Pressurized Water & Other Updates

Brent spent yesterday and some of this morning installing a pressure tank and jet pump for our water.  We sized it to be right for the house, but needed it in place now.  We've just had gravity feed for our water.  We will eventually wrap the pipes better and build a little insulated "shed" around the tank and pump.  Fortunately, it does not get that cold for long here, so freezing shouldn't be a problem.

The reason we needed this in place now is that for construction, we needed to provide power and pressurized water.  Now we have both.

There was a bit of an issue when Brent had it all put together and the pump wasn't working.  Fortunately, he was able to figure out the issue without having to tear anything apart too much.  Turns out the impeller on the pump was stuck.  He just opened the motor up, turned it with his hand, put it all back together, primed it and it was good to go!  He put an outdoor rated switch on it so we can turn it on/off separate from the power going to the yurt.  He created a nice spigot off of the pressure tank and we put a "y" on it so we can have a hose down to the yurt and another hose for construction needs.

The other updates are that Brent met with our contractor and the excavator last week to discuss what area needed to be leveled for the house.  Ground has not been broken yet, but that should happen early next week.