All I ever seem to do is fix shit around my house. This past weekend was fun....NOT!
I have well water at my house. Thursday evening while at my 2nd job, the wife calls to tell me that we have trickling water. I installed a water filter between the pressure tank and water softener this summer and have had random issues because of it. I tell her to turn it to bypass. No water at all. Friday, I took the day off from my main job and replaced the pressure gauge and pressure switch. Still no water. I had the start and run capacitors tested (old 3 wire well pump). They tested good. FFFFFFUUUUUUU. It's the well pump. I decided to just have someone replace that since it could possibly be a major task since I didn't know how deep my well was. That got replaced Saturday morning. When the guy rewired my well pump to 2-wire, he told me that my pressure tank is bad too. FFFFFFUUUUUU. I told him I'd replace that myself. So, yesterday evening after I got off work from the 2nd job, I bought the tank and some other parts I needed for the install. I replaced that and had very little water pressure still. SUMBITCH!!! Then it hit me. When the well pump was replaced, it stirred up a shit ton of sediment which collected in the water filter and clogged it. Replaced that and have awesome water pressure once again.
TL;DR
No water in house on Thursday.
I replaced pressure gauge and pressure switch on Friday.
I had someone replace the well pump on Saturday.
I replaced the pressure tank on Sunday.
Pressure switch and gauge: $50
Well pump replacement: $1200
Pressure tank: $170
Finally having running water again: Priceless