It's been about 4-1/2 years since we broke ground. Through this entire period, we have not had running water. Any water that we have needed was either our drinking water (which we bring in every weekend in gallon jugs), or dishwashing and hand washing water which comes in inside a 7 gallon jug with a spigot. Any other water comes from the pond. This includes buckets of pond water to flush the toilet. It also includes pond baths and showers about 7 months out of the year. Showers the other 5 colder months is warm water out of a 5 gallon Menards bucket perched on a ladder next to the shower stall. We have been doing these routines for so long that it has become normal for us. This weekend, tho, will usher in a new normal. We shook the piggy bank real hard late spring of this year and got enough jack to poke the well hole into the ground. Since that time, we have been taunted by a 5" PVC pipe sticking outta the ground with a cap on it. We finally got revenge and dropped in the pump and wired and piped it all into the mechanical room of the Gar/Apt.
The initial flush of the well ran clear almost immediately. The next few trips will be hooking up the main to the softener, the Pex mainfolds, and the water heater. We hope to have fully functional indoor plumbing before Thanksgiving.
