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> ><font color=scarlet> >1. Working on wells is not rocket science. Their are >no theories that cover all bases. Mostly, we learn by >trial and error. Try it and find out. Your foot valve >should have a screen surrounding it to keep out >foreign matter. > >2. Something on the scale of the vacuums they use to >uncover shipwrecks and treasure on the ocean floor. >Why not call a honey pot pumper? Something tells me >that when they cannot get a truck in they still want >your money badly enough to take the job and do it in >some other manner or at the very least they can tell >you how to do it. ></font> >>>I have an 18' deep hand dug well that is lined with >>>stones. On the inside of the well there is a line >>>that feeds water up into the house that goes through >>>the side wall of the well and the other end of the >>>pipe elbows down into the well and I believe there is >>>a foot valve on the end of that pipe that needs to be >>>replaced. To get this pipe loose, I am going to have >>>to get into the well and loosen that pipe where it is >>>connected at the elbow. >>> >>>I have a ladder that is long enough to get me into >the >>>well to work, what advice can you give me about >>>working inside that well? The pipe I have to get to >>>is under water so I am thinking about pumping the >>>water out to that connector so I am not working under >>>water. What do you think? >> >>Success! We got into the well and removed all of the >>vertical pipe. We were able to disconnect one of the >>connectors from the horizontal pipe that comes from >>the house. >> >>Two questions: >> >>#1.) The vertical pipe was connected to the >>horizontal pipe with a T-connector instead of an >>elbow. The top of the T-Connector had 3 feet of pipe >>that went up and had a cap at the top. Is there a >>reason to have this? Will I be OK if I reconnect an >>elbow connector to the horizontal pipe with a vertical >>pipe that only goes down into the well with a foot >>valve on the bottom, or is there some reason to go >>back to the t-system? >> >>#2.) What type of pump do you use to remove the layer >>of sludge at the bottom of the well? If I remove that >>sludge will it improve the quality of the water? >> >>Thank you, >> >>David

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