# Well pressure tank appears to be buried in front yard. Ok? **URL:** \ **Category:** Misc. Discussion\ **Created:** [May 11, 2022, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/well-pressure-tank-appears-to-be-buried-in-front-yard-ok/215562 "2022-05-11T14:12:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wwilkinson3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/wwilkinson3/32/215805_2.png) [@wwilkinson3](https://forum.nachi.org/u/wwilkinson3)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/well-pressure-tank-appears-to-be-buried-in-front-yard-ok/215562/1 "2022-05-11T14:12:45Z")
Inspected a home with a well. Never saw the pressure tank. However, in the front yard, at the well head, inside a plastic bucket filled with insulation, was the pressure switch. 2 questions- 1. I assume this means the pressure tank is down below there somwhere? 2. How serious is this? Here in Indiana, we get to minus 10 degrees sometimes in the winter. I did not see any supplemental heating present. Just insulation around it. Frost line here is 36 inches. Thank you all ![P1340251](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/original/4X/e/e/5/ee55b3120a6e8a6a3081a08a95627f6411ade2ab.jpeg) ![P1340253](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/original/4X/8/4/c/84c14dc2efa833c503d08939d2e25184b62fcf24.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![mgratton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/mgratton/32/58251_2.png) [@mgratton](https://forum.nachi.org/u/mgratton)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/well-pressure-tank-appears-to-be-buried-in-front-yard-ok/215562/2 "2022-05-11T15:02:09Z")
Some well pump are variable speed and don’t need a storage tank or a very small one. ---
**Author:** ![wjones18](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/wjones18/32/397367_2.png) [@wjones18](https://forum.nachi.org/u/wjones18)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/well-pressure-tank-appears-to-be-buried-in-front-yard-ok/215562/3 "2022-05-12T18:49:57Z")
the pressure tank can be anywhere, does not need to be next to the pressure regulator switch. It will not be underground. ---
**Author:** ![lkage](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/lkage/32/347658_2.png) [@lkage](https://forum.nachi.org/u/lkage)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/well-pressure-tank-appears-to-be-buried-in-front-yard-ok/215562/4 "2022-05-12T21:33:22Z")
> [@wjones18](#): > > the pressure tank can be anywhere, does not need to be next to the pressure regulator switch > **It will not be underground.** We have them underground in a vault all over in our tourist lake areas. ---
**Author:** ![wjones18](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/wjones18/32/397367_2.png) [@wjones18](https://forum.nachi.org/u/wjones18)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 10:19pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/well-pressure-tank-appears-to-be-buried-in-front-yard-ok/215562/5 "2022-05-12T22:19:46Z")
That’s completely different then buried as he said. Technically a basement is underground. But you know what I meant. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![msenty](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/msenty/32/271584_2.png) [@msenty](https://forum.nachi.org/u/msenty)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2022, 12:22am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/well-pressure-tank-appears-to-be-buried-in-front-yard-ok/215562/6 "2022-05-13T00:22:03Z")
In Minnesota, I had a buried pressure tank serving a drilled well on my property. Well-x-Trol manufactures them, specified for direct bury. In some circumstances, this is the best solution. ---
**Author:** ![wjones18](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/wjones18/32/397367_2.png) [@wjones18](https://forum.nachi.org/u/wjones18)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2022, 1:15am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/well-pressure-tank-appears-to-be-buried-in-front-yard-ok/215562/7 "2022-05-13T01:15:46Z")
Never heard of that, but here in the Ozarks where I live, we have too much rock in the ground to bury much of anything. ---
**Author:** ![lkage](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/lkage/32/347658_2.png) [@lkage](https://forum.nachi.org/u/lkage)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2022, 1:20am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/well-pressure-tank-appears-to-be-buried-in-front-yard-ok/215562/8 "2022-05-13T01:20:16Z")
> [@msenty](#): > > In Minnesota, I had a buried pressure tank serving a drilled well on my property. Well-x-Trol manufactures them, specified for direct bury. Yep, Michael, we have those around here, too. In certain situations, they are perfect.