I HAVE A PLACE IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN. IT GETS PRETTY COLD UP THERE AND I HAVE TO BUILD A PUMP HOUSE FOR THE SHALLOW WELL PUMP THAT WILL SUPPLY WATER TO OUR TRAILOR ABOUT 100FT OR SO AWAY.
FROM WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD YOU CAN NOT DIG A PIT ANYMORE ( THANK YOU DNR)
SO IT WILL HAVE TO BE ABOVE GROUND.
HAS ANYONE EVER HAD TO BUILD A PUMP HOUSE AND IF SO WHAT DO YOU DO TO KEEP IT FROM FREEZING IN THE WINTER?
Damone,
The Wisconsin DNR has an excellent booklet on sandpoint wells that you can download for free. Lots of good ideas, including pump house construction.
The booklet can be downloaded by clicking on this link:
Wisc. DNR Driven Point Wells Brochure Pits have been illegal in Wisconsin (and a lot of other places) since right after WWII -- that is why they invented the "pitless adapter." There are a lot of alternatives for really cold climates.
I would guess that you have a lot of neighbors with sandpoint wells, as they are so common in Northern Minnesota, across Northern Wisconsin, and through the Upper Peninsula of Mich. I'd visit a couple of neighbors to see how they took care of the problem.
Good Luck,
Ken
[EDIT: Another thought after reading Theo's comments above. To the best of my knowledge, it is only the well that can't be in the pit. I believe that the pump and pressure tank can be in a pit that connects to the well through a pitless adapter.]
