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Not something I expected to find.....
..... in my home.
Darling Wife some time ago noted a couple tiles that seemed to be floating (hollow sound when tapped on) in the laundry room/office that was added on to our 1920-built late Victorian at some point before we took ownership. Last night, I decided to pop out one of the tiles, expecting to find a low spot in the concrete. Instead, I found this: Busting out the remnants of the plywood "subfloor" exposed A BLOODY WELL. Sixteen feet to the water surface. Thirty-one feet to the bottom of the well. Still haven't gotten my head around the level of "engineering" that went into pouring a 15' x 15' concrete slab.... with a 3' x 3' section left clear..... and then laying tile over the whole 15' x 15' area with nothing between the tile and A BLOODY OPEN WELL other than a piece of 3/4" plywood.
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What, never heard of indoor plumbing?
Probably had a hand pump on it until city water came along.
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Is that a section of PVC pipe a foot or two down? If so, there's been work done on it in the not-too distant past. Where does the gray water from your washing machine go?
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REAL good question. Sure looks like a drain going down there from someplace.
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When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Hell, you've got the water... |
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Yikes, this is a deep subject!
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If grey water is entering there would be quite an odor I would think. I agree though it looks like a drain for something. Try running various things around the house that may be suspect. Although I feel you should have heard water falling down to the lower surface level of the well if it was an active drain of some sort.
I think I see a cast iron pipe elbow or something lower as well. Anyways the surface has to be sealed off with at least a good vapor barrier or your plywood floor will be further compromised. |
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I think he said its just a hatch door that is wood, the rest I believe to be concrete, though unless planning to use the well I think I'd fill it and pour concrete on it. If it tested good to drink though I might be tempted to keep it around, set up for use when the zombies take over.
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There are three pipes visible - two metal, one PVC. Nothing is draining into the well - and the water is absolutely clear and odorless (pulled samples up).
We're on well water here (~300' deep well about 200 yards from the house - out by the barn). Had a local (as in just up the road) well guy come by yesterday afternoon to look at our new find . Old dude and his two sons - turns out the old guy actually dug the active well on our property 20+ years ago! They'll be giving us a quote for properly filling and sealing off the well in our laundry room. The only wood that we can see is (was) directly over the well. There is a metal collar at the top of the rock column - looks like somebody poured concrete up to the collar, and then laid plywood over the top of the collar - and tile on top of the ply. The rock work in the well is spectacular - HUGE rocks stacked in a very nicely formed cylinder.
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So you're going to cap it so it can't be used?
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These days in London that would be turned into a glass floored feature.
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Dont fill it in!
You are a trapdoor away from your own personal Oubliette!
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I think if it were me, id grab a skeleton from a science lab, and connect it with chains to the side of the well, then a nice solid trap door.
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