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I wonder if this might be the issue. I live in the basement next to the mechanical room so I can hear the well pump switch on almost every time a faucet is turned on or a toilet flushed.
Is it not supposed to do that?
We do have a large blue pressure tank but if it's malfunctioning how would someone know?
It’s been a lot of years but I believe there was a little fitting you can connect a couple pressure gauge to
You’ll have to look it up or hire someone, because it’s not like an outright fail. The tank needs enough of an air pocket to compress and create pressure. If the bladder leaks you’ll lose the air: with nothing compressible there’s no way to hold pressure. Then it’s just a tank and your pump needs to run every time you use water. You’ll not only use a lot of electricity but shorten the life of your pump because it runs too often.
I’m sorry I can’t give enough specifics to go on but this seems like a good possibility you should look into. It may be as simple as bleeding or inflate the tank (free!), but worst case scenario of replacing the tank is a hell of a lot cheaper than replacing the pump