How to warm a well for the winter with your own hands: what kind of insulation, preservation on the street, at a high level of groundwater

There is an alternative option to warming - conservation. This is a process when a well is closed for the winter season. Therefore, you have two ways to resolve the issue of what to do with the well in winter.

Winter cottage: a well in winter

Winter is a cold season, when the owners of summer cottages have a question about the well, summer residents think: preserve it or just warm it and use the well in the winter season. Here comes the dilemma.

In warming and conservation there are advantages. Well insulation will provide you with uninterrupted water supply even in winter. You can use the water supply and take water from the well. If you do conservation, then you will not be able to use water. The well is closed tightly and access to it is terminated. The water supply that goes from the well to the house will be closed.

Well insulation should be done in the warm season.

To decide whether to keep your well for the winter, answer 2 questions:

• Will you live in the country permanently in the winter;
• Do you have an additional source of water supply, except for the well.

If you are going to live in the country all the time and you don’t have any additional source of water, then definitely do the warming of the well. So you provide yourself with water for the winter season.

The temperature at which water freezes is 0 degrees. Make insulation so that the water does not freeze through the connection to the well so that you can use the water in a private house. Or do your best to close it for the winter.

Insulation materials in question how to insulate a well

There are several methods and materials with which you can heat the well with your own hands. The most important task is to prevent the well from freezing.

In order not to fall into trouble in the winter due to an idle well, it is better to think about its insulation from summer and spring.

The following materials are used as insulation:

• Sawdust;
• Dry leaves of trees;
• Straw;
• Peat;
• Hay.

The use of each insulation material individually will not be effective. They are an additional material that prevents the well from freezing.

As an additional insulation use natural materials.

Natural materials are not 100% protected from moisture. If they get wet, then their effectiveness decreases significantly. That is why it is necessary to consider these insulation from the point of view of additional. Mineral wool heaters and polystyrene as a secondary insulation should be used as the main heaters of the well. Thermal insulation material is used when a well is characterized by a high level of groundwater. You can read the advice of summer residents about this. The operation of their wells in winter was in full swing.

To warm a well, different methods of warming should be applied. The most effective is the use of natural materials together with "artificial" in the form of mineral wool insulation and foam. This combination of materials will not allow the well to freeze in the cold winter.

5 steps to insulate a well on the street

In order to warm the well on the street, it is necessary to perform a series of step-by-step actions that will not allow the water to freeze right in the source. Therefore, even in the winter season, you can enjoy pure water.

As a heater for a well and a caisson, materials from industrial production are often used. In this case, during insulation, it is necessary to leave a gap between the well pipe and thermal insulation at a distance of 4-6 centimeters. The gap will help protect the well from freezing in winter.

5 steps of insulation:

1. Sheathe the riser with a metal mesh at a distance of 5 cm from the pipe;
2. To put on a casing from metal;
3. Leave a gap between the casing and the mesh to place the insulation there;
4. To fill up natural materials: sawdust, leaves, hay;
5. Place a tin tray under the valve, which should extend beyond the casing of metal. It must withstand the slope so that moisture does not get inside.

Use the combined method of warming the well for the winter.

Thus, you will insulate your well, and the water from the source will not freeze even in the winter season.

To insulate the well, use only high-quality casings and grids for pipes. Do not take meshes in which there is a wide cut between cells. This will worsen the performance of insulation. Better use new materials, and then your insulation will play you a good service in the winter.

What is well conservation for the winter

When they talk about warming a well in winter, the topic of "conservation" is raised. This is an alternative for a well for the winter.

Preservation is the process of closing a well. That is, the well needs to be covered. To implement it, you must adhere to a certain plan and then conservation will be successful.

Preservation is as follows:

1. Preparation: pull out the pumping station, water column, disconnect the pipe and hose;
2. To carry out the chlorination of the well;
3. We cover the well with a sealed cap - tip;
4. We fix the head with bolts.

To keep your well clean, perform chlorination.

Chlorination should be carried out on the basis of a match box of chlorine per bucket of water. A bucket of water, in turn, is poured per one bucket — one meter of the well. Chlorine will help burn out all the organics. It can be natural garbage, all sorts of bacteria and insects.

Thus, you will preserve the well for the winter. This will help her to stay clean for the winter time, debris and insects will not get into it from the ground from the draft, which can even go from inside the well. Make conservation, and then your well will be clean by the beginning of the spring season of your house in the country.

Do-it-yourself well warming for the winter (video)

In order to get water into your home without fail even in winter, you should take care of the condition of the water source - wells in advance. It is advisable in the summer that you have natural materials for insulation. This will help you drink water from natural sources even in winter. If you do not want to warm the well, then you can simply preserve it. Then it will remain clean until the next summer season.

Examples of well insulation for the winter (photo)