The Good Banter Thread

[j.w]

Maybe something to do w/ the new fish you are babysitting? Do you have them in a pond by themselves w/ a different pump?

 

[sissy]

I have to take up over half the deck boards and thats not easy at all .I think it is a busted pipe and I just hope it did not burn out my pump as that is over 450 feet in the ground and that means the I had to call the well driller .Still have the deck so far I got up 3 boards ,they say galvenized screws don't rust there full of it .The heads keep breaking off .No water at all .

 

[sissy]

It's my well pump and wish it was the stupid pond pump .

 

[don't ask]

ugh... good luck sissy

 

[addy1]

Sissy, honey says to check the capacitors for the well pump, they are above ground. A little box that hooks where your tank is. He says the starting capacitor can cause it to trip, it is made for quick change.

 

[sissy]

thanks addy I called mike and he is going to lowes and get the capacitor and try it out and see if thats it but it still does not explani the big puddles of water in the basement

 

[sissy]

It is not coming from the storage tank as the puddles are to far away and it is not coming from the filters they are all dry around them too .No water coming in the pipe where they ran the water pipe and electrical through the house .

 

[CountryEscape]

Dang, water leaks suck. Hope you find something that is fairly simple to fix. I know you, probably know how to do plumbing, too! Glad your son is close and he can help you out. Good luck with that!

 

[j.w]

Darn sissy we are all rooting for you and hope you don't have to spend an arm and a leg to fix it!

 

[addy1]

No clue on the water puddles, I had just asked him about the tripping.

 

[sissy]

Well after all this work and we changed out the capacitors the pump is not working and the water on the floor was from the outside spigot that must have broke where it comes through the wall and leaked down the concrete wall block .Mike just told me to invest in a jet pump rather than and in the well pump as a jet pump can jut sit in the basement and if it ever goes out you just change it out and you don't have to pull the pipe out of the ground .450 ft feet of pipe has to be pulled out and it is going to cost over a thousand dollars .Darn it .That does not include the cost of the new pump .

 

[addy1]

Sissy, honey says some water pumps controllers have a built in feature. So when a pipe breaks and there is a free flow of water it will cut off the flow. See if there are any directions on the controller see if it has a safety cut out for water flow. MAYBE if the broken water pipe is fixed and you reset the water pump controller, if it has it, you might be fixed. Send me a pm if you want to talk to my hubby on the phone he will help you.

 

[sissy]

this well driller that came is a -------I'll be nice and makes me go up and down to turn all the switches on and the I do that and he pulls all the wires out of the pump housing outside I come around the house for the 6th time and he is leaving and yells out I be back- HUH and he is gone and here I sit with all these wires sticking up .If any one spots him shoot him in the leg and return him to me I'll handle the rest :razz: :razz: :razz: 3 acres they will never find the body .May need a digger he is a big guy

 

[koiguy1969]

interesting fact...i didnt know this....

now you know too if you didn't already....."PARTY ON DUDES!"

 

[sissy]

geeze I will never want to pull another pipe out of a well again 2 guys and me fighting with this thing .We had it pulled all the way across my property and my neighbors property my shoulders and legs hurt .They pull these things by hand and thats not for me .The 2 guys just looked at me when I told them how deep it was .I have never seen so much pipe and wish i could have gotten a pic when your paying these guys 88 dollars an hour you don't have time and I was free