We Have Water!!!

[Husky_mom]

oh man!! now i have to let my pooches know they have to stop digging, i was hoping our holes meet at some point...............

GReat you hit water!! *happy dance* i´m so happy for you!!

[Lizzie]

Wooo hoooo!!!!

Might be a dumb question but.....what, if any, special precautions do you have to take to make sure nothing freezes during your eternal winter? I know my parents had to insulate their pipes.....but that was in the house. As far as I know, nothing special was done for the well itself. However, they are only in Wisconsin, which is North of me here in Chicago, but is WAY far South from you!

I was wondering about that also. If you only use the pump while filling your tank, the water won't be flowing through the pipes all the time and so more likely to freeze solid. I also wondered about filtering the water, or can you guarantee its purity?

Anyway, many congratulations on hitting water at last. What an enormous relief to have both water and a good return on all that money.

[gini]

What great news! I bet the driller was just as happy as you are.

O.K. now - water balloons anyone? (or is it too cold?)

[ramanth]

Congrats!!

Do you have to take extra special measures to keep the pipes from freezing?

[lv4dogs]

Thats GREAT news!!! I am so happy for yous!

[emily_the_spoiled]

I don't know about the Yukon, but I grew up in northern Saskatchewan (which is definitely "up there") and we had well water. Generally you have to dig the pipes into the group so they are laid in the perma-frost and don't have issues with freezing in the winter. (yes when i moved down to DC most people had never heard the word "perma-frost" before )

If the water tank is not kept in the basement of the house, it will be insulated so that it doesn't freeze (kind of like a giant hot water heater blanket).

But congratulations on getting water!

[Glacier]

I don't know about the Yukon, but I grew up in northern Saskatchewan (which is definitely "up there") and we had well water. Generally you have to dig the pipes into the group so they are laid in the perma-frost and don't have issues with freezing in the winter. (yes when i moved down to DC most people had never heard the word "perma-frost" before )

If the water tank is not kept in the basement of the house, it will be insulated so that it doesn't freeze (kind of like a giant hot water heater blanket).

What part of Saskatchewan? I grew up in the middle of the province!

Our permafrost in some spots starts well within husky digging! We will have to dig the pipes about 7 feet into the ground--all the usual prairie stuff, plus a bit more. We have to box the pipe in and then heat that box. Pipes will also have heat trace tape on them. The spot where the pipes come into the house has to have a insulated box around it as well.

We don't have a basement--they are rare up here. I'd love to have one again! We have a four foot crawl space under the house. The current water holding tank is buried in there so it's all ready set for winter weather.

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Wow! So, let me see.....226' of heat trace tape, boring a hole big enough to put a box around it, making a 226' box, paying for heat for it.....and everything else I'm missing....on top of the cost of drilling the well.....no wonder you've been without water! I can see how this would not be something any ol' person could afford!

And of course...this is all something we down here in the lower 48 take so much for granted. I LOVE the way PT really expands all our horizons. Thanks for sharing this major accomplishment with us!

[Glacier]

Wow! So, let me see.....226' of heat trace tape, boring a hole big enough to put a box around it, making a 226' box, paying for heat for it.....and everything else I'm missing....on top of the cost of drilling the well.....no wonder you've been without water! I can see how this would not be something any ol' person could afford!

And of course...this is all something we down here in the lower 48 take so much for granted. I LOVE the way PT really expands all our horizons. Thanks for sharing this major accomplishment with us!

The well hole itself should be fine. It's already encased in steel. We have to get a special pump, but that is mostly because of the depth. We just have do the rest of it for the pipes from the well to the house, about 100 feet. It's taken us over 6 years to get ready financially to do this!

[Anita Cholaine]

Excellent news!! Enjoy your water!

[emily_the_spoiled]

What part of Saskatchewan? I grew up in the middle of the province!

I grew up just outside of Prince Albert (PA), but I have since moved on to warmer climates

[sasvermont]

Congrats. Most of us take things like this, for granted!

Glad you didn't waste your hard earned money!

[Glacier]

I grew up just outside of Prince Albert (PA), but I have since moved on to warmer climates

I grew up near Lloydminster. I have moved a few dozen times, but never anywhere much warmer!

[emily_the_spoiled]

I moved alround Saskatchewan and Alberta, before deciding none of those places were particularly warm. Now I am just across the Mason-Dixon line and only get snow once or twice a year (and nothing like what I was used to before )

You are definitely moving in the wrong direction if you want warmer

[cyber-sibes]

Wow, you finally hit WATER!!!! Phew, that's a deep well!
Glad Earle approves of it. He's such a handsome boy!