House Construction

[dr. d]

Please give suggestion on water pump / pressure tank system ... Planning to connect water pump to water tank then to pressure tank ... what's a good brand and estimated cost ...

Eurostar(?) made in Italy 3/4 or 1 HP water pump
40 or 60 liter Italian pressure tank
Water level switch so pump turns off if there's no water supply

we purchased our 1 hp eurostar pump from shoemart, more than three (five?) years ago.
it cost a shade less than 9K, at that time. after all these years, ok pa naman. it was almost noiseless at first. hindi naman masyadong maingay now.

we have a non-pressurized open-top tank connected to nawasa. it is always full, thanks to nawasa. a float valve similar to a water closet's, prevents overflowing.
alas, no failsafe in case of low water level. "katok and silip" system lang.

our eurostar pump sucks water from the above tank, and pushes it into a ready-made, locally-made stainless pressure tank. cut-off psi's are 40 and 60.

every so many months, when the air bubble decreases, we drain the pressure tank of all water. to make it easier for us, we did the ff:
we had the local tubero attach a length of nawasa pipe with gate valve, under the tank, via the drain plug. medyo mahirap kasi tanggalin at ikabit ang drain plug namin.
we have a basic vespa air compressor that we use in inflating our cars' tyres.
using a length of garden hose attached to the nearest gripo, we push air into the pressure tank using the vespa, to hasten water drain from the drain plug's tubo.
without that vespa, the drainage process takes the better part of half a day.
once completely empty of water, which takes less than 30 minutes, we simply close the drain plug's valve and the tank is good to go.

we have had no problems with it, for several (five?) years now.

we used to have goulds, back when our home water supply was from deep well system.
for some reason, that pump would ground itself on a regular basis...