Anyone know a good Water Witch in Madison County? (Marshall: how much, house)
Western North CarolinaThe Mountain Region including Asheville
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You can try asking at the Health Department for an independent source, as we went with the spring for our supply.
The telephone directory lists B's Well Witching Dowsing & Drilling at 828-275-1240.
There are a few well drillers down on Leicester Hwy (NC 63) - Fergusons (258-8496), Caldwell (254-3581), and Clarks (683-0435 or 252-4964) along with Appalachian in Marshall (683-9223) in addition to MANY more in the area.
I saw on TV, on the program "Holmes on Homes," how to do it yourself, if you want to give it a try for fun. The dowser on there showed Holmes the routine, gave him a set of wires he had made from coat hangers. You straighten them out, turn about five inches on the ends at a 90-degree angle, to put in your hands. You make fists, put the curved part down in there, so the long wire is horizontal to the ground. Keep your hands loose enough to allow them to move. Then just walk over a known water source, and watch them close together and cross. Generally water goes to the lowest place in the landscape, so try checking those areas first. The only thing dowsing doesn't do is tell you how much or how deep, so mark several places. Just an idea.
You can try asking at the Health Department for an independent source, as we went with the spring for our supply.
The telephone directory lists B's Well Witching Dowsing & Drilling at 828-275-1240.
There are a few well drillers down on Leicester Hwy (NC 63) - Fergusons (258-8496), Caldwell (254-3581), and Clarks (683-0435 or 252-4964) along with Appalachian in Marshall (683-9223) in addition to MANY more in the area.
To your health!
We are going to dig a well and keep the spring as an alternative - We will need to have the spring pumped up to the house site - we are definitely going to explore that option - especially after we see what the well results are. Thanks for the numbers.
I saw on TV, on the program "Holmes on Homes," how to do it yourself, if you want to give it a try for fun. The dowser on there showed Holmes the routine, gave him a set of wires he had made from coat hangers. You straighten them out, turn about five inches on the ends at a 90-degree angle, to put in your hands. You make fists, put the curved part down in there, so the long wire is horizontal to the ground. Keep your hands loose enough to allow them to move. Then just walk over a known water source, and watch them close together and cross. Generally water goes to the lowest place in the landscape, so try checking those areas first. The only thing dowsing doesn't do is tell you how much or how deep, so mark several places. Just an idea.
Thanks, gigimac - we also heard that they like to use apple branches as these fruit trees know where the water is! I'll keep you posted! thanks for the input.
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