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<blockquote data-quote="som farmer" data-source="post: 6697370" data-attributes="member: 86168"><p>the delights of having your own supply ! We had a spring fed reservoir, but fine in winter, had to top up with mains summer, all gravity fed, =low pressure. Drilled a borehole, pumped on a time switch, to the reservoir, plenty of water, but all low pressure, so big water tanks for the cows etc. Following hassle with leaks, on the mains supply, to the fields above the reservoir, the supply meter was 1/2 mile away, coming through road verge, and 3 different farmers fields, it just got a pain in the butt. So, fitted a pressure pump etc, new line, to feed those fields, fine. Then decided to power up the farmyard supply, including all troughs below reservoir, great, whereas we had been on gravity feed, the change to pressure, blew loads of couplings ! So, in the end, my hopes of ending 40 yrs of peeing about with water/lack off, was a pipe dream, the biggest difference is, before you didn't worry about turning the water off, before repairing/altering fittings etc, you now get soaked, because I was to tight to buy enough stop cocks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="som farmer, post: 6697370, member: 86168"] the delights of having your own supply ! We had a spring fed reservoir, but fine in winter, had to top up with mains summer, all gravity fed, =low pressure. Drilled a borehole, pumped on a time switch, to the reservoir, plenty of water, but all low pressure, so big water tanks for the cows etc. Following hassle with leaks, on the mains supply, to the fields above the reservoir, the supply meter was 1/2 mile away, coming through road verge, and 3 different farmers fields, it just got a pain in the butt. So, fitted a pressure pump etc, new line, to feed those fields, fine. Then decided to power up the farmyard supply, including all troughs below reservoir, great, whereas we had been on gravity feed, the change to pressure, blew loads of couplings ! So, in the end, my hopes of ending 40 yrs of peeing about with water/lack off, was a pipe dream, the biggest difference is, before you didn't worry about turning the water off, before repairing/altering fittings etc, you now get soaked, because I was to tight to buy enough stop cocks. [/QUOTE]
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