Originally Posted by beachlady
This post is scaring me! We moved in August to a house with a well (never had one before - city girl here)- do wells freeze? Ours is 500 ft deep and we have a basement, so no exposed pipes in a crawl space. Should I run my faucets? Thanks for any advice!
It is not the water in the well that may freeze, it is the water coming up into the pump, and in the pump. These are well above ground. Sometimes a well insulated pump house can be enough, depending on how cold it gets. A heat lamp can be a life saver :wink: plug it into an extension cord and hang it over the pump. The rest is the same as if you had city water.