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Subject: Re: Well in my basement

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Fred Dungan (bentonite)
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Date Posted: 12:11:32 06/29/09 Mon
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In reply to: leo 's message, "Re: Well in my basement" on 19:47:36 06/28/09 Sun

You can fill it with bentonite or, better yet, crumple some chicken wire and push it a foot into the well. Mix up a bag of quick set posthole cement and trowel it across the top of the pipe. It will form a permanent plug when it hardens.

>>I have a well in my basement and I was wondering if
>>anyone knows how to fill this in. One problem is that
>>my new well is about 25 ft. from this well and is only
>>about 40' deeper than the one in the basement. I don't
>>want this enormous concrete pipe in my basement for
>>fear of children getting curious and falling in (it's
>>covered but not hard to get open). Please any ideas?
>
>make a good cover for it and put a hand pump on it !
>you will wish you had one when the power go's out!

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><font face=arial color=green>You can fill it with >bentonite or, better yet, crumple some chicken wire >and push it a foot into the well. Mix up a bag of >quick set posthole cement and trowel it across the top >of the pipe. It will form a permanent plug when it >hardens.</font> > > >>>I have a well in my basement and I was wondering if >>>anyone knows how to fill this in. One problem is that >>>my new well is about 25 ft. from this well and is >only >>>about 40' deeper than the one in the basement. I >don't >>>want this enormous concrete pipe in my basement for >>>fear of children getting curious and falling in (it's >>>covered but not hard to get open). Please any ideas? >> >>make a good cover for it and put a hand pump on it ! >>you will wish you had one when the power go's out!

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