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Subject: [Shop-talk] Well water installation
From: scott.hall.personal at gmail.com (Scott Hall)
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:45:14 -0400
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Eric,

I own two houses with wells, have replaced the pump on one, and after 
three years in running battle with it, am about to do some serious 
'maintenance' to the other.

Having said that, I know probably about as much as you.  I don't know 
what having a spring well entails (versus an in-ground well, which I 
have), but if what you have now is working, I'd keep it.  I have horror 
stories.

It seems to me that this is one of those things where you either get a 
good one or you don't, and if you don't it's better to just move.  There 
are like three parts to a well system (pump, switch, tank), yet with 
that relatively simple system, I am without useable water at at least 
one house at any given time.

Alternatively, get a subterranean well at your house, become expert in 
the whole system, and explain it to me.  God knows I need the 
education.  I'm about to have a new one dug because the one at the 
second house with a well keeps silting up.  The 'well' itself is fine, 
but the whole-house filtering-and-cleaning system it requires to produce 
drinkable water is a bit extreme.

Alternatively, the well at my mom's house has been there since 1986 and 
has never had a second's worth of trouble, and zero maintenance.  So...YMMV.

Scott

On 8/15/2011 8:09 AM, eric at megageek.com wrote:
> OK, now that the oil tank removal is behind me, I'm working on my next
> major project, installing a well.
>
> I currently have a spring well for my water, but I wanted to go to an
> inground well.  I'm told that it's expensive, $7K to $12K so I'm looking
> here for any advice.
>
> I know very little about wells and wondering if someone here could give me
> the pros and cons of installation.  What should I look for/ look out for?

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