Articles by John Schmitt

I was deeply saddened to belatedly learn of the passing of my friend, Carl Back.

You, regular readers, will recall that I have been doing a few columns lately on a product that was popular in the past, the pitless adapter tank or PAT.

Those of you who are regular readers of this column are aware that I sometimes get on a multi-issue subject and then take a detour.

I’ve written several columns on these unique pitlesses known as pitless adapter tanks.

In my last column, I wrote about a rather unique pitless adapter — actually a pitless adapter and pressure tank combined.

A few days ago my wife, Shirley, and I attended the 2016 Michigan Ground Water Association Convention in Battle Creek, Mich.

In my last column, I took a short detour from the subject of pitless adapters and wrote about changing a pump the old fashioned way.

Readers, you will have to forgive me, for I am going to take a short detour from my series of columns about clamp-on pitlesses. I recently had occasion to pull a pump that I had installed years ago and, not having a pump hoist available, did it the way we used to do it.

As I write these columns and think about different subjects, I seem to have more to say about certain procedures and products used in our industry than others.

If you have read my last several articles on pitless adapters, I hope you got the feeling that I believe in these devices strongly.