Anyone for a Pic-a-Nic?
New Terracast planters and a picnic spot at last.
Tag: Well
In the Trench, Part 3
In the trench, part 3: new power to the well, and everything back to normal.
In the Trench, Part 2
In the trench, part 2: Able replaces the line from the wellhead to the tank and buries new conduit.
In the Trench, Part 1
In the trench, part 1: a stuck float flooded the well controls, and the pipe to the tank broke.
Water, Water Everywhere, Part 1: The Well
How our well works, and the saga of replacing the rusting well tank with a new poly one.
Random Pics that Never Got Posted
Pics that never made it into posts: the well tank replacement, the south pasture and old rodeo ring, and a neighbor whose tenants toss garbage over the fence.
Big green monster
New tank! Also, a sufficient crane.
Tank goodness
Inside the old well tank: a pile of rusty innards.
Well that didn’t go very well…
Epic fail: the contractor flipped their crane truck while trying to move the old well tank. Fortunately nobody was hurt.
A week in review?
The view from the well, 200 feet above the house, why a rusting 10,000-gallon metal well tank is a problem and the Whale’s broken camshaft at LeMons.
Ack! The well had no water, but we do have earwigs
The well had no water, the pump wouldn’t restart and the culprit turned out to be a bug corpse shorting a wire.
Work Continues
Meeting the Wall Guy, plumbers who rescheduled 15 minutes before the appointment and a well tank replacement that will need a crane.