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    Quote Originally Posted by Hagbard Celine View Post
    I don't know about the well being sealed into the bedrock. I hope you're right. You think all that sediment was just from the pipes? I didn't know they rusted like that from the inside out. I figured all that dirt was just pumped in from the ground water.
    It looks like your well is in a crawl space so as long as you prevent water from getting in there you should have no problems. Of course, don't go burying and dead hookers down there either.

    You said that some of the pipes were plastic. Since they didn't fill up with sediment or rust that proves that the steel pipes simply rusted. Its a well-known phenom in the plumbing field. That's one reason why they don't use galvanized pipe anymore.

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    Quote Originally Posted by glockmail View Post
    It looks like your well is in a crawl space so as long as you prevent water from getting in there you should have no problems. Of course, don't go burying and dead hookers down there either.

    You said that some of the pipes were plastic. Since they didn't fill up with sediment or rust that proves that the steel pipes simply rusted. Its a well-known phenom in the plumbing field. That's one reason why they don't use galvanized pipe anymore.
    Nah, I don't put any of my dead bodies inside my well shed. I usually chop them up and drive them down to a big lake out of town. Actually none of the old pipes were cpvc. But with my new all cpvc pipes and that filter, I'll have clear drinking water for a long time to come. All I have to do is change my filter every three months. The reason I went ahead and replaced my plumbing is because I'm completely redoing my kitchen so I'll be ready to house a lot of people coming to help me re-roof the house at the end of this month. New cabinets, appliances, the works. So I didn't want crappy, sediment-filled water ruining my dishes, my clothes and clogging up my ice maker.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hagbard Celine View Post
    Nah, I don't put any of my dead bodies inside my well shed. I usually chop them up and drive them down to a big lake out of town. Actually none of the old pipes were cpvc. But with my new all cpvc pipes and that filter, I'll have clear drinking water for a long time to come. All I have to do is change my filter every three months. The reason I went ahead and replaced my plumbing is because I'm completely redoing my kitchen so I'll be ready to house a lot of people coming to help me re-roof the house at the end of this month. New cabinets, appliances, the works. So I didn't want crappy, sediment-filled water ruining my dishes, my clothes and clogging up my ice maker.
    Gee I kinda liked that old refrigerator with the bent front door that didn't seal. Maybe you can put it out on the front porch along with an old couch.

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    Quote Originally Posted by glockmail View Post
    Gee I kinda liked that old refrigerator with the bent front door that didn't seal. Maybe you can put it out on the front porch along with an old couch.
    It completely pooped out on me. I don't feel like paying to get it fixed. I don't know what to do with it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hagbard Celine View Post
    I completely pooped out on me. I don't feel like paying to get it fixed. I don't know what to do with it.
    As a general rule you never fix an appliance that's out of warrantee. The only exception would be something real simple you can fix yourself, like a belt on a dryer, possibly a mechanical timer on a washer.

    Shit I paid 1000 for a horiztal drum Maytag washer when they first came out and it only lasted 5 years. The repair gal was only 65 to come and diagnose it and she told me in 5 minutes that the repair cost was 450. So i bought a new one, same thing updated, for 700.

    Toss the old gal to the curb or use it to store bodies in while they decompose.

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    Quote Originally Posted by glockmail View Post
    As a general rule you never fix an appliance that's out of warrantee. The only exception would be something real simple you can fix yourself, like a belt on a dryer, possibly a mechanical timer on a washer.

    Shit I paid 1000 for a horiztal drum Maytag washer when they first came out and it only lasted 5 years. The repair gal was only 65 to come and diagnose it and she told me in 5 minutes that the repair cost was 450. So i bought a new one, same thing updated, for 700.

    Toss the old gal to the curb or use it to store bodies in while they decompose.
    The freezer still works, so I could freeze bodies before I cut them up I guess, but I'm really the type who enjoys the warm, red goodness of fresh blood so that doesn't really work for me. I doubt my trash men would take a fridge off the side of the road. I might dump it in my dumpster when I reroof the house.
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    brilliant, how did you come up with such a cool idea

    Quote Originally Posted by Classact View Post
    I built a simple solar hot water heater for my home from mostly junk... I sold the idea to Back Home Magazine, a magazine that is based on homestead living in North Carolina... The system is really simple and not too costly in comparrison to a commercial solar hot water system... Also you don't need many plumbing skills or any permits... if anyone is interested simply reply and I'll explain the system.

    I'm also in the process of finishing off my waste motor oil fired boiler that will run a homemade three HP steam engine to run a permanent magnet generator for charging solar battery bank when the sun or wind doesn't quite do the job.

    Waste motor oil burns quite clean and is environmentally friendly... I get mine free and the same system can use waste cooking oil and could be adapted for home heating... If you are interested I will be happy to provide details and links to sources for research. It took me a few trials and errors but I can turn an old hot water heater tank glowing orange with my oil burner and the smoke coming out is less than from burning wood. Let me know.

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    Well water in south Atlanta? EEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeWWWWW!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hagbard Celine View Post
    The freezer still works, so I could freeze bodies before I cut them up I guess, but I'm really the type who enjoys the warm, red goodness of fresh blood so that doesn't really work for me. I doubt my trash men would take a fridge off the side of the road. I might dump it in my dumpster when I reroof the house.
    If the freezer works than the fridge does too. You must have a blockage somewhere. Or you can cut out the partition, drill a hole in the side and make a keg fridge out of it. I had one like that one time. Put enough bumper stickers on it and its really cool.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. P View Post
    Well water in south Atlanta? EEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeWWWWW!
    Prolly not too bad. I've done some work in urban creeks arond here and the water is actually pretty clean. Cleaner than in farm country, by far.

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    Quote Originally Posted by glockmail View Post
    Prolly not too bad. I've done some work in urban creeks arond here and the water is actually pretty clean. Cleaner than in farm country, by far.
    The city sewer system has been in very bad shape for years. They commonly spill raw sewage in the Chattahoochee river, line breaks etc..I'd not us a well where Hag is for drinking.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. P View Post
    The city sewer system has been in very bad shape for years. They commonly spill raw sewage in the Chattahoochee river, line breaks etc..I'd not us a well where Hag is for drinking.
    Yummy nutrient water.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. P View Post
    AIRBORNE!!
    All the way sir!
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    brilliant, how did you come up with such a cool idea
    In the 70's I was really into solar energy and Jimmy Carter was prez and was pumping up alternative energy... that was one of the few agreements I had with him... anyway I joined a solar energy club on base that was a joint Army - Air Force club and we had some higher ranks in the club... our club invited a professor from CA to come to Fayetteville Technical College with the promise that ever club member would take the course... The professor was great and the course was great and the club prospered until re-assignments sent us to the four winds... Inspired by the course I built a passive-active solar home on the 11 acre plot... it was a two story post and beam construction made from the wood I traded for lumber from my land... and when I say "I built" I mean I built it on free time and with a little help from my beer drinking friends... took a couple years and cost a little over $20,000... I had it appraised before going to Germany shortly after it was completed for $77,000... I divorced after leaving Germany and gave the house and land to my X to seal the break... Didn't even go back to pick up my brand new 4WD Ford Diesel tractor and implements... love gone bad really sucks!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Classact View Post
    I built a simple solar hot water heater for my home from mostly junk...
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    About 20 years ago I built a solar cooker. It was a wooden box of about 2 ft by 2 feet and 7 inches tall. It was covered with two layers of glass. It was used to bake cookies (2-3 hrs on a sunny winter day) and to prepare frankfurters. This was done for fun; no one would buy such an improvisation. The secret was to make sure hot air does not escape easily.

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