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   JohnSprung | Jul 08, 2006 12:56am | #1

   What's the size of the well house, and how much access does it need?  What kind of equipment would be used on the well? 

   Without knowing anything really, the first notion that comes to mind is to do some sort of gable roof with a structural ridge, a large overhang, and hinges instead of birds' mouths.  Counterweight the overhang, and half the roof just tips upward.  It could have a vented ridge, with a removable cover. 

    

    

   -- J.S.

    

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   brownbagg | Jul 08, 2006 03:06am | #2

   build a regular building with a metal roof and screw that one panel where it can be removed.“Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong.”

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   Wade | Jul 10, 2006 03:20pm | #4

   The well house is 6x7 with brick walls. The opening to the well house is on the 6' side and is small, 2' wide. The brick walls are 5' tall. The 7' side of the well house is what buts up against the 12' side of the slab. I thought about putting the gable end of the roof on the well house against the gable end of the new store room. But then you run into flashing it against the gable end which would make in almost imposible to remove the roof with out taking it completely apart. Before the whole roof on the well house would just lift up and you could set in on the ground while you worked on the well. My only other idea was to just slant the roof up to the gable side of the store room without flashing it to the wall and leave an 18" overhang on the roof of the store room. As long as it did not leak then all you would have to do is unscrew it and that the roof off, but do not like the idea of a possible leak or a place for moisture to sit. I also thought about leaving a 2' walkway between the 2 bulidings so I could keep the store room painted. I was planing on using R&B siding since that would kinda go with the brick ranch style house that was built in the 50's. But I did not want to lose the 2' of the slab. I maybe just asking for to much, that is the reason I was asking for alittle help. Thought maybe some of you would have some better ideas than I do.

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   woodroe | Jul 09, 2006 02:17am | #3

   Put the section of plywood spanning the joists over the well on with screws. When you roof your new store room make sure you have an extra bundle of shingles. If you need to pull the well pipe, take the shingles off over the screwed on section and you're good to go. Pumps don't go bad so often that it would be that big a deal to replace a 2' x 3' section of shingles on the roof. Just make sure you don't have a rafter directly over the well.

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   txlandlord | Jul 10, 2006 05:21pm | #5

   Our well guy has a boom. He does not need to remove an entrie roof to pull the down rod and pump. He needs a hole about 8" x 8". We usually provide a low profile roof vent over the well location. We call these roof vents "hawks". Remove the hawk and he can service the well in the future. Otherwise, install roofing over a screwed down piece of plywood decking. Pull a few shingles or metal panels, and unscrew the plywood decking piece for service.  

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   Wade | Jul 10, 2006 05:43pm | #6

   I was just thinking about that idea and realized that where the well is in the building is in the back right corner from the entrance. In the very middle of the well house is the pressure tank. It is one of those big 32 gallon ones. It sticks up above the walls about 10 inches. I guess the vent could be located on the slope of the roof right over the well. Would not be to hard to take that off. I will check with our well guy and see if his machine has a boom or not. Thanks.

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   JohnSprung | Jul 10, 2006 08:53pm | #7

   > He needs a hole about 8" x 8".

   If it doesn't need to be directly under the ridge, why not  just build an ordinary access hatch, like you'd use to climb out onto the roof?  I always like nice big ones.  They make the work easier, and they don't look any worse than little ones.   

    

   -- J.S.

    

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   txlandlord | Jul 18, 2006 03:28am | #8

    

   > He needs a hole about 8" x 8".

   If it doesn't need to be directly under the ridge, why not  just build an ordinary access hatch, like you'd use to climb out onto the roof?  I always like nice big ones.  They make the work easier, and they don't look any worse than little ones. 

    

   Most of the well houses around here are 6 x 8 or 8 x 10 with 8' walls. Lots of things would work....like unscrewing a metal roof panel.