Feb. 21, 2022: Well Vault: a pictorial

As you know, we are working to get the existing well back online. This is a major operation, especially now, in the winter, with the road melting more every day and a storm on the horizon. Our neighbor (who asks not to be named) has taken this project on as a personal mission to get us running water in the house by spring. If he succeeds, I will ask the Queen that he be given a Knighthood.

The purpose of a Well Vault is to have a dry little room, accessible by ladder, below the frost line so it never freezes, where a pressure tank, water valves, solar equipment and wires can be safely kept.

Culvert has been delivered
Down this road (yes, this is the County Road)
To be placed into this hole, surrounding the well
Once the hole is deepened and leveled, the culvert is lifted 8′ down into the hole
Where it is carefully situated around the well head and outgoing waterline (to be inserted through the culvert wall later)
The culvert is partially backfilled and covered with a temporary lid (as a 3-day storm is about to descend)
Clair resting after a long day supervising the guys.

To be continued….

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