Douglas Alpenstock

For me, any ordinary "utility" drive over 30 minutes is bloody annoying. This is dead time I could use accomplishing more. (This is 30 min. at 100-110 kph, a 60 minute round trip.)

3-4 hour drives to family events or camping in the mountains are an infrequent beast, but worth it. The biggest challenge is dodging crazy people at 120 kph who don't understand driving is by far the most dangerous thing any of us do.

Ray Schmidt wrote:PPS the subterranean pump room intrigues me.
Looks an awful lot like a root cellar to me…

Yes, agreed. Lots of possibilities there.

Excellent post, Ray Schmidt.

L Kawamura wrote:...so I thought to call a salvage yard in the area to see if they had any kiln bricks sitting around.

Brilliant idea. Never pay retail!

r ransom wrote:$65 is a great price for that service.  

I wish I could say this was a joke, but when questioning a manager at a very similar shop, he spelled out how the cost was assessed.  A lot of it goes towards lonely people needing to talk.  Very few people grunt and point.  

There is truth in that, sadly.

Jay Angler wrote:Oh my - in EARTHQUAKE country??? You'd need a lot more than either a sticky tab hook or a nail to meet code. You need 8 of those fancy mirror clips screwed into studs for sure. (Maybe only 6 if the mirror was really small.)

Don't you have to put an "X" of masking tape on it like in WWII? I mean, that glass could be deadly shrapnel if an earthquake hit while you were shaving.

Must bump this for laughs.

I'm batting .295 ! (after only 5925 times at bat -- phew, that kid has tenacity, but not a whole lot of talent).

With a simple tethered float switch it takes a little tinkering to get the pumping range where you want it. Basically the longer the amount of cable between the float switch and an anchoring point, the longer the pump will run.

Judith Browning wrote:Does that mean the motor would turn on again when the water level rises enough?

Yes, it's automatic.

If the pump draws faster than the well can replenish, add a simple plug-in float switch. Inexpensive. Usually used in septic tanks.