My 11-yo well just quit

[dcyrilc]

Glad it went "well" for you Jim! I've had to replace both the control switch and pump at the farm well (we have two here). Of course my pump is about 180' down and we were able to pull it by hand. 350' is another story.

You guys must hang your pumps differently than we do. Mine's only 150 feet down, but it's hanging on 24ft sticks of 1-1/2" rigid conduit.

 

[jayste]

You guys must hang your pumps differently than we do. Mine's only 150 feet down, but it's hanging on 24ft sticks of 1-1/2" rigid conduit.

Cyril, IF and I do mean IF my memory serves me right, the well at the farm is 180' deep and the pump hangs at 140'. It has 1" schedule 40 PVC. I think schedule 80 is recommended but this well was already here when we bought the place.

 

[jinman]

Jay, I believe my well is 1-1/2" and I know it is schedule 80. I watched them thread the sections into PVC unions as they lowered the pump down. They put anti-sieze on the threads. I kinda like not having any galvanized sections in the entire line from the top to the pump at the bottom.

I can tell you that now that the well is fixed, I say a prayer of thanks everytime I turn on a faucet. Running water is a luxury and a blessing.

 

[Bird]

Running water is a luxury and a blessing.

Yep, there are a few of on TBN who can remember when we didn't have such.:laughing:

 

[jayste]

Running water is a luxury and a blessing.

Unless it's from your water heater and it's all over the floor!:laughing::laughing:

Naw, I know what you mean, Jim. ...."You don't miss the water 'til the well runs dry" :thumbsup:

Bird, I'm not that "seasoned"!

 

[Egon]

Yep, there are a few of on TBN who can remember when we didn't have such.:laughing:

Yep, we had a well under the front Porch and a pump on that. The sink and bathtub water did have a drain though. No slop bucket to run over!

 

[jinman]

Yep, there are a few of on TBN who can remember when we didn't have such.:laughing:

Bird, I've drawn many buckets of water up out of a shallow well using a rope and pulley. The bail on the bucket had a loop in the middle to tie the rope and the bail was really heavy duty. We always tied a weight on bail so the bucket would tip and fill because it was top heavy. When we finally put in a shallow well jet pump, we first plumbed our kitchen and then later our bathroom at the same time we got a water heater. Up until I was 8 years old, most of my baths were in a #3 washtub in front of a gas stove or a galvanized tub in a non-heated bathroom in the summer. I think once-a-week baths were common in those days. We got pretty "ripe" before our Saturday night bath.:laughing:

 

[wdchyd]

Jim,

Glad you gotter fixed.....when myself or neighbors have trouble with our wells, we round up all the garden hoses we can find and connect them together (using one washing machine hose to makeup the two male ends on the hoses).... connect to outside spigots....open valves and VIOLA......temporary water....YAHOO....it'll trickle in, but will build up your pressure tank from your neighbors supply (the others in the house won't even know there is anything wrong cuz the pressure will be up)while you wait for Monday to arrive...(Yes it always happens on weekends:laughing.....

Of course this doesn't work in the middle of winter up here:confused2:

 

[Steve_Miller]

Bird, I've drawn many buckets of water up out of a shallow well using a rope and pulley. The bail on the bucket had a loop in the middle to tie the rope and the bail was really heavy duty. We always tied a weight on bail so the bucket would tip and fill because it was top heavy. When we finally put in a shallow well jet pump, we first plumbed our kitchen and then later our bathroom at the same time we got a water heater. Up until I was 8 years old, most of my baths were in a #3 washtub in front of a gas stove or a galvanized tub in a non-heated bathroom in the summer. I think once-a-week baths were common in those days. We got pretty "ripe" before our Saturday night bath.:laughing:

I hate to admit it but I too had a few baths in the old #3 and got water from the well using the old tree trunk with one limb left on it to hook the bucket. Once a week bath whether you needed it or not and I usually wasn't the first one to get the fresh bath water either, man those crusty old underwear after a week. :thumbdown:

Steve

 

[chad22]

I hate to admit it but I too had a few baths in the old #3 and got water from the well using the old tree trunk with one limb left on it to hook the bucket. Once a week bath whether you needed it or not and I usually wasn't the first one to get the fresh bath water either, man those crusty old underwear after a week. :thumbdown:

Steve

I know this is an older post. But my dad came across a photo of his mom giving him and his brother a bath in one of those tubs when he was about 2. And I think his brother was 5.

He's 63 now so it's been awhile. It's always neat looking at those old time photos and the way people used to live.

When I was 8 we went on a field trip to an old town with the school and I actually got to draw water from the well and fill a tub on the front porch of an old house and take a bath. It was pretty neat.

I also volunteered to let the teacher at the old school house give me a paddling. :laughing:

Chad