Well pump repair in Rochester usually starts with a call that goes, “We have no water.” The pump quit, the pressure tank gave up, or something down the hole stopped doing its job. We track down which part failed, tell you plainly what it costs to fix, and get your water back on.
Most of our work is well pump repair in Rochester — switches, control boxes, pressure tanks, and pumps that need pulling. When a pump is old enough that fixing it stops making sense, we handle the well pump replacement too, sized to your well and your house, with the price in writing before we start.
Building new, or your old well is giving up? We do well drilling in Rochester and across the Rochester area — the hole, the casing, the pump, the tank, and the permit, handled as one job with one written price.
From Rochester out to Stewartville, Kasson, Chatfield, and the rest of our well service areas cover Olmsted, Dodge, and Goodhue counties. Phones are answered around the clock, and every job starts with a free written estimate after an in-person look.
Not sure what yours will run? Start with the cost calculator just below — then call us and we'll come put a real number on it.
Well work is priced by the part that failed, the depth of the well, and what the ground is made of — not by the hour. Here are the ranges we see on real jobs around Rochester, and a calculator built on the same numbers.
Repair is priced by the failed part. Above-ground parts run $125–$500 — a pressure switch is $125–$300, a control box or capacitor $175–$500 — and every repair band here includes the $100–$200 service call. The moment a job means pulling the pump out of the well, it starts near $1,000: pump pull and motor work runs $950–$2,650. Replacement is priced by pump type and depth: a jet or shallow-well pump (under 100 ft) runs $450–$1,400, a standard submersible at 100–300 ft runs $1,000–$2,500, and a deep submersible past 300 ft runs $1,500–$5,000. A pressure tank is its own line, by size: $400–$900 small, $800–$1,500 standard, $1,500–$2,500 large. After-hours calls add $150–$300, and we'll tell you that up front.
Drilling is priced per foot, and the rate follows the ground. Through sand and gravel it's $28–$50 a foot; through mixed glacial ground and till, $40–$60; through bedrock, $50–$65 — that's the published Minnesota band, split by geology. The hole alone isn't a well, though: the completion package — pump, pressure tank, electrical hookup, and permit — adds $2,500–$5,500. A typical 200-foot well in mixed ground, complete, lands at $10,500–$17,500, right in line with the published $6,000–$16,000 complete-well range and Minnesota's average complete system of about $15,500. Honest timing: a new well is a 4–8 week process from first call to water on, most of it scheduling and permitting, not drilling.
Most inspection calls come with a closing date attached. A well inspection runs $250–$550, a full septic compliance inspection $300–$650, and the two together on one visit run $400–$650 — cheaper than booking them apart, on purpose. Lab water testing rides along as an add-on: a basic panel is $100–$350, an extended panel $350–$750. You get a written report your lender and the county can work from.
Where these numbers come from. Published national cost guides — Angi, HomeAdvisor, and HomeGuide project data — with drilling priced off Angi's Minnesota per-foot table ($28–$65/ft) and checked against the NGWA-survey Minnesota average for a complete system (about $15,500 at 200 ft). They're planning ranges, not a quote: your final price is confirmed in writing after an in-person look, before any work starts.
A word about materials and equipment. These ranges are figured on standard, proven equipment — a name-brand submersible pump, standard casing, a pressure tank sized to the house. Materials are not all the same, and neither is the ground the well goes into. A well drilled through bedrock eats bits and time a sand well never sees; a deep well needs more drop pipe, more wire, and a bigger pump than a shallow one; a bigger pressure tank costs more than a small one because it is more tank. That's why two jobs that sound alike can price thousands apart, and why the exact pump, materials, and price get confirmed at the in-person estimate, in writing, before any work starts.
Every repair band includes the service call. After-hours work adds $150–$300 — the range here is standard hours.
Most wells around Rochester land between 100 and 300 feet. The range starts from the typical mixed-ground rate — pick your ground below to adjust it.
Per-foot bands: sand & gravel $28–$50/ft · mixed glacial $40–$60/ft · bedrock $50–$65/ft. The range reprices at the rate for the ground you pick, for the depth above — plus the completion package below when it's checked.
Free — no obligation. Your calculator numbers ride along with the request.
Your estimate is attached automatically. Add your info and tell us about the project — no water, low pressure, a new well, whatever you're facing. Prefer to talk? Call (612) 260-8779.
A look at the kind of well work we run around Rochester — pump replacements, new wells, tanks, repairs, and sale-ready inspections.
The projects below are representative of the work we do around Rochester — the kind of jobs, the way they're priced, and what homeowners tell us after. Verified customer projects replace these examples as jobs close.
Pulled a tired submersible pump set at about 180 feet outside Stewartville and set a new one sized to the house. New drop pipe checks, wire inspected, pressure verified at the tap before we left.
Final price: $1,750
“The water got weaker all fall, then quit on a Sunday. They pulled the old pump, showed me why it was done, and had the new one in the same day. Pressure's better than it's been in years.”
Drilled a new 210-foot well in mixed glacial ground outside Kasson for a new home build. Casing, pump, pressure tank, electrical hookup, and permit handled as one job with one written price.
Final price: $13,800
“Building new, we needed the whole thing — hole, pump, tank, the works. One crew, one price in writing, and water was on right when the house was ready for it. The 4-to-8-week timeline they quoted is the timeline we got.”
Swapped a waterlogged standard pressure tank at a home outside Chatfield. The pump had been short-cycling for months; new tank, new switch, and the cycle times are back where they belong.
Final price: $1,150
“The pump was clicking on and off every few seconds and I figured the pump was dying. It was the tank. New tank in half a day, and they showed me the old one was full of water where the air should be.”
No-water call in Byron traced to a failed pressure switch, with the downhole pump itself testing fine on the close-up inspection. New switch fitted, contacts and tank charge checked, water back the same visit.
Final price: $225
“Woke up to dry taps and figured I was buying a pump. They tested first, found the switch, and I had water back by mid-morning for a couple hundred dollars. That's how you earn a customer.”
Drilled and completed a 190-foot well near Pine Island after the old shallow well started pulling sand. New casing, pump, and tank; the old well was sealed by a licensed well contractor with the state sealing record filed.
Final price: $12,900
“Our old well started giving us sandy water and we knew it was time. They explained the depth, the ground, and the price before a bit ever turned — and the final bill matched the written estimate.”
Well and septic inspected on one visit for a home sale in Dodge Center: pump, tank, flow, and pressure checked, septic compliance inspection done, and a written report the lender could work from.
Final price: $550
“Selling the house, the buyer's lender wanted the well and septic checked on paper. One visit covered both, and the report was in hand in time for closing. No surprises for anybody.”
When the water stops, everything stops — no shower, no laundry, no coffee. Most of our calls start right there, and most of them end with the water back on and a written price the homeowner agreed to before we turned a wrench.
No water, low pressure, a pump that clicks on and off — we find the failed part and fix it. Switches, control boxes, and tanks handled on the spot.
When a pump is done, we pull it and set a new one sized to your well's depth and your house. Jet, standard submersible, and deep submersible.
New wells drilled and completed start to finish — hole, casing, pump, tank, electrical, and permit, on one written price.
A waterlogged tank short-cycles your pump to death. We swap tanks by size — small, standard, and large — and set the pressure right.
Well and septic inspections for home sales, with lab water testing and a written report your lender can use.
Dry taps are an emergency around here. Call and we'll talk you through the quick checks, then come out if it's more than a tripped breaker.
Repair comes first on this site because it's first in our week. A pressure switch is a couple hundred dollars; a control box a little more; both include the service call and both get checked against the rest of the system before we leave — a switch that burned up once will do it again if the tank is waterlogged. If the fix means pulling the pump, we'll tell you the honest number and let you decide.
Pumps around the Rochester area commonly run ten to fifteen years. When repair stops making sense — the rule of thumb is a repair bill past half the cost of a new pump on an older unit — replacement is the better money. Depth decides the price more than anything: under 100 feet is one job, 300-plus is another, and your written estimate will say exactly which one you're in.
A new well is the biggest job we do and the one with the longest memory — it has to serve the house for decades. We drill through the sandy and mixed glacial ground most of the Rochester area sits on, and into bedrock where the glacial cover runs thin. Plan on a 4–8 week process from first call to water on; the drilling itself is the short part.
The pressure tank is the quiet part of the system that protects the pump. We replace them by size and set the air charge to match your switch. Selling a home? We inspect wells — and septic systems on the same visit — and run lab water panels, with a written report for the lender.
Most homes we serve are on a septic system too. If yours is backing up, or a new system is going in, our sister company handles septic installation & repair across the Rochester area.
Check the breaker for the pump and the pressure gauge by the tank. If the breaker is fine and the gauge reads zero, call us — it's likely the switch, the control box, or the pump itself, and we'll sort out which.
A complete 200-foot well in mixed ground — drilling, casing, pump, tank, electrical, and permit — typically lands between $10,500 and $17,500. The calculator above will narrow it down for your depth and ground.
Most submersible pumps run 10–15 years, less if a waterlogged pressure tank has been short-cycling them. A jet pump on a shallow well often goes sooner.
No. We come look in person and give you a free written estimate before any work starts. The number we write is the number you pay.
No water this morning, or just tired of guessing? Call (612) 260-8779 — we answer around the clock — or send the form and we'll call you back.
