MidtoupperMichigan
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I have a lot we purchased that had a previous cottage that use to be on it before we bought the lot. The old cottage was torn down before we owned the lot. The well is still there. It is an artisian well as all the cottages have in the area. The artisian well has not been used for maybe 5 years. It does drip a little bit of water constantly all yer round (so it is flowing). If i look down the 2' well pipe I can see the water level at where the water is leaking out a spigot. I think the well head is clogged down in the ground. I plan to flush it out with a hose and a air pressure tank hose with blasts of air at a time but not till spring when I am ready to hook up water to the cottage we moved to the newly built foundation there.
My questions are, does that sound like a good plan for cleaning out the head of the well pipe and do I put the pump in the garage which the wall of the garage is 2ft behind the artisian well or do I put the pump in the cottage crawlspace which is about 40ft away and up a slight grade? I believe the previous set up was with the pump in the garage. One benefit to that is that if the pump leaks, then it leaks in the garage not the crawlspace which I dont have a drain in the crawlspace of the cottage. And do I put a check valve at the well head or up stream inside the cottage crawlspace. And do I put a pressure tank in the cottage crawlspace or in the garage? We will at times be winterizing the cottage in some of the winter weeks. It gets pretty cold there. It is not too far from the coldest city in the lower peninsula of Michigan. The well water is relatively cold also. I was told it is an undergound river of water from Canada. Its cold enough that the cottages in the area need to have insulated toilet tanks because in the summer months the toilets will perspire from the cold water in toilet tank and warmer air in the room. I would like to set this up in the most logical set up while I am at it.
My questions are, does that sound like a good plan for cleaning out the head of the well pipe and do I put the pump in the garage which the wall of the garage is 2ft behind the artisian well or do I put the pump in the cottage crawlspace which is about 40ft away and up a slight grade? I believe the previous set up was with the pump in the garage. One benefit to that is that if the pump leaks, then it leaks in the garage not the crawlspace which I dont have a drain in the crawlspace of the cottage. And do I put a check valve at the well head or up stream inside the cottage crawlspace. And do I put a pressure tank in the cottage crawlspace or in the garage? We will at times be winterizing the cottage in some of the winter weeks. It gets pretty cold there. It is not too far from the coldest city in the lower peninsula of Michigan. The well water is relatively cold also. I was told it is an undergound river of water from Canada. Its cold enough that the cottages in the area need to have insulated toilet tanks because in the summer months the toilets will perspire from the cold water in toilet tank and warmer air in the room. I would like to set this up in the most logical set up while I am at it.