Gazebo Built Around Farm's Well

Gazebo Built Around Farm's Well AG WORLD 29-6-24 When the hip roof over the well in his back yard rotted out, Walter Murray, Bostic, N.C., decided to tear it off and put a 52 by 72-in. table on top complete with slide-out drawers on both sides. Then he built a 10-ft. dia. gazebo around the well that has inward-facing benches around the sides, a ceiling fan, and fluorescent light bulbs. A cupola graces the roof. The gazebo is painted tan with a gray roof to match the colors of Murray's house. Even the well's brick color matches the color of the brick on the house. "It makes a great place for family get-togethers. Everyone thinks it's real nice," says Murray. "The benches have room for about 15 people." The well is about 30 years old. It measures 30 in. in dia. and has a 57-ft. deep submersible pump and pressure tank. After building the gazebo, but before building the benches, Murray poured a concrete floor. "There was a lot more work to it than meets the eye, but I'm proud how it turned out," says Murray. "I used lengths of string to get the posts perfectly straight and to space them exactly apart. The table slides to the side when we need access to the well." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Walter Murray, 1586 DePreist Rd., Bostic, N.C. 28018 (ph 828 248-1584; dbmurray@mail blocks.com).

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