll be worth it.

The little details you provided made it easy to understand. Well done!

Any plumbing jobs are that way. For me, No matter how good I plan out the job, I just have to be prepared to make multiple trips to the hardware store. And I almost have a hardware store in my garage but, it never fails, I won't have that one little gismo that I need.

This was super helpful! We bought a place in the country 2 years ago with a well and pressure tank system. I'm a city kid, so there has been a bit og a learning curve. Our tank is over 15 years old and I am suspicious that it needs replacing. This video taught me a lot, so thank you very much!

If your half hour job turns into an hour job your way ahead of me. Glad your back up and running Have a Jesus filled day Greg in Michigan

Well done RNH! Great video, great narrative for a "trained by school of hard knocks" plumber like me. I've been a Lake Plumber at my seasonal cottage for more than 50 years and tearing down the water system and starting up again the next spring has given my lots of experience. Never could make a living as a plumber unless I changed my ways. I've subscribed and will follow religiously. Keep up the good work. Bob

I am glad you got everything back up and running. I'm betting your wife was the happiest of all. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe.

Thank you. I enjoyed how you overdubbed the instructions onto the video.

So you wanna own a home! Lol. Nice job! Improvise,adapt and overcome....Man after my own heart ..spare parts never know when you might need them. Thanks for sharing

You Sir…. Are a Rock Star…Great video. Cover all of necessary items. Thanks!

I had the same problem (tank barely draining even when open) and it turned out the problem was the outlet from the bottom of the tank was absolutely plugged with iron sand. One recommendation to help prevent this is a "sand trap" on the inlet between the back flow valve and the tank ... it's kind of like the anti-water hammer fitting the other way up with an outlet on the bottom to drain any collected sand.

This video was a great help... very clear and complete. Appreciate your style and ability to explain and show what you are doing clearly.

Nice job! Thanks for taking time to make this video for us. I need to change the switch in my system. Previous owner had tank replaced but didn't put in a drain valve. I don't know how to get the pressure down other than draining the 120 gallon holding tank. My intention is to do this correctly so it's ready for future interruptions

I'm always impressed with your wide range of knowledge, how well you prepare, and the quality of your work. That's why I follow your channel. I always come away with information I can put to good use. Thanks for sharing with us.

Excellent video sir. Thank you. My pump is short cycling and I'm getting air bubbles in my water. From what I can tell this is where I should start. Wish me luck.

I followed your instructions and my water filled the tank up and shut off thanx

Thanks! Just replaced my waterlogged tank. Your my go to guy for now on!😅

Great video, I like your style of explaining what is going on and how things are done

Another great informative video! F.Y.I. when using plastic threaded fittings NO teflon tape, pipe dope only. Why? It already is smooth and teflon enables us to overtighten, but soft threads will tear out. Keep up good work!

I used to do building maintenance ,did a lot of work like that .can't do it no more I'm disabled now , work took its toll on my body...👍😊

Outstanding video. Liked and subscribed. Your narration is clear and to the point. Camera work is steady and clear. You should make a video on how to make “how to videos”. I’m not kidding.

Thank you for your genosity.

Great video

The nice thing about those reversible screwdrivers, one end becomes a 5/16 hex, whereas when you flip the shaft over for the other size Phillips and Flathead, the other side is a quarter inch hex driver!

Fantastic video! Thank you! I have a leaking tank and the pressure is low.

Swapped mine out last October. Put in a filter on the house side that catches an unbelievable amount of sediment. I used to have one of the spin down filters on the well side but took it out. I’ve about decided to put a new one in though because those house side filters only last about a month before you notice a reduction in water pressure.

Nice video. If it were me, the video would have gotten an R rating when the valve broke. Your narration reminded me so much of the Red Green Show. I just kept waiting for something to blow up or catch fire, and I was disappointed when you didn't fix anything with Duck Tape.

Fantastic video, very helpful, thank you sir!

