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Descant · 08-07-2023, 10:19 AM

I have a well pump similar to the set up described by Ishoot308 and Slickcraft. Never had a sand problem. (I wonder if more boat traffic in TiltonBB's area makes the water more turbulent raising sand into the intake?) I replaced the pump once, and I replaced the well pump at my mainland homer once in 45 years, so I guess the life expectancy of the pump is about 20-25 years. The poly pipe is threaded through a couple of concrete blocks to keep it close to the bottom. Anchoring in our area is rare. Some fishing. The pipe stays in place year round. I put a 4" poly sleeve around the intake pipe and the power line to protect it from chafing where it just lays on the rocks on the shoreline. Never had ice damage, but I note there are two nearby rocks (300-400 lb?) that the ice stole from my breakwater and moves them a little bit each year. One is now close to high and dry on the shore.

08-07-2023, 10:19 AM	#27
Descant Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Merrimack and Welch Island Posts: 4,343 Thanks: 1,339 Thanked 1,621 Times in 1,053 Posts	well pump I have a well pump similar to the set up described by Ishoot308 and Slickcraft. Never had a sand problem. (I wonder if more boat traffic in TiltonBB's area makes the water more turbulent raising sand into the intake?) I replaced the pump once, and I replaced the well pump at my mainland homer once in 45 years, so I guess the life expectancy of the pump is about 20-25 years. The poly pipe is threaded through a couple of concrete blocks to keep it close to the bottom. Anchoring in our area is rare. Some fishing. The pipe stays in place year round. I put a 4" poly sleeve around the intake pipe and the power line to protect it from chafing where it just lays on the rocks on the shoreline. Never had ice damage, but I note there are two nearby rocks (300-400 lb?) that the ice stole from my breakwater and moves them a little bit each year. One is now close to high and dry on the shore.