MarkB_MI
Well-known Member
- Location
- Motown USA
Who routinely "shocks" their well to disinfect it and the house plumbing? I do mine every few years when the house water starts to smell or taste funny. I ALWAYS wait until my wife is out of town, as it's best she doesn't see the crap that comes out of the pipes.
Here's how I do it:
1. Set the water softener to bypass and turn off the water heater.
2. Dump about 3 gallons of bleach (swimming pool chlorinator is best) down the well.
3. Run a garden hose into the well until I smell bleach, then run it a bit longer.
4. Run all the other hard water hose bibs until bleach comes out.
5. Take the screens out of all the faucets and run cold water until I smell bleach.
6. Remove the shower heads, run cold water through the showers until bleach comes out.
7. Run all the other cold water faucets and flush the toilets a couple of times.
8. Run hot water until I can smell bleach, then repeat for all the other hot water faucets.
9. Wait four hours.
10. Run the garden hoses until the bleach smell is mostly gone.
11. Take the softener off bypass.
12. Run the cold water faucets, etc. until there's no bleach smell.
13. Run hot water until the water heater is flushed out and all the hot water outlets don't smell of bleach.
14. Turn the water heater back on and replace all the faucet screens and shower heads.
And then play a song:
Shock the Monkey
Here's how I do it:
1. Set the water softener to bypass and turn off the water heater.
2. Dump about 3 gallons of bleach (swimming pool chlorinator is best) down the well.
3. Run a garden hose into the well until I smell bleach, then run it a bit longer.
4. Run all the other hard water hose bibs until bleach comes out.
5. Take the screens out of all the faucets and run cold water until I smell bleach.
6. Remove the shower heads, run cold water through the showers until bleach comes out.
7. Run all the other cold water faucets and flush the toilets a couple of times.
8. Run hot water until I can smell bleach, then repeat for all the other hot water faucets.
9. Wait four hours.
10. Run the garden hoses until the bleach smell is mostly gone.
11. Take the softener off bypass.
12. Run the cold water faucets, etc. until there's no bleach smell.
13. Run hot water until the water heater is flushed out and all the hot water outlets don't smell of bleach.
14. Turn the water heater back on and replace all the faucet screens and shower heads.
And then play a song:
Shock the Monkey