Just wanted to send a big "thank you" for the pump that we received last November. We finally put it in today. We had promised to wait until Spring, but the temp reached a balmy 45 degrees, so even with nearly a foot of snow on the ground we decided we couldn't wait any longer.
The entire process took us under two hours and was quite straightforward. We had a moment of surprise on the third drop pipe when we thought we hit bottom! I think it was just the end of a well pipe section, because it happened every 10 feet after that. A little jiggling, praying and/or swearing seemed to do the trick.
For the next few months we'll use the handle, but once we get a little farther in the building process, we'll set up a solar array and buy a motor from you.
Thanks again for a wonderful product that allows even beginners to become independent.
Jen Solt in Helena, Montana
p.s. Here' s the blog that my husband, Kevin wrote about our day:
(Reproduced with permission from "The Living Simply Blog".)
Our new well pump
February 27th, 2010
After ordering our new self-install well pump three months ago, we finally had the opportunity (aka warmer weather) to finally install it. It was a fairly simple and straight-forward process, even though we had a few “hold-our-breath” moments during the install.
The first curve ball was getting the new well cap to fit the well pipe casing. At first the well cap didn’t fit snugly around the pipe. We discovered that there was some metal that had to be filed down, so after ten minutes of filing, it finally fit into place.
