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Hi, I have just drilled a well near my shop. It's vacant land otherwise, but I will build a house there one day. I'd like to build a pump house over the well, and put a water system in there. I also thought I'd put a shower and laundry facilities in it.

Have any of you guys done this? Would you recommend a concrete floor/foundation? I'll be extending water lines to other building in the future. I'd like to keep a little bit of heat on through the winter to keep it from freezing, but I'll probably winterize just in case the power goes out when I'm not there.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Troy
 
If it's going to be a typical well with a submersible pump you probably want the pump house at least 3 feet away from the well. That is the code in my area, so a well service truck can back up to the well and pull the pump. I would recommend a submersible, much more efficient.
 
I too would recommend a submersible. Nevere have to
worry about freezing. My termite guy wants the well
to be a minimum of 10-15 ft from house so his
treatment doesn't get in the well.

It's cheaper to have your place termite treated
during construction not after. They treat footers
and inside any blocks while they are open.
 
We put an 8x10 (or bigger)prebuilt wooden building over the well for my sisters trailer. We cut a hole in the floor and lifted it up and set it down over the well casing. We put the water tank in there too I think. It's been awhile and was sold off years ago. I think we insulated that corner and put a heater in there.

After rereading it. I'd recommend you just run all the water into the near by shop. Use a submersible pump. Put the pressure tank in there. If you have a concrete floor saw out a spot to run it up in there. If it is not heated you could at least wall off a small room and heat that part.
 
Depending on what you have there I would build a concrete/rock building and then put dirt around all sides of it up to say 6-8 feet and only leave the door way open and maybe some windows up high. That way mother earth will keep it above freezing all winter with little of no heat and in the summer cool with little to no need for A/C. I hope to build a house one day but cover it even more
 
I've got a 4' x 5' concrete block well house that has the pressure tank and the pipes are exposed inside with a submersible pump.
You want to keep the pipe going to the bldg below grade and put the pressure tank in the bldg if you are going to keep it warm otherwise you will be looking for 100w bulbs to keep the pipes warm in the winter like I am now.
The house is 100' from the well and not able to move the pressure tank to the house.
Insulate the walls with blue rigid insulation and insulate the roof deck. Put a hinge in the roof so you can open the roof for access and the driller will have something to rest the rig on when the pump has to be pulled in the future.
 
We have a submersible pump in our deep well. We put the pressure tank at the well head, and all of the necessary plumbing, then poured a pad to fit the needed footprint. Ended up about 4 feet square. Pumphouse walls are 2X6 with fiberglass insulation and sheeted inside and out, then sided. Siding extends down over the slab. Lift off door is about 3 feet square. Gable roof on it - the peak is about 5 feet high, and the "attic" is filled with fiberglass. There are two 100 watt light bulbs hooked to a thermocube for heat, but I've never seen them on. Temp is never under 40 in there - some heat comes out of the well, I guess. Had to replace the original pump after about 18 years, and the whole building lifted off with my son's 30 HP Kubota. I guess the pumphouse is 25 years old this year.
 
Our well is 307 ft deep. ( was supposed to have been drilled 350. Driller shorted MANY wells in our area. He had to sell all he had for compensation after he was found out) Due to heavy farm use our water table has dropped considerably. Our pump is within 5 ft of the bottom. I built a 6x6 shed around the well head and pressure tank. Corrugated tin sides and top. Insulated inside. Small heater. It gets cold enough here some winters to freeze the water in the pipes inside the shed.
 
Why not dig a pit around your well? Back in the
day, we dug a 6' X 6' hole about 8' deep around
our new well, poured concrete +/-5" walls, no
floor. Then we poured a concrete roof with the
center cut out of a steel binder wheel right above
the well for a man hole so we could pull it if
needed. Pressure tank and associated
appurtenances necessary were located in the pit.
Designed and poured a concrete man-hole cover.
That was in 1958. The 385 foot well w/submersible
pump well is still in use and it's never given a
problem during SD winters. (My $0.02 worth. jal-
SD)
 

Depends where you live, but in most places you would find that you have few choices. your building inspector will tell you what you can do.
 
some states have minimum well construction standards prohibiting some types of installations, one of which is pits mentioned below. consider using a submersible pump with a pitless adapter and locating your pressure tank and controls in a building or room attached to your shop, wall off the pump room and water heater and put shower, rest room and laundry equipment in other side of building/room. also now there are variable speed, constant flow pump systems available that use like a 2 gallon pressure tank mounted on a shelf instead of a large pressure tank. my advise is visit with your driller or pump installer about what is available and practical in your area that will meet your needs now and in the future Leroy retired driller and pump installer
 
Dig a pit or hole that will take a large well curb and have it a safe distance from the well. keep it underground and no heat is required if you go about 6 or more feet down.
 
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