I'm considering building an addition to my house, but have run into something that might or might not be an issue. Two questions:
1. Building what I have in mind puts the corner of the addition close to my well, only about 4 feet from the corner. I'm not really comfortable with that, but I'm not sure what the problem would be. Is that a bad idea? Should I make it a little smaller or shift it to get more space between the house and the well?
2. Where I plan to build it puts the footing right over the water line from the well to the house. The water line is 1" copper about 5 to 6 feet down under the driveway. The current driveway slopes up ~18 inches, which I will level out as part of the project. Going down another 30" to the frost line puts the footings only 1 or 2 feet above the water line. At the current size I have in mind for the addition, the water line will be under the addition, about 1-2 feet inside the front wall. If I move it back a couple feet to get more space from the well, the water line will be right about under the footing running the full width of the addition. Should I be concerned about that?
1. Building what I have in mind puts the corner of the addition close to my well, only about 4 feet from the corner. I'm not really comfortable with that, but I'm not sure what the problem would be. Is that a bad idea? Should I make it a little smaller or shift it to get more space between the house and the well?
2. Where I plan to build it puts the footing right over the water line from the well to the house. The water line is 1" copper about 5 to 6 feet down under the driveway. The current driveway slopes up ~18 inches, which I will level out as part of the project. Going down another 30" to the frost line puts the footings only 1 or 2 feet above the water line. At the current size I have in mind for the addition, the water line will be under the addition, about 1-2 feet inside the front wall. If I move it back a couple feet to get more space from the well, the water line will be right about under the footing running the full width of the addition. Should I be concerned about that?