the house i am working on

bogieboy · 10-04-2013, 07:18 PM

Well, a while back i mentioned possibly working on a house... This thread will be about that house...LOL

Started looking into whats all wrong with it...theres a wiring isuue somewhere on one of the circuits, the bushes need serious work/removal, the well pump needs replacing, the plumbing needs replacing/work, plaster needs work/replacing with drywall, and some of the floor and floor joists need replacing... I will update with pictures whenever possible!!!

FastDoc · 10-04-2013, 10:42 PM

What an adventure!

Looking forward to the thread:-)

bogieboy · 10-05-2013, 09:50 AM

Ok, the whole house is somewhat surrounded by extremely overgrown evergreens... Dad bought me a real nice chainsaw yesterday, and we started in on that mess...plan is to level them on this side to expand the front porch...

Also, some pics of the rest of it, been trimming crap for several weeks with a demo saw...there was a bunch of brush on the backside of the house too...

Inside, a pipe broke, damaging the floor in one of the bedrooms severely...

Also, the roof had a hole, which i temporarily patched a few weeks ago, by no means a permenant fix though... I pulled up the old shingles around the hole, and cut out thenrotten wood behind it too...

Unfortunately due to the hole, considerable damage was done in the dining room... Both the floor and the plaster cieling...

**cheesy** · 10-05-2013, 10:17 AM

You have your work cut out for you, Kent. Good luck to ya, I think you'll do fine.*

*if it were my project, a can of gasoline............ I hate working on houses.

katoranger · 10-05-2013, 08:47 PM

That looks like a big project. I finally found a roof leak. Mine was not to that point though.

bogieboy · 10-06-2013, 08:17 AM

Its a good bit of work but nothing i havent done work with before...other than the well pump...

**cheesy** · 10-06-2013, 10:42 AM

Now see, the well pump would be no problem for me. The carpentry I can even handle with my arm being twisted. Finishing work, bah.

bogieboy · 10-06-2013, 12:42 PM

So... YOu know well pump stuff? Know anything about deep wells? This ones around 500ft deep if i recall correctly... Pump is in the hole...

Weldangrind · 10-06-2013, 03:39 PM

What a sweet old house! I'm gonna enjoy this thread.

katoranger · 10-06-2013, 06:15 PM

Is the pump at the top of bottom of the well?

bogieboy · 10-06-2013, 08:59 PM

As far as i know bottom... Its not like the old well that used to be here that had a nice acfessable pump in the pump house just off the driveway....

katoranger · 10-06-2013, 09:24 PM

My well is only about 15 feet to the water surface. We have city water too.

Those deep wells I don't know about. Never had one.

bogieboy · 10-06-2013, 09:46 PM

Yeah if i recall correctly the well is right around 500ft....LOL i wish it were only 15ft...i could fix that myself...LOL

MICRider · 10-12-2013, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by bogieboy

Yeah if i recall correctly the well is right around 500ft....LOL i wish it were only 15ft...i could fix that myself...LOL

Yup, it would be a submersible near the bottom of the well. We had a deep well with a submersible at the farm but it wasn't near that deep! What's it doing? Not pumping at all, or just no pressure? They usually have a tank at the surface (or in the house somewhere) that has a bladder and air in it to give consistent pressure. Also a pressure switch with contacts to turn the pump on when there is a demand for water and the bladder tank has been emptied. Often the contacts on the pressure switch get arc'ed up and loses connection. The contacts aren't hard to clean and the whole pressure switch is fairly cheap to replace. Or, at least it used to be in the old days!

**cheesy** · 10-12-2013, 04:10 PM

I'm still trying to figure out a 500' deep well in NE IL.

