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| Front (West side) of house. More siding; well started (at right). |
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| South side. Many packages of insulation arrived this morning. Hard to see, but there are two taps at the bottom right side of the house (one hot and one cold) - these were installed this morning). A hose is attached - from the neighbour's house some 400 feet away - to test for leaks in the plumbing. |
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| Well has begun (by Friesen Drilling) at the North side
of the house. The left truck is digging a "test" hole to determine where water might be found (they ended up at about 146 feet); the right truck is full of supplies, and water that is running to a trough under the drilling rig. |
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| Drilling rig. |
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| Drilling rig as viewed from Robert's window (second
floor) Looking north. |
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| Samples of what was coming up the drill rig were being
checked constantly. This shows the "sand" that was found at about 125 feet - very fine. They were hoping for courser sand.. |
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| A "sand filter", to be attached at the bottom of the
well pipe. This is required due to the very, very sandy conditions (two 5 foot sections were used to extract as much water as possible from the sand). |
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| The test hole is completed. Supplies are being prepared for the placement of the piping down a 5" wide hole. |
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