I got the skin, door and outter trim put on the cistern pump stand today before the cold front moved in completely. It was actually quite pleasant until about 4pm but then started turning cool. I was actually shivering a bit in my t-shirt and long sleeved flannel shirt combo by the time I was finished.
If we get a couple of days forecast with no rain and temps in the upper 60's again I will go ahead and get the cistern stand painted before Winter otherwise it will be fine in the elements for a bit. The entire thing is now kitty proof with a latchable door/access panel and I emptied all the rain barrels into the cistern last night.
1200 some odd gallons of emergency water is now totally accessible. I got the thing finished just in time to take it down for Winter. That's ok though as I can put it all back together in no time when/if a water emergency occurs. I can also use a line and bucket if needed.
I still am not as pleased as I could be with the cheapo pump. It is working a little easier with use but is still very tough for the first dozen strokes or so and even after that I doubt the wife could use it easily. Because of the edging I also need to figure out a better method of placing a bucket under the spout but I have a few ideas about that.
Everyone survived the coyote attack last night. No missing sheep, cats or dogs and all of them had the proper number of appendages when I checked on them this morning.
Damn it was nice to get back to work again.
Next project up is the cover for my gas generator which will be placed on the front deck to run my freezer and wood furnace blower in case of a power outtage. I need to get my generator out of the barn anyway so I can continue with the on going cleaning project I have going on there.
Once Winter hits it's going to be wood cutting and barn work for a few months.
Keep Prepping Everyone!!!
It looks good, the thing is probably real tight down where it creates suction. I thought about getting one then I figured that all I had to do was clean all the brush away from the spring overflow pipe as it flows 24/7.
ReplyDeleteSF - I wish I had a spring on the place but I don't. There are a couple of capped wells that only go down about 20 feet but one has filled in the pipe and the other is a hand dug thing lined with limestone. You can see the water down in the bottom and I could open it back up if I wished.
DeleteOnce I get my pond back in order I should be set though with more than enough run off storage.
There is a Liberal joke about the pump someplace in my head. But I can't think of one right now.
ReplyDeleteRob - Like a Liberal would pump their own water :)
DeleteThey just would want to tax mine to pay for theirs.
Very nice ! Thanks for sharing !
ReplyDeleteYour welcome!!!
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ReplyDeleteNicely done, no go put it away for winter :P
Sandy - Yep won't be long maybe a week or two. I am just gonna store it inside the stand I built and leave the pipe there. I am kinda interested to see if the water inside the cistern freezes.
DeleteGood job, sir. That will come in quite handy.
ReplyDeleteRP - If TSHTF it will. Otherwise it's a lot of work to save a few pennies on the water bill.
DeleteI'm really impressed with that pump. I would like to have a hand pump up here, but from what I can tell, they just won't work because my water is 179 feet down. I do have a "well bucket torpedo" so I can take the submersible pump out of my casing and get two gallons at a time, but what you have is light years ahead of that.
ReplyDeleteHarry - This line only goes down about 12 foot to the bottom of the cistern. If I did my volume figures correctly it gives me somewhere in the neighborhood of about 1200 gallons of water stored down there. Not as good as a well but at least it is something.
DeleteThose picture pumps usually give you a work-out to use them because you are lifting a column of water and it is heavy. That is why some of the old ones had long really handles. They only work effectively down to about 25 feet though.
ReplyDeleteDuke - Ya this one said 25 foot max. I am only going down about 12 foot but I did reduce the pipe size from the 1 1/4" to a 1/2" . I really wanted one that had a brass cylinder and the hose type spigot on it but the only one I saw like that to order was damned near 300 bucks. Since I wasn't sure how well the whole thing was going to work I went with el cheapo first. Maybe next year I will upgrade.
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