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Hello, all. Being in the market for a home, I've been frequenting these forums and gleaning valuable information for a couple of months now. Well, I finally have a question that I'm hoping some of the knowledgable forumers here could help me out with, so I signed up.
A property I am looking at has something I've never seen before - an indoor well. It basically looks like a tall outboard motor sitting in the corner of the basement; there are no holes in the ground or anything of the sort that would indicate that it was a well, and it's not a sump-pump.
Two questions:
1) Has anyone ever seen/heard of this before, and if so, what is the benefit to it? (Oh, the house is on city water now)
2) What is the cost to abandon one of these wells? I'm not looking for anything specific, but moreso an approximation ($2,000? $5,000? $10,000?).
Any help anyone could provide would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
More than likely, the well itself is actually outside, and what you're seeing is the pump and the pressure tank. If you're on city water already, its a simple matter of removing the equipment and capping the line wherever it enters the house. Somewhere out in the yard is the actual well, and you can cap that and bury it as well- it's usually just a 3"-4" hole with a sleeve in it.
More than likely, the well itself is actually outside, and what you're seeing is the pump and the pressure tank. If you're on city water already, its a simple matter of removing the equipment and capping the line wherever it enters the house. Somewhere out in the yard is the actual well, and you can cap that and bury it as well- it's usually just a 3"-4" hole with a sleeve in it.
Thanks for the response, Bob. Interesting stuff.
The reason I'm asking is because in the contract negotiations on the house, the seller came back to our request to have the indoor well removed by saying he would pay 50% of cost. We'd like to proceed with a response, but without knowing a rough figure of the cost it's difficult for us to agree to that term.
The house is in Monmouth County byt the way, if that makes any difference in a ballpark figure.
Again, I'm not trying to hold anyone to a number, I'm just looking to see if we're halving $10K or 2K.
It also could be a radon mitigation system. In that case, it should have a sticker indicating what company installed it and when. Is there a gauge on the side that looks like an old-fashioned mercury thermometer?
Hello, all. Being in the market for a home, I've been frequenting these forums and gleaning valuable information for a couple of months now. Well, I finally have a question that I'm hoping some of the knowledgable forumers here could help me out with, so I signed up.
A property I am looking at has something I've never seen before - an indoor well. It basically looks like a tall outboard motor sitting in the corner of the basement; there are no holes in the ground or anything of the sort that would indicate that it was a well, and it's not a sump-pump.
Two questions:
1) Has anyone ever seen/heard of this before, and if so, what is the benefit to it? (Oh, the house is on city water now)
2) What is the cost to abandon one of these wells? I'm not looking for anything specific, but moreso an approximation ($2,000? $5,000? $10,000?).
Any help anyone could provide would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
It sounds like an old Cistern. Many years ago, people would draw their drinking water from roof run-off waters or very shallow well points. My suggestion, if it is a potable well - or water source, you will want it properly abandoned by a lic. well installer - they will file all necessary paperwork with the State so that you won't have to worry about it down the road if you ever sell. What area of NJ is the house located? I have a guy I use and he is reasonable...can't see it being more than $1000.00. I'll DM you with his information and tel. number.
I'm in a similar situation in Union County. I'm selling my home that has an old pump well in the backyard. The City tells me that I need to properly cap and abandon the thing. I haven't a clue as to whom to call. I'm just on the Internet looking for well drilling companies hoping that they also do capping. Please share any contact or contractors that you have come across for your job.
I'm bumping this thread to provide future users in need or well capping/abandonment services or people with questions concerning permitting or other well related issues with a nice link to a NJDEP site which answers lots of questions. This link also includes a list of certified well contractors in New Jersey.
I hope that those in need of well service find it here using the search application.
I ended up using Lutz Environmental one town over from my home in Rahway. So far, so good. They have been great to work with remotely, which is really important since I no longer reside in NJ.
Buying, renovating and selling my NJ home has been quite an adventure. I wish that I could be there to take a water sample from the well to have it tested before it is capped for good. I'd really like to put the well back in service. It seems a shame to have such a deep (62 feet - that's 40 feet into bedrock!!) professional job (steel lined) decommissioned. The water quality should be good enough for irrigation.
Oh well.
Goodbye, NJ.
-Eric
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