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And where's the list? Like if I could just find a list of like, "Congratulations on being a homeowner, do all this shit because if you don't the repairs will eat you alive" it would be handy.
That's a rough one. I know a good place to start is anything large you buy, make sure you read the maintenance portion of the manual and make a couple notes.
Then I start asking myself about important things like "how do I make sure the plumbing doesn't get fucked? " or "how do I make sure the furnace doesn't die?" and I start googling.
Not a great answer but it helps. I recently realized I didn't give much of a thought to well pump maintenance and I've been down a massive rabbit hole on that one. I feel like you just pick one thing at a time and work on it and you learn as you go.
I just moved to a place with a well last year. I'm generally pretty handy but the whole well system is basically a black box to me at this point.
I'd ask you questions but frankly I'm not ready to absorb the information, but I know I'm gonna need to sooner or later. Probably sooner, it's still the original pump from 1977.
Been there. Ask your oldest, grumpiest neighbor who they use. Also, if you're somewhere cold and your well house doesn't have a little heater, make sure to pick up a chicken brooder bulb or two.