Plumbing the Well Field to the House

We're on to the next step. Verde Sol-Air came to connect the tubing from each well together into one continuous loop. Each well gets tied to the next and the entire system comes into the house via the garage and attic. The tubing goes up the front wall, and is visible for now. Later a raceway will be placed on the wall and the tubes will be inside and covered, the whole thing painted to match the house. At the top there are two holes bored for the tubing to enter the attic, then the tubing goes across the attic and down through the ceiling to the location of the main unit.

Of course there were some challenges at this stage too. The holes were bored through the fascia board and on the inside of the attic it was near the corner of the building at an intersection of truss mounts. It was tough work for the installers to get the tubing to flex and go through the openings in the trusses due to the angles and very limited space to work. Add the friction factor of the tubing going through a closely fitted hole and then a sharp turn. After much tugging and pushing, it went in. Mike, the man in the attic did a great job of being the winch and wouldn't give up!

After the tubing was in place, the fittings are fused onto the tubing with a special heat tool that melts the plastic on the tube and the fitting at the same time, then the pieces are taken off the tool and pushed together. You have about 3 seconds to make the join once off the tool. Once fused, you can't tell part A from part B even if you cut them apart.

After all connections were made, a pressure gauge and air valve were attached to one end and a cap to the other. Compressed air was pumped into the line to a pressure of 100 PSI. The test calls for no change in pressure for 30 minutes. Ideally it wouldn't change at all. It's the next day and we're still at 100 PSI, so it passed.

Next step is inspection of the system by the town. Once approved, we can cover up the tubes and finally get our driveway back to normal and use our garages again for the first time since May 23. There will be a stop in progress while I am out of town for a week. I didn't want Debbie to have to deal with any issues while I was gone, so they will resume the week of 7/25.

As a side note, our attic is insulated with a deep spray foam layer and all openings are sealed. This makes the attic a "conditioned space" and the attic floor has no insulation to get in the way or to cause breathing issues. Even though the outside temps were at 90F, the attic was at 80F and not bad to work in. Prior to being insulated, the attic would reach temps of 120-130F on a day like this.


Verde Sol-Air Installer's Truck



Dan fusing fittings to the tubing where it enters the attic



The heat tool in place on the tubing and the fitting



Attic view of tubing, you can see the heavy foam insulation on the roof deck



Tubing coming down from the attic. New equipment not yet on site.