[masraum]

Summer 2022 and and 2023 we had very dry weather. Our ground is primarily clay, so changes in water content cause a LOT of movement. Those previous 2 summers, we had at least 7-8 breaks in our plumbing due to ground movement.

This year, we had a great amount of rain, fairly normal amounts, and nice and evenly spread out... until the end of Aug. We have had very little rain (0.18") since the end of Aug along with very high heat. THose two things combined to dry crap out.

We woke up with no water this morning. It was fairly easy to find the break.

You can see the repair from one of the previous breaks. The 90º elbow broke, and was replaced. Now I'm wishing they'd used another PVC elbow...



If it was in buried pvc which is what most of the other breaks have been, I'd have fixed it. But I'm not sure what's going on at the top of the well, if things there are different. Our usual plumber (who's on his way to Colorado) said that the pipe for a well is not the usual schedule 40, and he'd recommend having a well service co fix the issue. I called one that said "Monday". I texted another who was in a deer stand. I texted him back when the other place said Mon, and he said "we can come this afternoon."