Well, Well, Well
Wendy has been busy contacting well drillers in the area trying to get estimates and the like for our well. Some of the drillers just gave us their per foot rates with and without casing. A couple are going to send us estimates and a couple more wanted to see the property. One went on his own on Friday, and we went up to the property yesterday to meet the other well driller.
The prices range from $14/ft with casing and $12/ft without casing to $16/ft with casing and $15/ft without casing. The guy we met with yesterday (from VT) actually has a fixed price. No matter the depth of the well, you pay one price. He quoted us $6500 for the well and the pump equipment verbally, and is going to follow up with a written estimate. The breakdown is $5000 for the well itself and $1500 for the pump and pressure tank and pipe, etc.
Now we need to wait for all the estimates to come in, work out what it comes to for the average well in our area (400-500 ft) and see what makes the most sense economically. I have a feeling that the fixed rate guy will come in as the best choice given how deep wells are in the area on average (they vary from 90' to 800' deep).
We also met our next door neighbor down the hill. He stopped by right after the well driller left and introduced himself. We chatted about wells and septic and told him about our plans a bit. he seems very nice, said he wanted a place out in the country to get away. After he left, we talked to the driveway making neighbor for a bit - he stopped by as we were eating some lunch. He gave us the names of some septic folks and introduced us to his wife.
After he left, we noticed Quinn was playing in a muddy section of the driveway, right at the road. The end was pretty goopy, like quicksand almost. I hope this doesn't mean that we will have an issue because of not having a culvert. The Highway Super said that was fine as long as it had a good base of stone (which it does). Called our neighbor, and he is gonna take a look at it. Maybe it is just an effect of all the rain and not having packed down enough yet (wishful thnking hard at work here)
We took out the tape and attempted to measure out and stake where the septic is going to go, so we could get an idea where the garage would have to be. The mosquitos were nuts - just ignoring the bug spray, what with the heat and rain, and we ended up cutting our visit short. We got one corner stake for the septic planted, but the next one was not lining up according to the engineer's drawing. We planted a second stake in the general vicinity of the well before leaving.
When we got home, I attempted to make a drawing of the NorthWest end of the site layout. I have put the picture below so you can get an idea of what the layout is. We need to go out and take some detailed (as possible) measurements and redraw this to actual scale. The program I am using (AutoREALM - a mapping program for RPGS) has scale on it, so I set to to 10' per square and drew from the survey, but to little avail.
I ordered the chainsaw - a Husqvarna 350 - online. It came out almost $40 cheaper than buying it at a dealer, plus it came with a second chain, 2 bottles of 2 cycle oil and a t-shirt, all free! So that should be winging it's way toward me and is another item I can check off the list. Now we need to get in touch with Septic Installers and get some quotes.
The prices range from $14/ft with casing and $12/ft without casing to $16/ft with casing and $15/ft without casing. The guy we met with yesterday (from VT) actually has a fixed price. No matter the depth of the well, you pay one price. He quoted us $6500 for the well and the pump equipment verbally, and is going to follow up with a written estimate. The breakdown is $5000 for the well itself and $1500 for the pump and pressure tank and pipe, etc.
Now we need to wait for all the estimates to come in, work out what it comes to for the average well in our area (400-500 ft) and see what makes the most sense economically. I have a feeling that the fixed rate guy will come in as the best choice given how deep wells are in the area on average (they vary from 90' to 800' deep).
We also met our next door neighbor down the hill. He stopped by right after the well driller left and introduced himself. We chatted about wells and septic and told him about our plans a bit. he seems very nice, said he wanted a place out in the country to get away. After he left, we talked to the driveway making neighbor for a bit - he stopped by as we were eating some lunch. He gave us the names of some septic folks and introduced us to his wife.
After he left, we noticed Quinn was playing in a muddy section of the driveway, right at the road. The end was pretty goopy, like quicksand almost. I hope this doesn't mean that we will have an issue because of not having a culvert. The Highway Super said that was fine as long as it had a good base of stone (which it does). Called our neighbor, and he is gonna take a look at it. Maybe it is just an effect of all the rain and not having packed down enough yet (wishful thnking hard at work here)
We took out the tape and attempted to measure out and stake where the septic is going to go, so we could get an idea where the garage would have to be. The mosquitos were nuts - just ignoring the bug spray, what with the heat and rain, and we ended up cutting our visit short. We got one corner stake for the septic planted, but the next one was not lining up according to the engineer's drawing. We planted a second stake in the general vicinity of the well before leaving.
When we got home, I attempted to make a drawing of the NorthWest end of the site layout. I have put the picture below so you can get an idea of what the layout is. We need to go out and take some detailed (as possible) measurements and redraw this to actual scale. The program I am using (AutoREALM - a mapping program for RPGS) has scale on it, so I set to to 10' per square and drew from the survey, but to little avail.
I ordered the chainsaw - a Husqvarna 350 - online. It came out almost $40 cheaper than buying it at a dealer, plus it came with a second chain, 2 bottles of 2 cycle oil and a t-shirt, all free! So that should be winging it's way toward me and is another item I can check off the list. Now we need to get in touch with Septic Installers and get some quotes.
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