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[electrycmonk]

If that's all solved tomorrow then I can come back, freshly showed, have a few buckets more water for the toilets over the weekend while I start trouble shooting this wellhouse freeze up....

Gonna use the air compressor to listen for the tell tail "hiss" for cracked pipe(s) or worse... Shattered pvc pipes.

This is one of the added benefits of installing so many ball valve unions in the wellhouse.
1) ease of disassembly for cleaning
2) ease of cleaning silica sand from tanks
3) ease of repairs along the way
4) in the cold weather I can bring the broken segments inside and "cut, clean, & glue" inside with 60+°F temps and then take out & reinstall to PSI test further - until all is good to go....

Then I air for the tanks to thaw enough to start using them....

 

[007Sean]

That's a "roughing it stay-cation" if ever there was one. Glad you have juice to chat with us finally.

I got the water line from street to house fixed at the other house. Tested the pipes for PSI ... There is *Definitely* at least one spot with ice lodged in the feeder pipe in the houses foundation. Not all the fausets have cold water at them but, all hot do so water is getting all the way to the water heater and from it.... So if the power stays on there or the rolling is minimal, it should stay warm enough to melt the last bits of ice for a PSI test tomorrow.

I'm looking forward to a shower .... I've had enough water jugs to keep teeth brushed and hands washed but, that's it for emergency "roughing it" and keeping water rotated that's thawed for chickens and dogs bowls filled with enough water....

I feel your pain, as you said, " same boat, different seats".

 

[007Sean]

If that's all solved tomorrow then I can come back, freshly showed, have a few buckets more water for the toilets over the weekend while I start trouble shooting this wellhouse freeze up....

Gonna use the air compressor to listen for the tell tail "hiss" for cracked pipe(s) or worse... Shattered pvc pipes.

This is one of the added benefits of installing so many ball valve unions in the wellhouse.
1) ease of disassembly for cleaning
2) ease of cleaning silica sand from tanks
3) ease of repairs along the way
4) in the cold weather I can bring the broken segments inside and "cut, clean, & glue" inside with 60+°F temps and then take out & reinstall to PSI test further - until all is good to go....

Then I air for the tanks to thaw enough to start using them....

I used alot of them too but my breaks weren't even close to the valves. and while trying unscrew a fitting going into the iron filter, it shattered...I knew better but now I know for sure...let it warm up before putting a monkey wrench to it!

 

[electrycmonk]

I used alot of them too but my breaks weren't even close to the valves. and while trying unscrew a fitting going into the iron filter, it shattered...I knew better but now I know for sure...let it warm up before putting a monkey wrench to it!

This is thee part I'm talking about:

Of course there is just the union version I use in some spots as well:


While I'm troubleshooting the wellhouse system in the coming days share a couple pics of the functionality of their benefits.

 

[007Sean]

The only good they do is let you take apart some of the lines while not taking out all the lines....but I'm thinking this time around I might skip some of them!
The ball valves I used are glued on, not slip on.

 

[electrycmonk]

And in a classic bit of interwebs humour, my elder son showed me this today....I laughed physically aloud.

 

[electrycmonk]

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The only good they do is let you take apart some of the lines while not taking out all the lines....but I'm thinking this time around I might skip some of them!
The ball valves I used are glued on, not slip on.

Found this from the fall well pump and wire replacement...

 

[Matejka]

I think we've lucked out....
Knocks on wood...
Electric stayed on! It flickered a couple times.
Well provided water entire time.
Water in house entire time, I didn't drip faucets.
Several broken tree limbs in front yard-must have been strong wind combined with ice because metal chairs on front porch are now upside down in yard about 30 feet from porch.
Chickens are good, run is full of poop, gonna have to shovel poop, not today, it needs to warm a tad more. High today-35.
Nobody slipped or fell, partner has not gone to door, much less outside, since last Saturday.
Were on the downhill side now, warming.
Only thing not checked, is outside faucets. Fingers crossed.
Got 4 eggs this week, still have milk-need bread, so if and when I get to town, I'll buy a loaf-thats all I need from store. Filled car last Saturday, driven 20 miles on that tank, still full, need to check propane level today.
Life is good!

 

[Kiki]

I think we've lucked out....
Knocks on wood...
Electric stayed on! It flickered a couple times.
Well provided water entire time.
Water in house entire time, I didn't drip faucets.
Several broken tree limbs in front yard-must have been strong wind combined with ice because metal chairs on front porch are now upside down in yard about 30 feet from porch.
Chickens are good, run is full of poop, gonna have to shovel poop, not today, it needs to warm a tad more. High today-35.
Nobody slipped or fell, partner has not gone to door, much less outside, since last Saturday.
Were on the downhill side now, warming.
Only thing not checked, is outside faucets. Fingers crossed.
Got 4 eggs this week, still have milk-need bread, so if and when I get to town, I'll buy a loaf-thats all I need from store. Filled car last Saturday, driven 20 miles on that tank, still full, need to check propane level today.
Life is good!

Our stores don't have bread do beware.
This was yesterday. I'm going again in 20 minutes when it opens

 

[RUNuts]

Our stores don't have bread do beware.
This was yesterday. I'm going again in 20 minutes when it opens
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The end is nigh!

Seriously folks, the power is about to be restored. No sense in stocking up this late in the game. How was the produce section? Are the delivery trucks running?