Anyone for a Pic-a-Nic?
Way, way back in 2020 (yes, during the pandemic), I ordered 6 huge fiberglass planters from terracastproducts.com. Four of them replaced the concrete ones dating…
Tag: Well
In the Trench, Part 3
After the trench was dug and filled back in, we could fill the well tank only by flipping the breaker in the garage to turn…
In the Trench, Part 2
Carrying on from the last post, in early 2023 we needed to fix the run between the wellhead and tank. Because we live halfway up…
In the Trench, Part 1
Cue the Time Machine music… Way back in December of 2022 we discovered an issue with our well. The float mechanism inside the tank was…
Water, Water Everywhere, Part 1: The Well
One of the critical inspections we had done prior to buying Purgatory was a test of the well. We’re up high enough on the hillside…
Random Pics that Never Got Posted
While doing a bit of admin work, I came across a bunch of pics highlighting past projects and things that, for various reasons, never made…
Big green monster
New tank! Also, a sufficient crane.
Tank goodness
Part of the process appears to have involved gutting the old tank like a Tauntaun, leaving behind a pile of rusty innards. Sadly no snowspeeder…
Well that didn’t go very well…
Epic fail on the well tank removal project. I have no clue how they’re going to fix this and we’re very lucky nothing rolled down…
A week in review?
The image below is the view of the house compound from our well. The well sits about 200 feet above the house. (Walking anywhere on our…
Ack! The well had no water, but we do have earwigs
Agent Smith is very, very water conscious. Since we’re due to have the well tank replaced next week, he didn’t want to waste the 10,000…
Work Continues
It’s been a very busy week. On Saturday, Agent Smith took a load of stuff down and met with the Wall Guy again to talk scope…