Jim headed to the land to get things ready and I went to pick them up at the Casino where the Mega Bus drops off. The sky was look alternately sunny and dark so we were a little afraid but hopeful.
When we got to the land, we quickly started getting things ready to try and beat the storm. You can see the ominous clouds in the background here. Jim is holding the pump in this picture which has to be hooked up to the connection Jim had already made at the end of the water pipe.
Connecting things up...
After that, for the entire length of the pipe (175'), we had to wire tie together the thick insulated wire and safety rope to the water pipe. In this picture, they are fastening down one of the two torque arresters that help dampen unwanted movement when the pump is activated. If you look closely, about every 15' Jim put a plastic guide collar just to keep everything centered in the well. These collars went around the pipe and had spots for the wire and the safety rope to fit into.
Here's the completed pipe all finished.
Kind of a funny picture...Jim had orange gloves for them to wear when installing the pump to prevent slipping so this was a fashion shot!
Then Jim threaded this long T-pipe onto the end of the pipe at the very end which will be used to help seat the pump into place.
Of course, by this time it is raining. We can hear thunder and see lightning off in the distance. It wasn't a drenching rain but enough to make things slippery, which was the fear.
But we decided to go ahead so the hard part began. Jim held the pump and Kyle brought up the rear holding the T-pipe. Julia and I were in the middle pulling and feeding the pipe to Jim. As you can imagine, once you are feeding this huge pipe system into the well, it becomes very, very heavy. As we got closer to the end, Julia took up the rear spot and Kyle came to help hold everything up and continue lowering the pump.
Finally it was in and then it just had to be seated. Success!
Jim then had to make a connection from the end of the wire to a plug. While he was doing that, Kyle took a file and was filing the rough edges of the well casing so that they didn't cause damage to the wire over time.
The newly wired plug connects to the plug Jim had already made to the assembly in the back of the truck.
Then a hose goes from the assembly in the back of the truck to our outdoor hydrant, and then we connected up a garden hose.
The generator is turned on...
AND WE HAVE WATER!!!
Jim had the controls on the lowest pressure and you can see the force at which it came out. There is no real odor, no color - Jim had to taste a bit!
We let it just run for awhile to clean out the system - there was a lot of water down there kind of stagnant for almost a year. In Ohio, there were specific regulations to follow to get the well ready for drinking water - putting bleach in the well, letting it sit, flushing it. We'll have to see what the regulations are here but we won't be drinking it at this point.
After we let it run for a bit, we actually had a water quality testing kit that we filled up and will send off for analysis. It's certainly early but just for curiosity to see what the quality is.
Then the well got all buttoned up.
Thankfully the rain didn't last too long and Kyle wanted to help Jim with the shed for a little while. So they got the 3rd wall into place.
And then started building the last 2 little walls - leaving room for a door.
Julia even got to try her hand with the nail gun - and did a great job!
Putting up the final walls...
What a great day! Certainly called for quite a few celebrations! Since we didn't see Kyle & Julia for his 30th birthday and Mother's Day, we had a belated celebration, complete with an indoor cookout for Memorial Day.
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