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Finally got rid of the dog house well shed at the retirement new home. 8X12 off the ground (on skids) shed that is not insulated. Also cut out flooring for the pump/well head and pressure tank. It gets well below freezing at times so thinking it should be insulated. Dirt bank around the shed? Straw? Plywood to the ground inside the cut out? I will insulate the walls etc. Just not sure about the outside and cutout areas.

Small space heater

Milk house heater will have its own thermostat

Plan on a small heater, thinking something to keep the air from moving around underneath the shed would be worth the effort. .

The more insulation, and the snugger the better.

Put a heat light in it like the kind you use for baby chicks

Where you live has everything to do with how gonzo you need to go.

Central AR, Up in the hills.

Bank up the outside walls far up enough to keep air from circulating underneath. Spray in insulation inside on all surfaces. Put in a little heat light. That should do the trick. That place got a ceiling?

Insulate as best you can, heater with thermostat

I had/have the same problem,. The well is under a 3 sided metal building, open on the east side. I was going to use foam insulation and in close the open end….that stuff is expensive.

So I basically built a box around the water works and used 2 inch foam board, $50 bucks a sheet x 3. Heat tape and a heat lamp for now.

The local electrician was supposed to come by and install a bigger breaker and outlets…still waiting…,

Lightbulb.

We kept a 40 watt incandescent light bulb at our pump head. Never froze on us. Our well house was above ground, cinder block, and had a foam insulation on the inside and roof.

North Dakota and Montana have slightly different winters eh.

Stringers in the ceiling, just roof basically. Plan on putting in something there as well. Has a vent and room for circulation as the summers are humid and hot. Perhaps some carpet on the floors?

There are thousands of wells in Iowa that don't get electric heat but do what you like. Most have some batt insulation in the well houses and that's about it. A heat lamp if you really want to cover all of your bases.

kwg

Keep the wind out, pink insulation...and a milk house heater on a thermocube.

Any reason not to have a pitless adapter put on the well, along with a submersible pump? Water line below the frost line into the house and you don't have to worry about it anymore.

An awful lot of of little old well houses use a light bulb.
If a little light I'd disable, great. Easy to see it's working.

I know quite a few folks with a cabin or such that's has a real bathroom.
Insulated well, a 100w light keeps things flowing.

Live in Iowa with a deep well and no well house do not understand