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[Njardar]

Have you ever "witched" a well? You can do it with water lines too. google it.

My late uncle once demonstrated pendulum dowsing to me and being a skeptic I drew a map for him of my property, with two houses and a cottage, and asked him to draw in the water lines. He got everything including the waterline from my house to the cottage including where they enter the buildings. He also had another line which I knew was incorrect. The next week I had to snake out a drain leading from the cottage where he drew a water line. So I called him and asked him what was the question he used while pendulum dowsing... he replied "show me pipes with water." I am no longer a skeptic. A good local dowser might be able to help, and it might be fun; however, I personally would not dig until I had some confirmation.

- Charlie

[kelly]

Thank you for the reply, here is some additional information.

It is a shared well, and it is not on my property. We have a contract to pay a small amount each year & share maint & repairs. The Person in charge of the well tells me there are NO individual shut offs to the 6 homes it supplies. It is a vacation home which I (or we) visit once a month. The water shut off to the house is waaaaaay back in a nasty crawlspace. I dont want to & I certainly dont want my wife crawling down there each time I (or we) visit the house. SO.... I want a shut off OUTSIDE the house where either one of us can use a T- wrench to turn the water on & off each time we visit. Also I have NO idea where the water enters the home. I would have to dig in the crawlspace (as the pipe come straight up from the ground) and remove a bunch of decking around the two sides I suspect it enters. It would be best to have a shut off in the front yard someplace.

* I will check next time I am there if there is a shut off at the pressure tank.. I dont even know where that is...

Can you put an extension on the current shutoff valve so the handle protrudes above the deck or floor? That would require a trip under the house but no digging up the yard.

[Billfo]

Kelly, I have not ruled that out yet.. The reason I have not done THAT yet is the typical round/flat handle is sitting vertical so I would have to have some sort of U-joint. But thanks for the reply !!

Can you put an extension on the current shutoff valve so the handle protrudes above the deck or floor? That would require a trip under the house but no digging up the yard.

[laker67]

You all are making this way too difficult. If you want to do it yourself, go purchase some shark bite fittings for the size pipe in question. Abandon the old wheel handle gate valve, install a sb coupling and penetrate the floor. Install a sb ball valve, 90, 90 and back through the floor and reconnect to the existing downstream line. You will need shark bite fittings and less than ten feet of pipe. A couple of trips in the crawl space and you are done.

[Thom]

Another possibility is to turn off the valve and instal a 3/4" solenoid (or the size of the pipe) at the current valve and just turn it off and on with an electrical switch installed in the living area above the crawl space.

[Billfo]

I have something like that now. I have a main shut off on the main floor where the water enters the main floor. The reason I want to shut the water off OUTSIDE the crawlspace is IF the main were to break between the valve & the dirt, it would fill my crawlspace with water. IF we were to loose power for a few days and my heat tape fails & that main were to freeze even if the valve were off, id be in deep dung..

The home USE to be lived in year around- so freezing wasnt a problem, now its a vacation home.. Like now.. I have not been there since early November. IF the water main is shut off out in the yard someplace, I would not have to worry about it all thru the winter. If that makes any sence....

You all are making this way too difficult. If you want to do it yourself, go purchase some shark bite fittings for the size pipe in question. Abandon the old wheel handle gate valve, install a sb coupling and penetrate the floor. Install a sb ball valve, 90, 90 and back through the floor and reconnect to the existing downstream line. You will need shark bite fittings and less than ten feet of pipe. A couple of trips in the crawl space and you are done.

[laker67]

I have something like that now. I have a main shut off on the main floor where the water enters the main floor. The reason I want to shut the water off OUTSIDE the crawlspace is IF the main were to break between the valve & the dirt, it would fill my crawlspace with water. IF we were to loose power for a few days and my heat tape fails & that main were to freeze even if the valve were off, id be in deep dung..

The home USE to be lived in year around- so freezing wasnt a problem, now its a vacation home.. Like now.. I have not been there since early November. IF the water main is shut off out in the yard someplace, I would not have to worry about it all thru the winter. If that makes any sence....

Yep. You want to winterize the home instead of just shutting the water down each time you leave. Dig dig dig. Water witch is your best bet. If the home is 33 years old, most likely the main water could be galvanized or copper which will make it easier to witch. If its galvanized, it has already outlived it's life expectancy. Use dig rite services to locate any gas or electric or buried cables. Good luck and I mean that in a good way.

[jamesnithan]

Hi Billfo,

I could suugest a online contractor referral website Hire contractor dot com, where you could find wide variety of serivice providers for all home needs, alternatively you could post your project and receive bids from local contractors.

[Old plug]

You better go to a contractor. He can get a much better idea of your needs because he will be right there on the site. I bet he can find the lines as well.

[moguy1973]

W.T.F.?

Lol...just a spammer posting on a 2 year old thread