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Posted: 9/4/2010 4:17:04 PM EDT

above ground parts of their wells and septic systems? Pics would be great

Posted: 9/4/2010 4:18:56 PM EDT

[#1]

Why hide it?

Posted: 9/4/2010 4:22:25 PM EDT

[#2]

I thought this was going to be a "Tuck Dance" thread...

Posted: 9/4/2010 4:25:11 PM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:
I thought this was going to be a "Tuck Dance" thread...

And yet you still clicked on it

Posted: 9/4/2010 4:25:32 PM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
Why hide it?

It's unsightly.

Posted: 9/4/2010 4:25:56 PM EDT

[#5]

It is behind the red fence on the left side of the pic.

Posted: 9/4/2010 4:28:12 PM EDT

[#6]

My septic main tank and sand mound pump tank have black corrugated pipe (24in) standing vertical to ground level and a concrete round laid over it and a thin layer of soil over that. My well head is visible as it sticks up about a foot I can see how a shrub or two could be used to hide that from view if one saw the need. I may end up bringing the grade up higher in that area to level it off and if I do I will do the same ––18 in of black corrugated culvert pipe or 12" PVC 18 in long with a flat circular paver laid over the end and some topsoil.

Posted: 9/4/2010 4:29:37 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Why hide it?

It's unsightly.

Well, I reckon if it ever does bother me I'm going to use one of those super magnum sized goose decoys.

Posted: 9/4/2010 4:32:44 PM EDT

[#8]

My closest well is in the same brick outbuilding where I have most of my bulk ammo, spare parts, etc. It matches the rest of the house in brick/roof/trim and looks like just an innocuous storage building, no outward cues that it contains a well. (It was the previous owner's reloading shop.)

I have another old/traditional well out of sight in the woods, but no power pump or remote piping for it –– strictly old-school drawing with a bucket. Last, LAST resort before turning to the property's creeks and ponds.

Posted: 9/4/2010 4:43:44 PM EDT

[#9]

Hmm, I have not thought of hiding it. I may have to look into that.

Posted: 9/4/2010 4:46:59 PM EDT

[#10]

They go underground around these parts

Posted: 9/4/2010 4:47:37 PM EDT

[#11]

Hostas are great to hide the top of the well if it's less than 12-18" above the ground. Hostas come up early in the spring and last until mid-fall. We have the same weather as VT. They are also very shade tolerant.

What part of the septic system are you trying to hide? Mine's entirely underground. Do you have a vent or agitator?

Posted: 9/4/2010 4:47:47 PM EDT

[#12]

fake rocks and/or landscaping

http://www.artificialrocksfactory.com/fake_rock_covers.htm

Posted: 9/4/2010 4:52:52 PM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
Hostas are great to hide the top of the well if it's less than 12-18" above the ground. Hostas come up early in the spring and last until mid-fall. We have the same weather as VT. They are also very shade tolerant.

What part of the septic system are you trying to hide? Mine's entirely underground. Do you have a vent or agitator?

http://www.mooseyscountrygarden.com/botanical-gardens/hosta-helen-knight.jpg

The fucking deer eat my hostas like they're bambi-smack.

Posted: 9/4/2010 4:53:28 PM EDT

[#14]

there are two round covers about 2 1/2' around. they are plastic so I dont know if they will be buried. The well has a 4'' pipe that sticks out about 2'

Posted: 9/4/2010 4:54:12 PM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:
Hostas are great to hide the top of the well if it's less than 12-18" above the ground. Hostas come up early in the spring and last until mid-fall. We have the same weather as VT. They are also very shade tolerant.

What part of the septic system are you trying to hide? Mine's entirely underground. Do you have a vent or agitator?

http://www.mooseyscountrygarden.com/botanical-gardens/hosta-helen-knight.jpg

might work but they wouldnt look very natural in my AO

Posted: 9/4/2010 5:01:25 PM EDT

[#16]

This thread interests me.

Posted: 9/4/2010 5:02:55 PM EDT

[#17]

I don't have a well but some folks around here do. I have seen little wooden wells used to cover well heads. Think classic wishing well with shed roof, and bucket on a rope a winch, only in miniature.

Posted: 9/5/2010 6:43:04 AM EDT

[#18]

Quoted:
I don't have a well but some folks around here do. I have seen little wooden wells used to cover well heads. Think classic wishing well with shed roof, and bucket on a rope a winch, only in miniature.

I think this is the route I am going to go. Maybe I could even disguise a gennie and pump inside it?

Posted: 9/5/2010 2:46:17 PM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Hostas are great to hide the top of the well if it's less than 12-18" above the ground. Hostas come up early in the spring and last until mid-fall. We have the same weather as VT. They are also very shade tolerant.

What part of the septic system are you trying to hide? Mine's entirely underground. Do you have a vent or agitator?

http://www.mooseyscountrygarden.com/botanical-gardens/hosta-helen-knight.jpg

The fucking deer eat my hostas like they're bambi-smack.

That's why you plant a garden, silly. That way they can eat your corn, beans, etc. instead of the hostas.

Posted: 9/5/2010 2:49:54 PM EDT

[#20]

I have a permanent dent in my shin from my parents well head

Posted: 9/5/2010 4:28:54 PM EDT

[#21]

Traditional septic tanks here with extended leach field. Everything is under ground, grass grows over it and it gets mowed. We have the tanks pumped out every few years, so I finally got some 12"diameter round concred stepping stones and placed over the cleanout plugs, I stacked several so that they are level with the grass to make that spot easy to find and not dig up the whole area finding the cleanout plug.

Posted: 9/5/2010 4:29:59 PM EDT

[#22]

All my stuff is 100% underground.

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