Once You Do Something Once It Gets Easier The Second Time…Installing Another Well Pump

Hello everyone….

Mike and I are now living in a pumpkin, lol.  Boy when we finally decide to do something we go all the way.  We now have a bright and cheery house that we painted:)  It will be hard to go back to neutral colors now, lol.

I have not received the sample of my laminate yet but I am not in a rush for that project.  It might be a good project for the winter:)


My garden is doing well and I am happy about that.  I will post some pictures next time when things are a bit bigger:)


So…back to the store.  Our grader has not shown yet to help with the septic so Mike and I decided to install the well pump.  Since we have already installed one well pump this year this one will be easier:) and it saves us a ton of money.





Mike unrolling the water line.  Our well is 125 feet deep.  We will use 116 feet of water line plus the pump:

And we will need to run some from inside the store to the well:

Next it's time to unroll the electric wire:

The well pump that we had at the house is still in good shape:

Fitting the water line onto the pump:

Getting the pump hooked up:

Mike adding and tightening the clamps at the water line connection to the pump:

Wrapping it with electrical tape to protect it:

Crimping the electrical connection:

Using the torch to melt the shrink tubing around the electrical connections:

And doubling up on the shrink wrap:

Adding the rubber adapter to protect the connections as it goes down the well:

The second rubber adapter at the halfway point:

Look at all those connections.  Thankfully Mike put the pressure switch, pressure valve, check valve and the well head together before we went down to the store:)

Mike wraps a piece of carpet over the metal to protect our water and electric lines when it goes down the well:

Getting ready to install all 120 feet or so down the pipe.  Mike holds the end with the pump while I help feed the line to him:

That part was easy.:)  Now Mike installs the well head onto the top of the well:

That's it.  Once we get our lines dug Mike will run the electric to the well and also the water lines to the store.



That's all for now. I will write again next week and get you all caught up on my garden….although I will leave you with a picture of my first harvest of the year:)

Have a great week:):)

Lisa