No water at the tap? Most well pump problems are a $150 to $900 fix, not a full replacement. We diagnose it today and tell you straight which one you need.
When your well quits, everything stops. No showers, no laundry, no water for the garden or the stock tank. Our well pump repair crews serve Wenatchee, East Wenatchee, Cashmere, and the whole Columbia River valley, and most calls get same-day service. Many of the wells around here are 20 to 40 years old, and the pumps that run them fail in predictable ways we've seen hundreds of times.
Most no-water calls don't need a new pump. A bad pressure switch, a fried capacitor, or a chewed-up wire can shut down a perfectly healthy pump, and those repairs run a few hundred dollars, not a few thousand. We start with a real diagnosis, give you a flat price before we touch anything, and fix it right the first time. If the pump truly is done, we'll show you the evidence and walk you through well pump replacement options on the spot.
Call before noon and we're usually at your place the same day. No water is an emergency, and we treat it like one.
You get a firm price after diagnosis, before any work starts. Most repairs land between $150 and $900.
Submersible, jet, and constant-pressure systems. If it pumps water in Chelan, Douglas, or Grant County, we work on it.
We'll tell you when a $300 fix makes sense and when it's throwing money at a pump that's on its way out.
Trained techs, stocked trucks, and work that meets state code. Free estimates on every job.
Frozen lines in January or a dead pump during August irrigation season, our emergency line answers around the clock.
About 8 out of 10 no-water calls trace back to a handful of parts, and most of them aren't the pump itself. Knowing the usual suspects is why we can fix most systems in one visit with parts already on the truck.
One more frequent offender sits next to the pump, not in it. A waterlogged pressure tank makes the pump short-cycle until it dies. If that's your real problem, we handle pressure tank replacement too, and catching it early can save the pump.
Guessing gets expensive fast. Pulling a submersible pump from 300 feet down to find out the problem was a $40 switch at the surface is the kind of mistake we see other outfits make. Our process rules out the cheap stuff first.
We start at the pressure tank and switch. We check tank air charge, switch contacts, and system pressure. Then we move to the electrical side: voltage at the control box, amp draw on the pump circuit, capacitor test, and insulation resistance on the well wiring. Those readings tell us a lot. A pump drawing high amps is binding up. A pump drawing zero is getting no power or has a broken wire. A pump drawing normal amps but moving no water usually has a worn impeller, a stuck check valve, or a dry well.
Only after the above checks out do we talk about pulling the pump. The whole diagnostic usually takes 30 to 60 minutes, and you get a clear answer: what failed, what it costs to fix, and how long the rest of the system has left. If you woke up to no water at all and need help now, our emergency well service runs 24/7.
This is the question every homeowner asks, and the honest answer depends on three things: the pump's age, what failed, and what the well itself is doing. A clean rule of thumb: if the repair costs more than half the price of a new pump and your pump is past 10 years old, replacement is usually the smarter spend.
Repairs make sense for surface-level failures. Pressure switches, capacitors, control boxes, and above-ground wiring can all be fixed for $150 to $600 without touching the pump. A 5-year-old pump with a bad capacitor? Fix it and move on. You'll get years more service.
Replacement makes sense when the motor itself is failing on an older unit. Submersible pumps around here typically last 10 to 15 years, less if the well has sand or the pump has been short-cycling. A 14-year-old pump with a burned motor isn't worth a $900 patch when the next failure is already coming. New installs generally run $1,800 to $4,500 depending on depth and pump size. You can see the full breakdown on our well pump cost guide.
Either way, you decide with real numbers in front of you. We put the repair price and the replacement price side by side and tell you what we'd do if it were our well.
Our trucks are based in Wenatchee and stocked with the parts that fail most: pressure switches, capacitors, control boxes, fittings, and wire. That's how we close out most repairs in a single visit instead of leaving you dry while parts ship.
We cover the whole valley and the flats. That includes East Wenatchee, Cashmere, Leavenworth, Lake Chelan, Quincy, and Moses Lake. Orchard properties, rural homesteads, cabins up the Icicle, we work on all of them.
The seasons here are hard on pumps. August heat drops water tables and makes pumps run dry. January cold freezes pitless adapters and exposed lines. Both seasons spike our call volume, so the sooner you call, the sooner you're back on water. Call (509) 224-3484 and we'll get a tech headed your way, often within hours.
Most repairs run $150 to $900. A pressure switch is typically $150 to $350, a capacitor or control box $200 to $400, and wiring repairs $200 to $600. Pulling a submersible pump for an in-well repair sits at the higher end. You get a firm flat-rate price after diagnosis, before any work begins.
Usually, yes. Our trucks carry the parts behind about 80 percent of failures, so most repairs wrap up in one visit. Call before noon and we can typically be there the same day anywhere from Cashmere to Moses Lake. For after-hours no-water emergencies, our 24/7 line is the same number: (509) 224-3484.
That usually means the pump is moving but the water isn't, often a worn impeller, a broken drop pipe, a stuck check valve, or a well that's pumped down. In dry late summers around here, low water tables cause a lot of these calls. Our diagnostic, usually 30 to 60 minutes, pins down which one it is before anyone talks about pulling the pump.
A quality submersible pump typically lasts 10 to 15 years, and jet pumps about 8 to 12. Sandy wells, short-cycling from a bad pressure tank, and dry-running in low-yield wells all shorten that. If your pump is under 10 years old, repair is usually the right call. Past that, we'll run the numbers both ways with you.
Our rule of thumb: if the repair costs more than half the price of replacement and the pump is over 10 years old, replace it. A new installed pump generally runs $1,800 to $4,500 depending on well depth and pump size. We'll show you both prices side by side so you're deciding with real numbers, not a sales pitch.
Free written estimates. Emergency no-water calls answered around the clock.