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Backwards Update: Our New Well

It seems the only chance I get to really update anymore is on the weekends. By then I forget half the stuff I've done all week!

About the well...we had a new one dug a few weeks ago and TB meant to post about it but never got the chance--he has the same problem I do! We're always busy...and now he's been called back to work, which is a very very good thing for us but a very bad thing for updating!

Anyway, back to the well...

Our water pressure had been worsening and we called in a new water treatment company, Safe Water Technologies. We'd been dealing with a local business for the last 3 years with only temporary success. I mean, our water was totally yucky! It smelled of sulfur and there was so much iron, we were going through tons of salt to try and keep it from ruining our stuff--and stuff got ruined, let me tell you!

Joe Brown, the owner of Safe Water, took a look at the mess we had and figured we needed a new well before we did anything else and knew of some good companies. We called Robbins. Joe's idea was that the new well would get dug and then he'd put in all new stuff for treating our water.

TB took some pictures.

Once the guys started drilling, Tomas was totally fascinated--as were we!

Very cool, isn't it?

Our original well was only 25 feet. This new one is over 60. One of our neighbors thought we should have had Robbins go to 300 feet!

The new well is dug, the old one sealed, and now all that's left for these guys is to cover the big hole in our front yard.

This is the way our yard looks now...we'll have to pretty it up for spring!

Then it was time for Joe to move in and put in our new water treatment system.

First the old crap had to be pulled out. This is under our house! Blech! We're going to need a plumber to come in to look at the old pipes and we also need to remove all that wet yucky insulation! Blech! Blech! Triple Blech!

And here is our nice new system--in our outdoors "closet" which is now heated and holds all the essentials of the house. No more crawl space!

Thank you, Robbins Drilling & Safe Water Technologies!!!!!

Posted by Cassie at November 12, 2006 03:11 PM | TrackBack