Who this is for
Three groups of people call us for a well inspection: home buyers doing due diligence before closing on a property with a private well, homeowners who've never had their system checked and want a baseline, and anyone who noticed a small warning sign — a slight drop in pressure, a slightly longer wait for hot water to catch up, a faint sound from the pressure tank closet — and would rather check now than wait for a full failure.
What a full inspection covers
- Flow rate test — how many gallons per minute the well delivers under sustained draw, compared to what the household actually needs
- Static water level — where the water sits in the well when it isn't being pumped, and how far it draws down under load (drawdown)
- Pump amperage draw — a motor pulling higher-than-rated amperage is often an early warning sign of bearing wear or a failing motor, well before it fails outright
- Pressure tank condition — air pre-charge, bladder condition, and whether the tank is properly sized
- Pressure switch settings — confirming cut-in/cut-out points and that the switch is responding correctly
- Wellhead and casing condition — a damaged or improperly sealed well cap is a direct path for surface contamination to reach the water, which matters more than usual in karst terrain where surface water can already move underground quickly
- Basic water quality screening — turbidity and a general check for signs that point toward the need for a full lab water test (see our water quality page)
What you get afterward
A written summary of what we found, what's working fine, what's marginal and worth watching, and what needs attention now versus what can be scheduled. For home purchases, this gives you a real negotiating basis rather than a vague "the well seemed fine" from a general home inspector who isn't a well specialist.