cuttle
12-29-2008, 09:58 AM
Yesterday, I was awaken by an endless running water pump in the basement (the pump for the pressure tank) - not a good sound at all :panic:
So, I get up, turn the pump off, and make my way up the hill to look at the cistern. What I found was this: an cistern (500 gal tank) bobbing inside the old concrete holding tank, and the exposed water pipe from the spring spewing water down the hill..... with a bullet hole :bash:
How did I know it was a bullet hole? Easy: hubby and his friend decided to do some target practice a few days ago and on the bottom of the hillside. I clearly remember asking them if they shot the tank :whistle:
It wasn't hard to fix, but I had to drive 25 miles each way to buy replacement pipe.
He still claims it was a ricochet - yeah right :tt:
So, I get up, turn the pump off, and make my way up the hill to look at the cistern. What I found was this: an cistern (500 gal tank) bobbing inside the old concrete holding tank, and the exposed water pipe from the spring spewing water down the hill..... with a bullet hole :bash:
How did I know it was a bullet hole? Easy: hubby and his friend decided to do some target practice a few days ago and on the bottom of the hillside. I clearly remember asking them if they shot the tank :whistle:
It wasn't hard to fix, but I had to drive 25 miles each way to buy replacement pipe.
He still claims it was a ricochet - yeah right :tt: