freemotion
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Quail_Antwerp: Words from the Barnyard...
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lorihadams
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Well, I'm glad all the CPS stuff got worked out. What a pain in the *** that the ones in Tennessee are the ones that called on you guys 
Good grief, I agree that it would be nice to move but if you got a well then a lot of issues are solved. Granted it would be nice to have more elbow room but it's also more stuff to clean.
Maybe you guys could look into a double wide. My granny is selling hers for $40000 but you'd have to move it!
Sounds like you guys need a vacation! Maybe you could get with Bee and go rafting!
Good grief, I agree that it would be nice to move but if you got a well then a lot of issues are solved. Granted it would be nice to have more elbow room but it's also more stuff to clean.
Maybe you guys could look into a double wide. My granny is selling hers for $40000 but you'd have to move it! Sounds like you guys need a vacation! Maybe you could get with Bee and go rafting!
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Quail_Antwerp
Cold is on the Right, Hot is on The Left
You have not offended. I realize people have different beliefs, but isn't that why we live in America?FarmerDenise said:It's been a while since I had time to read people's posts. Wow Aly, you sure have had your plate full.
Seems like things are working out though. I am glad for you that they are. Now all you need is for someone to come and put that well in for you and pipe it to the house
I think we should all focus our prayers and see if we can't arrange that for you. If the government won't help folks like you, then maybe a little group focus and goodwill will.
So tonight I will light a white candle and ask that a well and the proper plumbing will be provided to you by the end of the month.
I am sure my gods can work with yours
ETA Hope my last statement doesn't offend you. It is not intended to, I am just affirming my own religion
Just when I pray for you, I also hope you won't be offended.
What Ernie and I have decided, instead of spending out $300 a month on rent, we're going to start buying up little things that we can get...Like water pipes, the hot water tank...anything we can buy, even if it is just one thing a month, that will greatly decrease the amount of help from others. Then we plan to start tucking money back, well more so than we have been, so that we can help pay for it ourselves. We aren't looking for a hand out here.
My parents just drilled their well...everything, including piping into the home, was $7000.
freemotion
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I was just thinking.....can you rig up a collection system for rainwater, and maybe even filter it into a hotwater tank for showers? Toilet flushing, and such? Watering the animals?
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Quail_Antwerp
Cold is on the Right, Hot is on The Left
We do collect rain water for the animals. Hadn't thought about filtering into a hot water tank though! I bet we could catch rain water and even filter it into a holding tank, and pump it to the house from that!
SheriM
Lovin' The Homestead
Aly, I hope you don't think I'm sticking my nose in here, but how much of that $7000 was for the actual drilling of the well? The reason I ask is I'm wondering if putting in a cistern would be cheaper and more quickly obtainable. You would still need to do the plumbing, etc. and would still have to haul water to fill the cistern, but it would be less frequent and you'd have the convience of running water. Just a thought.
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Quail_Antwerp
Cold is on the Right, Hot is on The Left
The actual drilling was close to $5000.
And could you please explain to me what a cistern is?
And could you please explain to me what a cistern is?
punkin
Don't Quote Me
Aly, I don't want to discourage your decision, but this may be something else for you to think about:
Our well experience:
My dad's well is less thank 100 yds away from the spot we chose to drill. His is less than 200' deep and has pretty good water supply.
Our well ended up being 642' deep, 400' through solid limestone rock (we graveled our driveway with it). We did hit a great water supply and have had no problems with low pressure. However, our water is very hard and we have to have a softener. Our budget was around $3500. We doubled that easily and that was 21 years ago.
Actually finding water is not a sure thing, nor do you have any way of know how deep your well will need to be.
Our well experience:
My dad's well is less thank 100 yds away from the spot we chose to drill. His is less than 200' deep and has pretty good water supply.
Our well ended up being 642' deep, 400' through solid limestone rock (we graveled our driveway with it). We did hit a great water supply and have had no problems with low pressure. However, our water is very hard and we have to have a softener. Our budget was around $3500. We doubled that easily and that was 21 years ago.
Actually finding water is not a sure thing, nor do you have any way of know how deep your well will need to be.
SheriM
Lovin' The Homestead
A cistern is a large tank, usually underground but if your winters are mild you might get away with having it above ground. There is a pump inside that pumps water into the house. It's almost like having a well, except you have to fill the cistern from some other source.Quail_Antwerp said:
When we lived in British Columbia, we had a well (351 ft deep) but it couldn't produce enough for our needs and the water was pretty bad so we used the cistern method. Luckily for us, the previous owners had installed a 6000 gallon tank. In our case, we hired a truck to bring in water.
I have no idea if this would be a viable option for you, but it would probably be a lot cheaper. If you kept your eyes open, you could probably find a suitable tank used or even free. The one the previous owners of our property put in was actually an old fuel tank like the gas stations use to hold gas. He had it all coated on the inside so it would be safe for water.
Farmfresh
City Biddy
A friend of ours has a cistern because her spring water supply was comtaminated by a neighbor. Her cistern is concrete and installed in the space under her front porch - above ground. She has a whole house water filtration system as well to make sure the cistern water stays pure enough to drink.
Another friend of mine has a cistern that gets filled with filtered rainwater run off from his big horse barn roof. He uses it to water livestock, flush toilets etc. His cistern is also concrete and is underground. If he did a little more filtration he could drink his run off water as well, but his house also has city water. He just uses the cistern to save money.
The Tractor Supply sells these http://www.tractorsupply.com/webapp...10551_10001_34327_-1______?rFlag=true&cFlag=1 They come in different sizes.
I think they can be buried or used above ground. (Benefits to both methods)
Either a well or a cistern still needs plumbing ran and a good pumping method of some kind. I would probably work backwards. House to source. That way everything would be in place when you needed it.
Also if you DID install a cistern you could always use it as a water holding tank for the well. This would mean that the well pump could pump less water volume (cheaper) and keep the tank full - then you could use the tank water as you needed it.
Another friend of mine has a cistern that gets filled with filtered rainwater run off from his big horse barn roof. He uses it to water livestock, flush toilets etc. His cistern is also concrete and is underground. If he did a little more filtration he could drink his run off water as well, but his house also has city water. He just uses the cistern to save money.
The Tractor Supply sells these http://www.tractorsupply.com/webapp...10551_10001_34327_-1______?rFlag=true&cFlag=1 They come in different sizes.
I think they can be buried or used above ground. (Benefits to both methods)
Either a well or a cistern still needs plumbing ran and a good pumping method of some kind. I would probably work backwards. House to source. That way everything would be in place when you needed it.
Also if you DID install a cistern you could always use it as a water holding tank for the well. This would mean that the well pump could pump less water volume (cheaper) and keep the tank full - then you could use the tank water as you needed it.
