They prefer the well outside the well house unless there is an issue with freezing i m not worried about that in southern california i need to check the total depth of the well but the water level is at about 35 feet.
Removable well house roof.
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Once you have the roof on you can then paint the building or seal it to protect it from rain snow and other weather elements to make it last.
This way the roof can simply be lifted off of the bricks to gain access to the pump inside.
Corrugated metal roof this is the 5th post on our well house project.
The 2x4 roof joists were not nailed to anything and fitted into notched spaces where they meet the top of the well house.
The one near the bottom of the tank is used to shutoff the well house water pressure pump if the storage tank is not full enough.
I don t think the well is very deep as it is 100 years old 3 feet in diameter and appears to be hand dug or at least i was.
Apply silicone down the length of the gable where the tin sits to glue the tin to the plywood and allow to dry.
Cut the metal siding to size using the tin snips and place it on the top of the 2x6 posts.
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This stops the well house water pressure pump from sucking on air and being damaged.
Nail it securely to the posts and 2x4 sides.
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It just led me to belive that the norm for well houses is to have either a removable top or the house itself lifts up if the head is inside.
It ensures the water level never falls below the height of the outlet pipe that s near the bottom of the tank.
This is the 4th post in a series on building a well house and i hope you will look at the previous posts to get up to speed on.
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