Ok, so I'm a city boy, I'll admit that. I grew up in Santa Barbara where if you had problems getting water to the house we called the City and they came and fixed it. If the problem was my side of the meter we called a plumber.
Up here in Santa Ynez we have an acre and a half. Nice yes but a lot of work. We can't get cable or DSL cause it's a bit rural. Being rural we have a septic tank and a well. The septic is pretty simple, everything flows downhill and eventually it seeps back into the ground. The well is another matter entirely.
We have a two pump system, a booster pump that pumps water to the house, the well itself 180 feet underground. When we have problems we call A&A Pump & Well service, which I have to do now and again. Over the years I have called them for many silly reasons, mainly because I'm a city boy and just didn't know how the thing works. I've learned sometimes when both pumps come on at the same time it trips the booster. I've also learned ants will nest in the electrical parts and gum up the works.
So now when something is amiss with the water I check all the simple things A&A Pump & Well has come out to fix. After hours and weekends the owner will drive out from Lompoc (about 30 miles) when I call and I always feel bad when the problem was something simple, so I learned from watching them to check the simple things before calling.
The point of this story is learn what you can when you can, it's cheaper that way. But if you need to call for help call the best pump and well service in the Santa Ynez Valley, A & A Pump and Well!
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