My rental home, and the landlords is right next door, 8 ft apart, and share the same well between the homes. The problem I am having is when they use water, I get a very loud, sharp POP under my bedroom floor, nearly under my bed in the crawlspace, as the system switches on and off. This noise is very disturbing when I try to go to sleep/sleep, and is really making my life hell.
It's like having a smoke alarm that beeps that drives you crazy, never knowing when the hell it is going to go off, and I can't do a damn thing about it. So now I lie in bed waiting for the well machinery to POP, and my sleep is REALLY suffering and making my life miserable. I even sleep with really good quality earplugs, to no avail and I'm not doing this all the while paying $700/mo. I tried to "get used to it", but it has become intolerable, especially since the home is nearly silent all the time.
My landlord is a grumpy fella, and I'm sure anything I say will be dismissed, minimized, etc. The system is a mess to boot. Under my bedroom floor is a suspended by a wire Rube Goldberg mess of the switching contacts and spliced pipe. There is no gauge and pressure tank, so I guess the pressure tank, and perhaps check valve are in his crawl? It is a shallow jet pump between the homes, and I guess the check valve could also be in the well too making the noise. I went in the crawl and checked for loose pipes making the noise, covered up the switch box with insulation, but the noise is as bad as ever. I have lived in many homes with wells, and never have had this problem, but again I never shared a well either... No big deal if the POP happens when *you* are up flushing the toilet; whole other matter when they do, or do laundry, or some such and life is hell with multiple on off cycles. I'm at my wits end, and would appreciate help on perhaps a fix, and also how to deal with the landlord. Thanks. BTW, here is the mess in the crawl, and look at how he deals with dryer venting too... I'm shocked there is no mold growth/destroyed wood/joists: