water for log home restoration

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lpwhandyman

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ok here's the job. Log home restoration, but of course they have a well. We've got a 500 gallon tank, but that won't be nearly enough for an 8 hour day. I can get 1000 gallons of filtered water delivered at $ 125 which I think is a good price. I'm not sure exactly how many trips of water I'll be needing as this is a decent sized home with a lot of deck surface to go along with it. He'll be bringing 1000 gallons and I only have a 500 gallon tank. He won't want to sit and wait until I slowly drain my tank (during the washing process) so he can finish draining his remaining 500 gallons into mine. What would you do? Here's what I'm considering so far. I can purchase a 1,000 gallon tank and still have him deliver the water. I can purchase a new tank and fill up ourselves, but the hassle and cost of paying a guy or two to go get water, filter it, bring it to the site and unload it seems right in line with what the water guy would do it for, where as my guys could be onsite helping do what needs to be done. We just purchased a dump truck, so we can use that for hauling the water if we decide, but having yet another big work piece of equipment sitting around, the wife may just shoot me. But then again, maybe I might get into the water delivering business from time to time with being able to deliver 1,000 gallons on the back of the dump truck and 500 gallons on the trailer mount. What do you guys think would be the best decision?
 
How much of a hassle would it be to filter the water from the well.. ?

I siphoned water with a pump one time out of a pond to wash down a old house in benton, mississippi ( The old old Country house ) We had to clean the filters about 5 or 6 times but it wasn't that bad..

We put a big filter over the siphon end of the pump and one going into my little 100 gallon tank.. I worked 3 days on the house...

Sad thing is I did it for free since it belongs to my wife's family and will one day be our house..
Oh WELL << ( Get it )
 
Have you checked into the condition of their well? For all you know it might have plenty of water in it for the job. If it does, then you can use your tank and the well to keep up. A well doesn't always stop you, just check into it before using it.
 
With the lack of rain we've had here all summer long, using the well will probably run it dry. These people are just moving in and I'd hate to add to their so called money pit and problems they've been having. It would be great if their water supply would keep up, but the contract already states that we'll be supplying the water, since they were worried about that during signing. This is one of the reasons we got the job over another. Any more thoughts would be appreciated.
 
Check with their local water authority. What you need, is a hydrant meter and to locate the closest hydrant. With any luck, you will have one fairly close you can go and refill from - filling from a hydrant is also faster. If they are out in the boonies, you might contact the Fire Co. in the town closest to them and I am willing to bet they can help you - they have to know where the hydrants are.

Hope this helps.

Beth
 
Thanks Beth and Rod. I tried a while back with the local water authority and they weren't very helpful, but I tried our local smaller borough water company and it wasn't easy, but we now have a water meter and wrench to use a fire hydrant about a mile away from the job. A huge help. We bought a 1350 gallon water tank and we started the job today. Thanks for all that helped.

ps: Having a hard time finding 9" buffer pads. Anyone? Need them quick. Any links or phone numbers?
 
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