[Shop-talk] wells and such.

[Eugene D Abbondelo]

Shoppers:

I find this discussion very interesting.  I'd like to ask a less technical
question if I may:

I live in a city and have public water and sewer;everything works fine.  I've
never owned a home not being so provided. My wife and I plan on retiring in
about 3 years and moving to a rural area.  When buying a house that is not on
a public water/sewer supply is a normal house inspection going to cover the
problems that have been brought up in this discussion (low pressure/capacity;
type of pipe used, etc.) or do you really have to get a specialist in to check
that specific aspect (water/sewer) of any house you're really interested in?
Sounds like you could unknowingly inherit a poor system needing lots of money
to fix.  Simply turning the water on or flushing a toilet in an inspection may
not be enough.

Thanks for any advice.

Gene

>>> "Mark Miller" <markmiller at threeboysfarm.com> 12/12/2007 10:51 PM >>>
I have a well.  It puts out about 1.6 gallons per minute.  For code purposes
(and common sense) I have a large (2500 gallon) storage tank................