10-04-2013, 07:18 PM	#1
bogieboy Join Date: May 2013 Location: finger lakes NY Posts: 2,060	the house i am working on Well, a while back i mentioned possibly working on a house... This thread will be about that house...LOL Started looking into whats all wrong with it...theres a wiring isuue somewhere on one of the circuits, the bushes need serious work/removal, the well pump needs replacing, the plumbing needs replacing/work, plaster needs work/replacing with drywall, and some of the floor and floor joists need replacing... I will update with pictures whenever possible!!!
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10-04-2013, 10:42 PM	#2
FastDoc Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southeastern Washington desert Posts: 14,761	What an adventure! Looking forward to the thread:-) __________________ Happy to serve.
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10-05-2013, 10:17 AM	#4
cheesy Moderator Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Elburn, IL Posts: 5,951	You have your work cut out for you, Kent. Good luck to ya, I think you'll do fine.* *if it were my project, a can of gasoline............ I hate working on houses. __________________ Cheesy ______________________________________ 07 Hi Bird Enduro-Flown the Coop 07 Ural Gear Up 79 Honda CX500 77 VeloSolex 4600 V3 73 VeloSolex 3800 I'm making this up as I go.-Indiana Jones Telling me something 'is for my own good', is a fast way to a fat lip.-Me I don't even care about my own problems, why should I care about yours?-Quote on one of my favorite t-shirts
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10-05-2013, 08:47 PM	#5
katoranger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Altamont, Kansas Posts: 15,103	That looks like a big project. I finally found a roof leak. Mine was not to that point though. __________________ You meet the nicest people on a Honda Clone.
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10-06-2013, 10:42 AM	#7
cheesy Moderator Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Elburn, IL Posts: 5,951	Now see, the well pump would be no problem for me. The carpentry I can even handle with my arm being twisted. Finishing work, bah. __________________ Cheesy ______________________________________ 07 Hi Bird Enduro-Flown the Coop 07 Ural Gear Up 79 Honda CX500 77 VeloSolex 4600 V3 73 VeloSolex 3800 I'm making this up as I go.-Indiana Jones Telling me something 'is for my own good', is a fast way to a fat lip.-Me I don't even care about my own problems, why should I care about yours?-Quote on one of my favorite t-shirts
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10-05-2013, 09:50 AM	#3
bogieboy Join Date: May 2013 Location: finger lakes NY Posts: 2,060	Ok, the whole house is somewhat surrounded by extremely overgrown evergreens... Dad bought me a real nice chainsaw yesterday, and we started in on that mess...plan is to level them on this side to expand the front porch... Also, some pics of the rest of it, been trimming crap for several weeks with a demo saw...there was a bunch of brush on the backside of the house too... Inside, a pipe broke, damaging the floor in one of the bedrooms severely... Also, the roof had a hole, which i temporarily patched a few weeks ago, by no means a permenant fix though... I pulled up the old shingles around the hole, and cut out thenrotten wood behind it too... Unfortunately due to the hole, considerable damage was done in the dining room... Both the floor and the plaster cieling...
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10-06-2013, 08:17 AM	#6
bogieboy Join Date: May 2013 Location: finger lakes NY Posts: 2,060	Its a good bit of work but nothing i havent done work with before...other than the well pump...
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10-06-2013, 12:42 PM	#8
bogieboy Join Date: May 2013 Location: finger lakes NY Posts: 2,060	So... YOu know well pump stuff? Know anything about deep wells? This ones around 500ft deep if i recall correctly... Pump is in the hole...
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10-06-2013, 03:39 PM	#9
Weldangrind Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sardis, BC, Canada Posts: 25,977	What a sweet old house! I'm gonna enjoy this thread. __________________ Weldangrind "I figure I'm well-prepared for coping with a bike that comes from the factory with unresolved issues and that rewards the self-reliant owner." - Buccaneer
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10-06-2013, 06:15 PM	#10
katoranger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Altamont, Kansas Posts: 15,103	Is the pump at the top of bottom of the well? __________________ You meet the nicest people on a Honda Clone.
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10-06-2013, 08:59 PM	#11
bogieboy Join Date: May 2013 Location: finger lakes NY Posts: 2,060	As far as i know bottom... Its not like the old well that used to be here that had a nice acfessable pump in the pump house just off the driveway....
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10-06-2013, 09:24 PM	#12
katoranger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Altamont, Kansas Posts: 15,103	My well is only about 15 feet to the water surface. We have city water too. Those deep wells I don't know about. Never had one. __________________ You meet the nicest people on a Honda Clone.
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10-06-2013, 09:46 PM	#13
bogieboy Join Date: May 2013 Location: finger lakes NY Posts: 2,060	Yeah if i recall correctly the well is right around 500ft....LOL i wish it were only 15ft...i could fix that myself...LOL
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10-12-2013, 04:10 PM	#15
cheesy Moderator Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Elburn, IL Posts: 5,951	I'm still trying to figure out a 500' deep well in NE IL. __________________ Cheesy ______________________________________ 07 Hi Bird Enduro-Flown the Coop 07 Ural Gear Up 79 Honda CX500 77 VeloSolex 4600 V3 73 VeloSolex 3800 I'm making this up as I go.-Indiana Jones Telling me something 'is for my own good', is a fast way to a fat lip.-Me I don't even care about my own problems, why should I care about yours?-Quote on one of my favorite t-shirts
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