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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Dec 2, 2007, at 4:38 PM, Mogrits wrote:

> Someone mentioned needing to replace the pressure tank for their  
> well...

> If you have to replace it, try to locate it in the house or under  
> the house-
> somewhere protected from the elements and it will last longer. It  
> can be
> anywhere on the cold water side of your system- there's no rule  
> saying it
> has to be outside in the wellhouse or under one of those ridiculous
> "well-rock" things.

I put ours at an inside corner of the basement under the kitchen  
where it is freeze-proof and up on concrete blocks which makes it  
much easier to drain of sediment occasionally.