re: #165 klys

Bugger on the well pump. I hope that gets fixed soon.

As for the well pump, we got the foot valve replaced, but couldn’t get the pump to prime. After three hours of getting an occasional dribble of brown water coming out of the taps — and a huge discussion of what kind of crazed person installed the really weirdly arranged pipes (I suggested it was the same eejit that put in the electrical wiring in the house back in the 60s when electricity finally arrived in the holler) — the general consensus is that one of said weirdly arranged and installed pipes (and it would have to be one of the ones buried underground) has broken, thus the muddy water (well water and jugs of water for priming the pump were all clear).
Soooo….tomorrow’s project is digging up about 10-feet of pipe(s) and replacing it.
On the upside, we were able to fill up some empty plastic jugs directly from the well so I can at least flush the toilet…

Fingers crossed.