Water Pump Question

Cloverbud · #1 07/04/07, 11:20 AM

A puppy and a water pump's exposed wires are a bad combination. Ask me how I know! Anyhow, here's the question.

The water pump for the house is in the back yard, and sticks up about a foot and a half. How can I properly cover/enclose/whatever the pump so that said pup does not chew through the wires again, causing dh to use his "expanded" vocabulary, without causing problems for the pump? I can post pics if needed. TIA>

YoungOne · #2 07/04/07, 12:47 PM

A "well house" is common out here. Usually no bigger than necessary and just built out of wood. Put a handle on each side and a beefy guy or maybe two can lift it off when necessary.

farminghandyman · #3 07/04/07, 12:58 PM

Trash can? Barrel? "Dog house"? set some bales of hay around it? wire fence out of chicken wire? or woven wire?

Cloverbud · #4 07/04/07, 02:53 PM

Do I need to worry about condensation or anything building up inside whatever I put over it? It's small enough that a 5gallon bucket with a cinder block on top would do, but I don't want to have to replace the pump unnecessarily. I thought about a cutesy wishing well type thing, but I don't know what conditions the pump needs to function properly. Any other place I've lived, the pump was inside the house.

ETA: Anything I do will have to be sturdier than fencing. Teddy's a strong boy