This morning at the crack-0-dawn (about 7:15 AM), Bob and I went over to the property after gathering some tools and lumber from his place, and began preparing our well to have a well house built around it. Actually, it's a combination well/pump house and a small trash house - locally, that's where people put their trash for easy pick up.
The pictures below show the form and rebar positioned, ready for 3 bags of cement with 4 5-gal. buckets of sand and 6 5-gal. buckets of gravel for each bag. Mix it up with the right amount of water, pour it into the form and wait for it to harden. What could be easier?
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| Form In Place For Our Well/Pump/Trash House |
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| Form In Place For Our Well/Pump/Trash House |
I put about 4 wheelbarrow loads of sand down around the well casing. I thought it was going to take forever before it filled up. A smallish cavity must have developed due to caving in before they put in the 8-inch pipe casing. Anyway, I got it filled.
Construction of the house will essentially be just like the way we did the septic tank.
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