Oh, but the water smells bad again, like sulfur. The cold water is fine but what comes out of the shower and kitchen faucet is rotten eggy sour.
It's all bad - well, except the part where the hubs sprays himself with cologne before work because he thinks his sulfur coated body may not be pleasant to be around, and when he kisses me goodbye it reminds me of our yummy dating years.
And so I put it to the Internet to help with research about this problem, and possible solutions. At first glance, the ideas weren't too grim. *In-The-Know-ers* recommended a couple of solid ideas, such as flushing the water heater and putting an auxilary filter at the well to trap the sulfide particles.
So we're going to divide this project into two parts. The first part which I was surprised the Hubs has never done with owning a house for 15 years, is to drain the water heater. Lucky for him I'm here. I've done this before. Not sure we need to do it, with a 6 month old water heater, but it's worth a try.
And the second part will be in two phases. The first (insane part) is to wrench off the bolt on the side of the well that holds it closed, and - one would guess - stand back, wearing hip waders and praying - while flushing the line until it runs clear. That doesn't sound like a good idea at all.
This idea came from the guy who installed the well, with an offhanded - you don't need to hire this out - it's easy as pie - but seems anything but easy. Maybe for someone in the business who has the knack, but it sounds like it could be ... fraught with peril for us. I mean, it's not a hose with a spigot. What if the bolt won't go back on? Or snaps while being removed? Or drops in the mud as the tsunami of wellwater mud careens toward the house?
It was discussed that Sunday would be a good day for the big well flushout. And if this is accomplished without washing away the gravel drive and the garage, the second part of part two, installing the clay filter, would be done to trap the sulfides forevermore.
I swear I am not making this up.
