best lakewater pump

EllyPoinster · 04-06-2009, 09:31 AM

We used these guys - very pleased.

Anything Water-Hupp'S
136 Colbath Road,
Center Barnstead, NH 03225

(603) 269-6999

fatlazyless · 04-06-2009, 10:14 PM

For a cottage with one or two bathrooms and one kitchen, then a 1/2 hp-110 volt, shallow well pump with a 30 gallon storage tank should be enough. The pump and tank typically gets installed in the crawl space under the cottage, and is capable of drawing water up to about 30' in elevation between the foot valve, at the bottom of the line, and the pump. The water line is usually 1 1/4" diameter black poly tube.

Lowe's in Gilford has good selection, 90-day easy-returns, & free hot cocoa. Lowe's also has instructional hand-outs to help figure the correct hp which is usually 1/2 or 3/4 hp.

Finding an air leak, replacing a leaky foot valve, chipmonks living winter in the 1 1/4" black poly line and stashing acorns....having a cottage with a pump eventually makes you a pump expert.

My pump is a Simer, made in Italy, and purchased from Rand's Hardware in Plymouth. It's pretty quiet for a pump. Previous pump was a freebie old Gould from a Squam Lake tear-down cottage

Simer water pumps, and Riello oil burners, both made in Italy, are very well built.

Steveo · 04-07-2009, 08:59 AM

My suggestion is to install the pump at the lowest elevation you can. It is easier to pump the water up versus trying to draw it uphill.

04-06-2009, 10:14 PM	#2
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,817 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 302 Thanked 1,030 Times in 749 Posts	For a cottage with one or two bathrooms and one kitchen, then a 1/2 hp-110 volt, shallow well pump with a 30 gallon storage tank should be enough. The pump and tank typically gets installed in the crawl space under the cottage, and is capable of drawing water up to about 30' in elevation between the foot valve, at the bottom of the line, and the pump. The water line is usually 1 1/4" diameter black poly tube. Lowe's in Gilford has good selection, 90-day easy-returns, & free hot cocoa. Lowe's also has instructional hand-outs to help figure the correct hp which is usually 1/2 or 3/4 hp. Finding an air leak, replacing a leaky foot valve, chipmonks living winter in the 1 1/4" black poly line and stashing acorns....having a cottage with a pump eventually makes you a pump expert. My pump is a Simer, made in Italy, and purchased from Rand's Hardware in Plymouth. It's pretty quiet for a pump. Previous pump was a freebie old Gould from a Squam Lake tear-down cottage Simer water pumps, and Riello oil burners, both made in Italy, are very well built. __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake! Last edited by fatlazyless; 04-19-2009 at 09:24 AM.

04-07-2009, 08:59 AM	#3
Steveo Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 524 Thanks: 47 Thanked 123 Times in 63 Posts	Push up versus pull up My suggestion is to install the pump at the lowest elevation you can. It is easier to pump the water up versus trying to draw it uphill.

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04-06-2009, 09:31 AM	#1
EllyPoinster Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 160 Thanks: 13 Thanked 25 Times in 20 Posts	We used these guys - very pleased. Anything Water-Hupp'S 136 Colbath Road, Center Barnstead, NH 03225 (603) 269-6999