Friday night I did a few google searches on frozen Water supply lines for water pumps. I found that the most common points are freezing is right where the lines come into the house. That is between the house and the well. And most likely the line is frozen inside the house. I found a recommendation to heat the water pipe with a Hair dryer.

Saturday morning we returned to the house after a nice stay at a local Motel. The furnace stayed running over night. The first thing I tried was turning the water pump back on. Still nothing. Then I heated the pipe with a really heavy duty Heat gun, being careful not to set anything on fire. After about 10 minutes I tuned the pump on. Shortly after that I had a trickle of water, then after a minute a gusher. WooHoo! we had water again. Whew!

We had only one minor problem. I did not put the hand sprayer back on correctly on the kitchen sink, so we had water everywhere. But no pipe burst this year like last. Note to self, remember to leave to valve open at the pump and to blow out the drain lines for the furnace.

Saturday I put up more drywall. See image below.



You can see on the left the wall I pulled out last fall. Well I guess that is not see, because it's not there anymore. That is where 2 pocket doors go in. Ignore the wires hanging from the ceiling, they are not live (I think). You can see some of the paint sample on the fireplace mantle (right side of image). We did not pick any of those colors. The Cinder Block wall next the fireplace will be tiled with something that goes with the fireplace.

Lots more work coming.

Joe