The ordeal with my well that began last Monday ended today. Unfortunately, it was very costly, and may preclude me from putting a permanent roof on the new hunting cabin this year.
The well is now 1,330' deep instead of 605', and I now have a 3 phase 2 hp pump at 860' instead of a 1 hp pump at 540'. My current static level is 490' (was 200' in 1987). I wanted to drop the pump deeper, but the cost would have been overwhelming. Just to replace the plastic pipe with Stainless would have been a $5,000 expense, plus larger electrical wire, more for the pump, etc.
Let's just say that I should have that truck that Reid is talking about getting, and instead I only have water again!
The new pump hits max pressure far faster than the old pump did, and the water cleared in a matter of minutes (to my surprise). Fingers crossed this costly repair will last a good many years. It is scary how the water tables are dropping around here, and NYC has dibs on all the local reservoirs.
We now return you to our normally scheduled programming, I'll be delivering two cords to someone new on Sat.
The well is now 1,330' deep instead of 605', and I now have a 3 phase 2 hp pump at 860' instead of a 1 hp pump at 540'. My current static level is 490' (was 200' in 1987). I wanted to drop the pump deeper, but the cost would have been overwhelming. Just to replace the plastic pipe with Stainless would have been a $5,000 expense, plus larger electrical wire, more for the pump, etc.
Let's just say that I should have that truck that Reid is talking about getting, and instead I only have water again!
The new pump hits max pressure far faster than the old pump did, and the water cleared in a matter of minutes (to my surprise). Fingers crossed this costly repair will last a good many years. It is scary how the water tables are dropping around here, and NYC has dibs on all the local reservoirs.
We now return you to our normally scheduled programming, I'll be delivering two cords to someone new on Sat.