I just cleared 20 acres at my new property in Londonderry VT. I am moving my goats to a new barn we had built and in a few weeks we are drilling a well for livestock water. I am trenching power out there now.
Right now in the existing barn there is a line of pex running from my basement to the electric trough which keeps the water from freezing. I open an app on my phone and press a button which opens a valve plugged into a smart switch, and water is sent from the basement to the bucket and when I turn the app off, another valve in my basement opens and drains back the water from the pex into a sump pit in my basement. I set it up this way because the existing barn is no longer heated and in rough shape and I was able to utilize the existing water line without it freezing in winter. The best part is that I don't need to go into the goat stalls to give them water and can fill it from a distance.
So at the new barn there is bedrock everywhere. The well driller said that they have a solution to every problem up here and they have been doing it for 40 years, but I was hoping to brainstorm some ideas on here so that I can decide on the best course of action.
What I would prefer to do is set up the well with a frost free hydrant next to it that will always have the handle open. The well pump would be wired to a smart switch and I could remotely turn it on every day for a few minutes to flush out the goat water (heated trough) which will be outside the building. When I turn the smart switch off, I was hoping to have the water drain back down into the well. No pressure tank as this will only be run for a few minutes each day. My concern is that the drain on the bottom of the hydrant will freeze up as I am not sure we will be able to get it below the frost line due to the bedrock but we will find out soon.
I was hoping for suggestions and ideas so that I can have a conversation with the driller. Thank you in advance!
Right now in the existing barn there is a line of pex running from my basement to the electric trough which keeps the water from freezing. I open an app on my phone and press a button which opens a valve plugged into a smart switch, and water is sent from the basement to the bucket and when I turn the app off, another valve in my basement opens and drains back the water from the pex into a sump pit in my basement. I set it up this way because the existing barn is no longer heated and in rough shape and I was able to utilize the existing water line without it freezing in winter. The best part is that I don't need to go into the goat stalls to give them water and can fill it from a distance.
So at the new barn there is bedrock everywhere. The well driller said that they have a solution to every problem up here and they have been doing it for 40 years, but I was hoping to brainstorm some ideas on here so that I can decide on the best course of action.
What I would prefer to do is set up the well with a frost free hydrant next to it that will always have the handle open. The well pump would be wired to a smart switch and I could remotely turn it on every day for a few minutes to flush out the goat water (heated trough) which will be outside the building. When I turn the smart switch off, I was hoping to have the water drain back down into the well. No pressure tank as this will only be run for a few minutes each day. My concern is that the drain on the bottom of the hydrant will freeze up as I am not sure we will be able to get it below the frost line due to the bedrock but we will find out soon.
I was hoping for suggestions and ideas so that I can have a conversation with the driller. Thank you in advance!