The Story of the "Well From Hell"
I live in the middle of nowhere 40 miles from town in the Siuslaw National Forrest. Everything requires electricity to operate. During the recent horrible ice storm, I suffered massive damage to my vehicles, my out buildings, and my well due to all the trees that came down. We were out of power for 13 days and unfortunately, my 36 year old well suffered damage and needed the pump replaced. I called Ervin Family Pump service, and they were at my house and working in less than 24 hours! What was supposed to be a couple of hours to do soon turned into a total nightmare!! Everything they touched on that old well turned to dust. To make matters worse, all the rust from the failing casing had fallen down into the well and plugged the sleeve so instead of the pump sliding up out of the sleeve, the whole sleeve pulled up out of the well with the pump!! Thankfully, they realized the danger we were facing and with the utmost patience and care, they performed the most skillful "pumpectomy" I've ever seen and saved me from having to drill a new well. They then took some time and devised an ingenious fix for the damaged well casing which resulted in a repair that should last at least 10 more years. This whole process took 2 long days in pouring rain and freezing cold with ice covered branches hanging overhead risking life and limb (no pun intended). I think anyone else would have moved on to easier and safer work and just said "you need a new well", but not these guys. Their integrity and character proved to be a beacon of hope for me and my wife throughout the whole process and we couldn't be happier with the outcome!