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Golf1echo · 03-06-2015, 08:32

Mt Goat, the house I bought in WNC had a water ram as did many of the houses in the area at one time. That system had a cinder block box near the creek that gathered water from a side spring, water then was piped down into the ram IIRC for every three units one got pushed vertical ( about 25' ) up to the house. The only insulation I saw was where the pipe was buried so I suppose it to be more of a 3 season system unless insulated. Unfortunately the previous owner gave the ram away other wise I would have used it for irrigation.

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Golf1echo Area Commander Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Western Carolina in the rainforest,4000' along the Eastern Cont. Div. Posts: 1,427	Mt Goat, the house I bought in WNC had a water ram as did many of the houses in the area at one time. That system had a cinder block box near the creek that gathered water from a side spring, water then was piped down into the ram IIRC for every three units one got pushed vertical ( about 25' ) up to the house. The only insulation I saw was where the pipe was buried so I suppose it to be more of a 3 season system unless insulated. Unfortunately the previous owner gave the ram away other wise I would have used it for irrigation. __________________ "It is because they have so much to give and give it so lavishly...that men love the mountains and go back to them again and again." Sir Francis Younghusband Essayons By Dand "In the school of the wilds,there is no graduation day"Horace Kephart
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