Hi all,
I have a well at my place, it took me a little while to find it as the previous owners had hidden it. It's in a flower bed, in a box. The top of the well cap is at ground level and they built a box around it. When opening the top of the box I could see they had packed the sides with rigid foam insulation. The soil was up to the level of the cap (which is just the metal on metal kind, not water tight). I had to excavate it in order to remove the cap so I could do a shock treatment to remove coliforms.
Now I've done some research and everyone is saying the top of the casing should be at least 12" above ground, so if I want to meet this I'm going to have to extend it. The inside diameter is 16cm or 6 1/4 inches. This seems an unusual size, as most seems to be 6 inches. Thinking about how to extend it I'm wondering if I could simply get a steep pipe with a 6 1/4 outside diameter and a 6" inside diameter. Then I could insert the new pipe into the old one and run a weld around it. That would give me an extension with a 6 inch ID which I think would give me a wider selection of well caps.
Would this be a viable solution? Also where do you get the heat shrinking wire connectors to join the pump wire?
Thanks
I have a well at my place, it took me a little while to find it as the previous owners had hidden it. It's in a flower bed, in a box. The top of the well cap is at ground level and they built a box around it. When opening the top of the box I could see they had packed the sides with rigid foam insulation. The soil was up to the level of the cap (which is just the metal on metal kind, not water tight). I had to excavate it in order to remove the cap so I could do a shock treatment to remove coliforms.
Now I've done some research and everyone is saying the top of the casing should be at least 12" above ground, so if I want to meet this I'm going to have to extend it. The inside diameter is 16cm or 6 1/4 inches. This seems an unusual size, as most seems to be 6 inches. Thinking about how to extend it I'm wondering if I could simply get a steep pipe with a 6 1/4 outside diameter and a 6" inside diameter. Then I could insert the new pipe into the old one and run a weld around it. That would give me an extension with a 6 inch ID which I think would give me a wider selection of well caps.
Would this be a viable solution? Also where do you get the heat shrinking wire connectors to join the pump wire?
Thanks