my 20 plus year old compressor died a few years ago
ok, i went to my basement minutes ago, yesterday it was too blasted cold to do so.
I just looked at that one. Headed into Home Depot now to see what they have.
Is your tank outside ?
Yes.
That would never work here. The 3 houses across the road are on a shared well and the well house is outside. About the size of a doghouse. They keep a space heater in there and it runs all winter long.
I was in the process of building an 8'x8' well house but found out I had to have "permits" to build it. And I live out in the country. I had already framed up the walls for it. So I cut them in half, thinking I would just put up a 4' wall around the well and leave the top open. Then cover that with a tarp when we expected a freeze. That was shot down too. It was still considered a "structure". I did find out I could put up three walls, leaving one side open without having to get permits, but total knee replacement surgery put that on hold. My three-sided wall will go up later in the year when I'm recovered enough to do it.
That's insane. I'm not in a city, but I'm not way out in the sticks either. I've done room additions, septic tanks and drain fields, decks and completely gutted the interior of the house I live in ( interior stud walls held up by bottle jacks while I replaced the floor joists and subfloor), replaced every stick of plumbing and every piece of wire and never pulled a single permit.
Unfortunately, my well is about 50 feet from the house, and can easily be seen from the road. We seldom get hard freezes here, but I wanted to build the well house nice enough that it would match the house, just to cover up an ugly pressure tank and the piping/electrical stuff. To me, it looks like an eyesore sitting out in my yard. I'll play their game and put up a three-sided wall to conceal it. Plus I had found out that even if I had got the permits, it would have raised my property taxes by improving on the land. I'll put up my wall and then plant some hedges near it to hide it from the road. It's a money game. Everybody wants a piece of the pie.
Hear ya, built a small storage bldg in my backyard didn't get a permit. Got caught almost had to tear it down. Due to VA rating don't have to pay property taxes.
I'm not sure they're allowed to make you tear it down. I can tell you for certain they can't make you dig up your drain field, though they can backcharge you for a permit even though it isn't possible to get a permit here because it's a flood way. If you tear down a structure and bury it on your property they can't make you dig that up either unless they have verifiable evidence a crime was committed.
yeah here, i could have a shed if i want one, but it'll be taxed if i put it on a slab.