Thanks for this video it was a lot of help

you should put the teflon tape on in the direction of the threads i believe you put it on in a reverse direction which causes the tape to unravel or bunch up as you thread the pipe. best wishes

Thanks for the informative video. I've had to mess with my pump system many times and its never been fun. I think the worse thing when working on them is getting dirty and not being able to use the water inside the house until the job is completely fixed.

I have a water well and I'm telling you its nice to have water coming in clean but when it breaks down, its a pain to deal with!

Thx for this one. I have the same project lined up.

Great step by step video That’s my project for tomorrow. O what fun ❕❕❕❕

I think you did a fantastic job before you rewired you should test for leak you managed to save a fourteen doing it yourself enjoyed the video ratch from the UK.

Well done! I love your videos, they are so informative and entertaining. Regards from Sweden :-)

Good skills 👍👍

Excellent, thank you greatly.

Nice video. We have 2 wells on the old home place, but they have not been used on a regular basis since the early 1960s when they extended municipal water lines. The last time I recall us pumping water from them was in the late 1970s.

great video thanks

Great video! If you really wanted to cheap out and save that 100 year old gate valve you could’ve used a hose bib cap, but then the packing on the valve stem would probably start leaking and tightening the packing nut would break the valve yada yada😬 Been there more times than I care to admit🤷🏼‍♂️

Fantastic video! Thanks!

I'm on well water, 10 years ago I had the failing well pump replaced and upgraded the tank to the next larger size, $2200, ouch, I had to do what I had to do. I bet the plumbers out in your area get $90 @ hour for that type of work, or more. What do you figure all the new parts cost you? Half hour job into an hour job? Hey you are saving a ton of money, pat yourself on your shoulder, we learn from you.

Thank you man ...

enjoy all your vidieos, they have at lowes or home depot now , plastic unions , my pond pump need to clean foot valve once week to you could place one on intake where you used the torch to eliminate rhat next time they have o ring seal nice design, i just unscrew it and pull sx line out of pond and return it frustrating job only 5 min now, i use boiler drains seals seem to last longer than spigots, love the pool aluminum raised beds, im 70 now and every job, i think will out last me , but i hope they dont he he

Nice job

Chisel technique...interesting!

Good work have to replace my tank to soon

My mom n dad had this system on a old farm house they bought. I hated when that system failed. It was old and parts scarce.

You can just put a cap on the dripping faucet and save a few bucks since it's rarely used.

Good video.

I see this all the time, people putting on teflon tape the wrong way, tape goes on like you are threading a nut on the threads, this way when you thread it on the tape tightens. Good video tho. if you notice the teflon tape was coming off. Hope you don't have a leak.

Really interested to see you still using jubilee clips with polyethylene pipe. Do you not have MDPE fittings in the US which clamp onto the pipe (which normally has a liner pushed into it first? These are very quick and easy to employ, extremely reliable, and easy to disassemble when needed. The make I use as standard is Philmac which have the bonus that they work with both metric and imperial sizes of MDPE pipe. For the boreholes I look after ALL of the pipework is MDPE and the only brass fittings are in general things like the check valves.

Very informative, thank you

hello Sr. I watch your video n is very instructive. Thanks for shearing it. I got the same tank n my worries is that the water that runs in the fauces toilet n shower is to corrore (brown color) do you think is time to change my tank? The presión is good . N if I’ll change it I correct this problem? Thanks for your advaice or answer. 👋👋🙏🏻🙏🏻

I hate when things like that happen but everything eventually gets old and has to be repaired or replaced. Don't feel too bad about turning a job that should only take a half hour job into an hour job, I seem to take an hour job and turn it into 2 or 3 days and sometimes more than one trip to the hardware store. Do you have trouble getting the seeds you save from the Habanadas you grow to germinate? I just wondered, I'm not doing any good getting mine to germinate, I thought they looked fully ripe when I picked the ones that I have tried seeds from but they have not wanted to germinate, I don't know exactly how dark an orange they are supposed to be, I really like those peppers they have a nice flavor and just a tad bit of heat, just about right. Thanks man, maybe nothing else will break on you for a good while, I seem to always have something I need to work on.

