What I've been working on the past 7 months (many pics, 56k death)

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What I've been working on the past 7 months (many pics, 56k death)

Reply #30 – October 11, 2006, 12:48:18 PM

Lucky at my grandma's house we cant even cook with the tap water. Nice work I have done all that stuff myself before too and i got paid very well so you must be happy to have done it yourself. Ruthless and i finished his basp00get and it turned out excellent. Oh and if you have the opportunity to build your own house by all means do it, its an amazing experience. An awful lot of headaches but the payoff is just awe inspiring, so i hear.

What I've been working on the past 7 months (many pics, 56k death)

Reply #31 – October 11, 2006, 11:38:50 PM

What kinda pump setup do you have?

My well has some kinda fancy micron filter thingy installed, It along with the water softner will be gone as soon as possible, theres a 6X6 well house FULL of tanks and hoses!It drives me nuts!

My well is fed by a spring that comes outta the ground a couple hundred feet from my house

everyones well is dried up this summer, 'cept mine and a few others.

What I've been working on the past 7 months (many pics, 56k death)

Reply #32 – October 12, 2006, 11:01:10 AM

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I figured there was no point in installing a "whole house" filter.

If your white clothes start changing color because of iron oxide or some other material in the water, you may have to look at a whole house filter. I've got one at my house now, and it's just a simple filter housing in-line between the pressure tank and the house. I change it about every three months. Of course down here where I live we have a lot of red clay. You may not have that problem up there. Just a thought though.

What I've been working on the past 7 months (many pics, 56k death)

Reply #33 – October 12, 2006, 11:15:26 AM

I have a Kinetico system in my house...it's about 20 years old but runs great. It's all chemically treated--no electricity--and uses shock treatment (chlorine) meant for swimming pools. Chlorine costs a measly $20/year. There is also a softener that is absolutely stingy on the salt pellets (maybe 150 lbs./year). Then again, it's only me in the house and I'm pretty frugal on using water. The water table where I live is very high...I think my well is only 40'-50' down. My folks' next door have a 35' deep well. On the other side of the county, new wells have to be dug at least 200' down per code. So we are very fortunate where we are.

The raw well water isn't the greatest but I've definitely tasted worst. Out of the tap the water is very good. There's also an r/o system that I use for everything. Overall I've never tasted or used better well water. Kinetico systems are quite expensive but they are the best on the market for a reason. A few people here have stayed at my house and they will attest that there is no rotten-egg smell at all. But Will said it takes forever to rinse out the shampoo. LOL

What I've been working on the past 7 months (many pics, 56k death)

Reply #34 – October 12, 2006, 12:29:29 PM

Quote from: jkirchman;108141

If your white clothes start changing color because of iron oxide or some other material in the water, you may have to look at a whole house filter.

Generally, when my white clothes change colour it's not the water's fault. Usually it's car grease :hick: Which is why I don't have many white clothes. I don't even have to work on a car - walking by one that's being worked on is usually sufficient to cover me with grease :pbb:

The well setup I've got is a simple dug well down about 25 feet with cast concrete "crocks", with a jet pump and iron pressure tank in the basp00get. The well didn't even come close to going empty this relatively dry summer, probably because of the two rivers bordering my property. There's also a spring in one corner of the mowed portion of the lawn about 50 feet from the well that keeps the ground muddy - it's a PITA going over it with the ride-on mower. The people I bought the house from (the sons and daughters of the owners) stated in the PCID that the well has never gone dry, and I believe it. Even still, if it does there's always those rivers

What I've been working on the past 7 months (many pics, 56k death)

Reply #35 – October 17, 2006, 12:38:53 PM

Quote from: Thunder Chicken;108159

Generally, when my white clothes change colour it's not the water's fault. Usually it's car grease :hick: Which is why I don't have many white clothes. I don't even have to work on a car - walking by one that's being worked on is usually sufficient to cover me with grease :pbb:

Isn't it strange how that happens?

What I've been working on the past 7 months (many pics, 56k death)

Reply #36 – October 17, 2006, 10:01:12 PM

I dont even have to put the white shirt on, I just look at it and its got a grease stain.

This also applies to people around me, my gf's white shirts get grease stains, usually on the chest....

nice

Reply #37 – October 24, 2006, 09:51:28 PM

Nice job man!!! 7 months is great time for the amount of work you guys did. It would have taken me 2 years to do that work. Everything seems to take 10 times longer than you think. It looks good. Me and my wife were considering buying a country home on some acreage, but I havn't decided if I want to go through all that work. I am leaning towards putting up with our smaller house longer and just building new on purchased land. It's good to see a regular guy pull off such a nice job. Keep up the good work. Jason