09-14-2013, 03:06 PM
More is my motto, especially when it comes to mess & squalor.
Been messing and squaloring with a change from an old injector deep well pump to a new submersible that involved FINDING the well.
I will from now on advise anyone contemplating a rural home purchase to look for evidence of an above ground well casing or a distinct
indication of the well's whereabouts.
We had to dig from the wall of the house where the 2 pvc pipes went through the basement wall to the well, wherever that would be.
We found it in front of the added on garage.
Once located things went pretty quick, I did clean ups and running around as well as wiring the new 220v pump (my electrician friend who did my new panel had set me up with half the pump breaker wired for 110 and all I had to do was bring the white/ common down to the other side of the breaker and presto! 220 for the new submersible pump.
I also arranged with the plumber to do my own backfilling so the guy with the mini excavator (neat machine!) didn't have to wait around or come back.
Here's a pic of my back filling so far.
Oh, the tractor in the middle garage isn't my loader tractor that did the back filling, it's my snowblower tractor. I have three old Allis-Chalmers tractors the 3rd is an ever ongoing project.
Been a bit of a journey but I now know where our well is and we have a new pump, tank and brass and plastic fittings!
Been messing and squaloring with a change from an old injector deep well pump to a new submersible that involved FINDING the well.
I will from now on advise anyone contemplating a rural home purchase to look for evidence of an above ground well casing or a distinct
indication of the well's whereabouts.
We had to dig from the wall of the house where the 2 pvc pipes went through the basement wall to the well, wherever that would be.
We found it in front of the added on garage.
Once located things went pretty quick, I did clean ups and running around as well as wiring the new 220v pump (my electrician friend who did my new panel had set me up with half the pump breaker wired for 110 and all I had to do was bring the white/ common down to the other side of the breaker and presto! 220 for the new submersible pump.
I also arranged with the plumber to do my own backfilling so the guy with the mini excavator (neat machine!) didn't have to wait around or come back.
Here's a pic of my back filling so far.
Oh, the tractor in the middle garage isn't my loader tractor that did the back filling, it's my snowblower tractor. I have three old Allis-Chalmers tractors the 3rd is an ever ongoing project.
Been a bit of a journey but I now know where our well is and we have a new pump, tank and brass and plastic fittings!
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