Next time if you know it's waterlogged shut off the power and open a faucet, and shoot some air in the tank using the Schrader valve that's on top of tank. It will force the water back through the leaking air bladder and allow you to drain the tank.

I never reuse parts when it comes to water. Dunno how the situation is in NA, but here in Europe, the quality on some of these parts is already shoddy at best, reusing them is just asking for trouble.

Wow great video thank you

This video was about a month too late for me! LOL! I had the same symptoms. Ended up buying the exact same tank online, although the coupler was different it all worked out OK. I didn't have a lot of confidence, but I pressed through it. Saved myself a ton of money and aggravation in the process. My bladder was completely burst, as soon I went to check pressure, water was pushing out. I took the core out to help drain the tank. Great video, thanks for sharing!

Well done

Thanks

This is what I have to do.lost pressure while gardening? In house like eggs smells. I know what is wrong.now to do it.

Excellent information. Recently I noticed drop in pressure and now the water completely shuts off for 5-6 minutes before it kicks in. Pressue gauge in the tank shows 28 psi. It is a 30 year old tank connected to house well. Do I have to replace the tank? Any idea how much would that cost including labor? Please advise.

Great video, can you raise pressure in the tank if there's low pressure in the house ??

Hour job? That would’ve taken me all day!

After turning the system on for the first time. Did water come out of the faucet right away? Or,,,did it blow air for 3 minutes? After checking the presser of my tank. I turned it all back on, and the sink faucet blew air for about 3 to 5 minutes. I has to add 10 PSI to my tank because it was low. Bad Tank or is this normal?

great video, amigo. anyone ever tell you you sound like jay leno?

At minute 16:00 You replaced an elbow and short piece of grey pipe going into the check valve. What type of material was that? How did you know how long to buy it? Simply measure it beforehand? After you tightened it into the check valve, you turned the elbow around on the left side and pointed it towards the rear of the tank to join up with the other piece of pipe. How did you tighten that Union (the gray elbow on the check valve side) afterwards? I didn't see what you did

great info thx

yep I need to check mine

My well pump is cycling off and on a couple times a day when no water is used at all. I suspect the check valve is got some sand in it somewhere and is allowing the tank water to run back out into the well. Is this possible?

that was a very good video

Thank you.

Did you check the pressure in the tank and try to re fill before you replaced it? Mine was only about 10 PSI and should have been 2 lbs less than the cut out pressure, which was about 40.

Put the Teflon tape on the same way you tighten your pipe 😮 .

I would of drilled a hole in the old tank to drain it but some people like to combine home repair and lifting weights, saves on gym memberships.

I'd replace that garbage gate valve faucet with a ball valve type. Costs slightly more but will last much longer and be much more reliable.

Teflon tape alone is good enough? Everything held up?

Home Depot.... Good luck getting another 15 years out of this tank.

You put the teflon tape on backwards. Other than that great work !

2 things??? At 3:33/3:50 what is the line coming into the house just to your left?? When you where sawing there was a nut sliding done on the line??? Also I think you put the teflon tape on your 1st (copper) fitting the wrong way & maybe in a 2nd place???? Best you check your video, I could be wrong????

couldn't you have open the shrader valve to allow air in so the tank water would come out ,,

why wouldn't you drain the tank? O.o

The bladder is in the tank...the diagram is inside the pressure switch...

4:40 preshureise the tank with air valve to while emtying 5:10 telfon tape in wrong direktion!

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Don't use the torch. use hot water. Trust me.

Never did see any bad diaphragm symptoms

Is there anything you can't do? haha!

You are applying the Teflon Tape in the wrong direction.

WaterWorker is not what I would buy

learn to put teflon tape on.....only helping....