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I live in a three story apartment which has a water pump in a storage room on the top floor. the pump reverberates through the walls 24 hours a day. not so bad if it's always on, but it's on/off in short intervals which is like a chinese water torture. any way to lessen the reverberations? take it off the floor? insulate it? anything? appreciate any suggestions.
J. Ferrari
Answer Good morning Joe, Several things come to mind. Ifthe pump in a old reciprocating pump I can see where it would drive you bonkers. You could replace with a quieter centrifugal pump or mount the pump on rubber mounts. As for the frequent stops and starts, it sounds like the pressure tank needs to be recharged with air or the bladder tank inspected and if the bladder's shot it needs to be replaced. By the way. The air pressure in a bladder tank should be set at two pounds under the cut in pressure of the pressure control box when the pump is shut off and the system drained of pressure. If you have a cut in pressure of 20 PSI the the bladder pressure should read 18 pounds. Hope this helps and thank you for rating my reply. Tom
