Water, water everywhere...

that's right, and not a drop to drink. Since buying the house up in the Catskills a few months ago I've been a little unhappy with the water pressure...and since a month ago it dwindled to a trickle of nothing. Not good. It's well water, and the prior owner had installed a really top-end new pump and pressure tank in the basement, so I couldn't figure out why no water was coming out. I finally deduced that the pressure tank was more tank that=n pressure -- it's supposed to be at 28PSI or so and it was hovering around 7 PSI. So I spent $50 on an air compressor and pumped it up (yes, i think I am handy enough to mess around with such things.) Alas, that only half solved the problem. Once the pump filled the pressure tank with water, everythign seemd ok, but boy, did it take a long time to fill the tank. What should have taken about 3mins took more than an hour. This means that not enough water was coming out of the ground -- probably due to air getting into the line somewhere. So I had a plumber come by and $350 bucks later he tells me that the well itself must be compromised...i need a new well. So now I have to either spend another $1900 on a well in the basement or do the really right thing and have a deep well dug (which will run about $7000.) Ahhhh...a country home is so relaxing! (sarcasm) But once I get this worked out (I got the heating set up now) I'll be able to enjoy the place a bit more...and focus on the parts of renovating that are more fun and creative, like redoing a bathroom or kitchen etc.