Starting our new life

ovrszd · May 16, 2018

Only reason I ever heard that made any sense was access to the utilities/plumbing.

Those buried under the slab properly encased in conduit can be repaired/replaced without crawling under the house.

Wakey · May 16, 2018

Just seeing this! Wow, Congrats!

LouNY · May 16, 2018

Frost depth and plumbing and electrical access

cat fever · May 18, 2018

Sorry for the long delay in updating. Anyone ever heard of "internet issues?"

It's working for now so here's the updates.

Basement; we would only be using it for storage, so I'm not real concerned about anything else. Other than enough head room to walk upright.

We have the well drilled. It's 85' deep the first 40' was dirt, clay, and some gravel. Very little water. Then the last 45' was rock with cracks here and there. At the 85' level we hit lots of water and was getting 100+ GPM. Clear and cold and tasted great, no sulfur smell at all.:licking:

This view is looking west from where the house would sit. My property ends at the plowed field.

Here is the well driller

And success, the first water pumped out with a small pump sitting just 6' down in the well.

Here is another view looking northwest. The little structure is the old grain house that sits on the west end of my property. I am going to see what it would cost to repair the roof and get it dry. If it's not to costly I will fix and preserve the structure. It's pretty cool inside and bigger than the pictures make it appear.

joeyd · May 18, 2018

Congrats on a good well and some nice views! Is that the grain shack in your first picture? It looks like a project worth taking on. I'm sure you could find a lot of uses for that structure.

Xfaxman · May 18, 2018

:thumbsup:

JRobyn · May 18, 2018

How gratifying to have a good and productive well!

My BIL bought the piece of property to the south of us, partly on the assurance that the old farmhouse there had a "decent" well. So they built their dream/forever home (but farther back on the property). So far, he has spent over $30k, drilled 3 different wells (maybe 4?), and now has a daily sulfurous trickle. Part of his expense was a low-flow storage and treatment system. They have to be constantly aware of what they have left (especially before a shower).

My nightime prayer usually includes thanksgiving for our plentiful, clean, safe, county water supply. Just think for a moment about life without good water. It did take us about $20k to saw in that 2" waterline through the solid rock down our 1/2 mile road. Zero regrets.

buckeyefarmer · May 18, 2018

Great well. Beautuful view. Looks like you can put a basement in.

My last house had 65', 49 gpm well. House just up the street drilled several dry wells..

ultrarunner · May 18, 2018

JRobyn said:
How gratifying to have a good and productive well!

My BIL bought the piece of property to the south of us, partly on the assurance that the old farmhouse there had a "decent" well. So they built their dream/forever home (but farther back on the property). So far, he has spent over $30k, drilled 3 different wells (maybe 4?), and now has a daily sulfurous trickle. Part of his expense was a low-flow storage and treatment system. They have to be constantly aware of what they have left (especially before a shower).

My nightime prayer usually includes thanksgiving for our plentiful, clean, safe, county water supply. Just think for a moment about life without good water. It did take us about $20k to saw in that 2" waterline through the solid rock down our 1/2 mile road. Zero regrets.

Yep... my brother spent almost 40k on dry holes... did the geological, historical area well sites, soundings, witcher, etc... last well went down 650' and dry as a bone... across the road is a 3 acre home with a hand dug well from the 1930's provides enough water for the place to look like a park...

Water is a funny thing... either too much or too little is the reality for many.

The sore point for my brother is his wife has excellent recall... says... we could have bought a new car... taken a vacations for years... kids college fund... etc.

Had he found water... the plans were to farm the 65 acres...

cat fever · May 18, 2018

Wow,
There are some horror stories for sure on dry wells. I am very grateful to have a good well.

I was considering being the "General" for the house building, but, we found a builder today that gave us a good per square foot price on building the home. The home designer we are using recommended him to us. We are going to meet him at the property in the morning and see what we think. I would rather sit back and let someone else stress about getting the contractors there.:laughing: