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Posted by Kurt Ullman on October 23, 2009, 1:45 pm
> On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:14:39 -0400, Kurt Ullman wrote:
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> >> Save the gravel. I can think of a whole lot of politicians that I'd want
> >> to
> >> throw down there instead...
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> > But then you have to worry about poisoning the water table.
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> Plus they'd decompose and the ground would sink. Maybe encase them in
> concrete first?
Probably ship them off the Yucca Mountain would be the best.
--
To find that place where the rats don't race
and the phones don't ring at all.
If once, you've slept on an island.
Scott Kirby "If once you've slept on an island"
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Posted by Joe on October 23, 2009, 12:59 pm
wrote:
> I plan to fill in this well. Any particulars known? It has concrete box
> around it with a little roof. I intend to bust up the concrete, dump it
> down the well, bust up the rock base with a hole in the middle and dump
> it down the hole and have any number of loads of gravel dumped on the
> well so most if it falls down the hole and use my tractor to push in the
> rest with the bucket loader. Then top it off with loam and grass seed.
Locally the rule is, fill with sand to within a few feet of the top,
then cover with clay fill.well mounded up. We had such a fill job done
free a couple of years ago because the old cistern/well was within a
few hundred feet of the high school. I sort of miss the old cast iron
pump in the patio. Looked rather neat painted Rustoleum light gray.
Joe
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Posted by on October 23, 2009, 3:18 pm
use sand,wash in each load or two with water that helps to fill the voids
and compacts at the same time.Do this and it will settle very little.
wrote:
> I plan to fill in this well. Any particulars known? It has concrete box
> around it with a little roof. I intend to bust up the concrete, dump it
> down the well, bust up the rock base with a hole in the middle and dump
> it down the hole and have any number of loads of gravel dumped on the
> well so most if it falls down the hole and use my tractor to push in the
> rest with the bucket loader. Then top it off with loam and grass seed.
Locally the rule is, fill with sand to within a few feet of the top,
then cover with clay fill.well mounded up. We had such a fill job done
free a couple of years ago because the old cistern/well was within a
few hundred feet of the high school. I sort of miss the old cast iron
pump in the patio. Looked rather neat painted Rustoleum light gray.
Joe
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Posted by Stormin Mormon on October 23, 2009, 3:18 pm
I hope you have a good reason for back filling an otherwise
good well. As unstable as the world is, you may need it
later. You could regret that decision very severely.
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Christopher A. Young
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I plan to fill in this well. Any particulars known? It has
concrete box
around it with a little roof. I intend to bust up the
concrete, dump it
down the well, bust up the rock base with a hole in the
middle and dump
it down the hole and have any number of loads of gravel
dumped on the
well so most if it falls down the hole and use my tractor to
push in the
rest with the bucket loader. Then top it off with loam and
grass seed.
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Posted by EXT on October 23, 2009, 4:56 pm
> I hope you have a good reason for back filling an otherwise
> good well. As unstable as the world is, you may need it
> later. You could regret that decision very severely.
Agreed. I have been on town water for over 30 years but I still have my
original bored well. It is 36" in diameter x 40 feet deep minus some silting
in. At the present time it is under a large deck, however I can get to it by
lifting a "trap door" panel from the deck. If something happens to destroy,
polute or otherwise make town water unuseable, I can always lift the door,
remove the concrete lid and drop a pail down the well and lift up some
water, if it is summer I have a pump that I can sit on the deck to
pressurize my house system.
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