House Works: Your questions on well depth, cold room moisture, basement mould

Measuring water well depth
Q: How can I figure out how deep my water well is? I have to get a new water pump but the supplier wants to know how far down below ground level the water is.
Remove the cover off a well like this and there are two ways to measure how far down the water is. Drop down a weight tied to a string, or use a laser distance measuring tool.
A: When it comes to water wells, there are two important dimensions involved.
One is the total depth of the drilled or dug hole in the gro