one of my brother's came over for a visit yesterday
and we were talking about the house and i mentioned
that things were getting old and would likely need to
be replaced sooner rather than later. after 27 years
stuff is bound to break.
as it turned out last evening the well pump pressure
tank blew out the bottom.
i can't get things planted and watered or keep
seedlings alive without that so i was on the phone
this morning to get the plumber out to get that
fixed and they said they'd likely be out this
afternoon sometime.
not going to be cheap but it will still be less
than a monthly water bill. the budget includes some
wiggle room for things like this.
it was a good thing though that i did get all the
newly sprouted gardens watered and anything else that
needed it.
still no rain in the forecast.
songbird
Hope the plumber gets you back in business quickly ! We're on city
water here , but the cost for watering the garden is pretty high .
There's been a well here since we bought the property , I just never
utilized it until last summer . I don't know if it's safe for people to
drink , but it's sure doing a good job of quenching my garden's thirst .
Hope the plumber gets you back in business quickly ! We're on city
water here , but the cost for watering the garden is pretty high .
There's been a well here since we bought the property , I just never
utilized it until last summer . I don't know if it's safe for people to
drink , but it's sure doing a good job of quenching my garden's thirst .
Snag wrote:
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Hope the plumber gets you back in business quickly ! We're on city
water here , but the cost for watering the garden is pretty high .
There's been a well here since we bought the property , I just never
utilized it until last summer . I don't know if it's safe for people to
drink , but it's sure doing a good job of quenching my garden's thirst .
hopefully it doesn't have too much of bad stuff in it.
around here salt water is very common.
songbird
Snag wrote:
...
Hope the plumber gets you back in business quickly ! We're on city
water here , but the cost for watering the garden is pretty high .
There's been a well here since we bought the property , I just never
utilized it until last summer . I don't know if it's safe for people to
drink , but it's sure doing a good job of quenching my garden's thirst .
thanks! we have a new tank installed, but there is
some issue with the well because it is not holding
pressure and there are no leaks in the house. so
tomorrow we'll see what the well people say if they
can get out here.
at least in the meantime we can turn on the well
for a while to get some toilets flushed and water
for doing dishes and any watering in the gardens
that might be needed. but i don't want to leave
the well power on all the time because it is cycling
pretty frequently.
not going to be a cheap event if they have to dig
up the well line to find the leak but i'm thinking
it might be right at the well itself based upon a
previous event. we'll see...
songbird
If I need help in the future I will go back to the well digger and not
the plumber as well digger can handle the whole system.
Frank wrote:
...
If I need help in the future I will go back to the well digger and not
the plumber as well digger can handle the whole system.
based upon my experience with the plumber i would say
that they don't know what they are doing with wells and
the well guy came out and fixed what they did so it works.
we do have water again and so i get to go out and water
the plants that are started.
we might have had frost last night so i'm hoping the
plants survived ok. i think they did, but until i get
out there to look and water i won't know for sure...
songbird
Good to hear. Guess you knew what I found out it is best to get the
proper people for the job.
We're on city water here , but the cost for watering the garden is
pretty high . There's been a well here since we bought the property
On 5/24/23 09:55, Snag wrote:
We're on city water here , but the cost for watering the garden is
pretty high . There's been a well here since we bought the property
In these parts, Big Brother outlaws wells when there
is a city hookup available, even if you do not tap
into it. Keep yours hidden just in case!
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