The cheapest way to extend pump life is also the least-done thing in residential pump care: an annual check. Most pump failures we see are preventable. Float switches that gradually start sticking. Check valves that slowly stop sealing. Bearings that develop early warning sounds 6 months before they kill the motor. This is what a … Read more
If you’re researching pumps because your water pressure is bad, you’ve probably seen both “booster pump” and “well pump” come up. They sound similar, they do similar-seeming jobs, and they sometimes work together on the same property. But they’re built for completely different purposes, and which one you need depends on where your water comes … Read more
Pumps almost always warn you before they die. The problem is the warnings are easy to miss, easy to ignore, and easy to blame on something else. By the time the pump actually fails, you’re standing in a flooded basement, dealing with sewage backup, or living with no water pressure on a Sunday morning. Here … Read more
Pump replacement cost depends on three things: what kind of pump you have, what’s involved in swapping it out, and where you live. We’ll give you real numbers for North County San Diego, and explain what makes the same job cost $1,200 at one house and $3,000 at another. These are the actual ranges we … Read more
You’re standing in your basement or crawl space looking at a pump. You don’t know what it is. You don’t know if it’s the right kind for what it’s doing. You don’t know what happens when it fails, and you definitely don’t know what it’ll cost to fix. The first thing to figure out is … Read more