Here is the fix we recommend.

A new well pump on your existing pipe and wire runs $2,781 to $4,000 installed. With new wire and drop pipe all the way down, $4,900 to $6,500. The pump, pressure tank and switch together, $6,200 to $8,000. Your exact price is written down at the house before any work. From about $46 a month at 0% APR for 60 months, the whole price financed, on approved credit.

If the pump clicks on and off every few seconds, it’s almost always the tank: it has lost its air charge, so the pump runs itself to death. A new pressure tank runs $2,200 to $2,950. From about $37 a month at 0% APR for 60 months, the whole price financed, on approved credit. No water at all, or a breaker that keeps tripping, points at the pump or its wiring. The $49 visit tests both and tells you which.

Yes. A deeper well sits higher in each range, because there’s more pipe and wire to pull and set. Past about 600 feet, a new pitless adapter, or a system rebuilt from the control box down, runs $9,500 to $16,500, priced at the well in writing. From about $158 a month at 0% APR for 60 months, the whole price financed, on approved credit.

A plumber comes out and tests the system: the pump’s amp draw, the pressure switch, the tank’s air charge and the wiring. You get what failed and what it costs to fix, in writing. The $49 is waived when you go ahead with the repair. If the pump has to come up to be looked at, pulling and reinstalling it runs $1,300 to $2,000.

No. We work on the pump, the pressure tank, the switch and the wiring. If the well itself has run dry or failed, you need a well driller, and we’ll tell you so rather than sell you a pump.