Anyone have a Well? Is it an absolute headache over time?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The biggest negative for us has been no power = no water. This has happened several times for multiple days, once as long as almost two weeks but that was following a major hurricane. We have had to replace something a couple times but I don't recall it being super expensive.

This is the same of us. Well is pretty easy to maintain. Most of our neighbors have generators. We just haven’t gotten one yet.

Same.. if there are storms predicted we fill up the bathtubs and a few pitchers/pots. We have never been without power for more than a day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We have one. In 35 years we have done nothing to it or for it. We finally had to replace the pump ($550) this year.

liar....well pump does not cost $550 and there is ongoing maintenance....treatment, filters, softening, etc.

Everbuilt 3/4 HP Submersible 2-Wire Motor 10 GPM Deep Well Potable Water Pump = 469 BUCKS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have one. In 35 years we have done nothing to it or for it. We finally had to replace the pump ($550) this year.

liar....well pump does not cost $550 and there is ongoing maintenance....treatment, filters, softening, etc.

Everbuilt 3/4 HP Submersible 2-Wire Motor 10 GPM Deep Well Potable Water Pump = 469 BUCKS

Sure..that's what the pump costs but what about the installation labor? Have you ever attempted to pull out 300ft of hose to install one? Even if you are capable, most are not. People pay a min of $2500 to $3000 for the complete job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You need to worry about whether the well water is polluted. I would ask to test it as part of the inspection. It might also become polluted once you own it.

For example, a gas station or industrial operations could have a spill, which could get into water supply underneath their location and travel to your land.

That would be my main concern.

Ironically my parents in NJ have cleaner well water than the town that keeps trying to get them to connect to municipal water. But it will be very case by case depending on a lot of factors.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have one. In 35 years we have done nothing to it or for it. We finally had to replace the pump ($550) this year.

liar....well pump does not cost $550 and there is ongoing maintenance....treatment, filters, softening, etc.

Everbuilt 3/4 HP Submersible 2-Wire Motor 10 GPM Deep Well Potable Water Pump = 469 BUCKS

Sure..that's what the pump costs but what about the installation labor? Have you ever attempted to pull out 300ft of hose to install one? Even if you are capable, most are not. People pay a min of $2500 to $3000 for the complete job.

Exactly... I don't know if a lot of people even realize what these pump replacements even look like. In Loudoun county at least the wells are often very deep, think 500-700 ft. I've seen well companies attach the hoses to the back of trucks, pull them and extend them across the lengths of people's yards (keep in mind these are multi-acre properties) to access the pump. These can be very big jobs, often done on an emergency basis too.

[Anonymous]

We had to add flouride treatment to our child's dental exams since well water doesn't have flouride .

[Anonymous]

Wells aren’t a headache.

[Anonymous]

In the grand scheme of "headaches" in owning a home, having a well for water is not much trouble.

There are so many more likely, more expensive and more problematic headaches to worry about (e.g. HVAC, replacing roofs, septic issues, leaking pipes, large trees falling, leaky basements, fireplace/chimney issues, hot water heaters, older electric panels.

Getting decent water from a well is honestly one of the easier issues to deal with.