Not the best Thanksgiving

Hammermechanicman

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Got up Thursday morning to a half inch of muddy water in the finished basement. The hole in the pipe from the well leaked enough water to come up under the window well and push about 50 gallons of muddy water through the window. 1606601863724.jpg
Only down 4 1/2 feet. Luckily neighbor has a backhoe. Got if fixed and thought all was good. No. Service guy said when system lost pressure and then repressurized it stirred up mud and crud in the system and pushed it into the geothermal heat pump and clogged the coil. Can't be cleaned. So looks like i have to replace a $10,000 heat pump. Gosh but don't i feel lucky.
 

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Did they say 'why' it can't be cleaned?
 

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It is a tube inside of a tube. He said well water scales them up and costs as much to replace the heat exchanger coil as a whole new unit. Getting behind on work too. Got 3 riders and 2 push mowers in the shop. Need to get those done because i have more waiting to pickup for annual maintenance
 

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Dang that sucks hammer.
Good luck to you
 

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Been leaking for a while. The ground is saturated clay. Like standing and working in wet peanutbutter. I was nervous about possible cave in it being deep enough at about 5 feet and the sides being so soft that i had someone helping. Just in case.
 

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Bummer, be careful in that ditch !

I was once in one that wasn't as deep but collapsed & knocked to my knees, making it much deeper & me more trapped. My Uncle was on the backhoe (luckily) & put the bucket right down to me, I grabbed onto the teeth & he pulled me out.

That is just something one never forgets.. That wet clay is super heavy...
 

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Found the culprit. This didn't happen overnight. And yes, wet clay is about as dense as lead. I'm getting too old for this stuff.
 

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I see the pic, no that had to take a long time.. Is that pipe lead ?

I'm getting too old for some of the stuff that happens here as well. We do the best we can..

Bummer about your geo-heat pump too. Ouch..
 
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