We covered our well with a ...well! A wishing well that will house a hanging plant from the bucked, and some pots around it. Just sits right over the ugly piece, but can be lifted up for access!

How big is your well cover?

It's probably about 3 feet across and a 15 inches or so high.
The other thing I hate about it is it has settled over time and sits at an angle.

I have thought of mosaicing mine... but it's already sooo heavy. To mosaic it would make it worse. So I would love to see what ideas everyone comes up with.

Hi Nancy,
Could you post a pic for us? I vision a small shed built over it, which would be portable if the supports were 4X4 with a 2x4 attached to the bottom that extended 2-3 inches inwardly and had holes drilled in them, then you could anchor in the ground with rebar....then just pickup a replica of an old lever well pump at Lowes or your favorite hardware store...sit it on top and enjoy.....

I went out to take a picture of my new birdhouse so I took one of the well cover too. Is this like yours Darcie? I have the top ajar so we can have a hose hooked up to water the garden.

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That is exactly what I have!

You can hook up a hose inside? How? I guess I need to remove the cover and look inside. I really need water back there!

Becareful opening it...It's soo heavy!! But ours has a nozzel to screw on a garden hose. I use the water straight from the well because we have soo much iron we have to have a water softener and the plants hate it. The tomatoe plants love the iron.

Okay, I removed the cover. Inside is a rusty well head, a bunch of wires and insulation stuffed around everything. Unfortunately, there was no nozzle to attach a hose.
Darcie

I wonder if you can have a handy person to make something like this?

Here is a link that might be useful: well covers

OOOhh,how about your very own outhouse covering it! LOL well that's me....plotting how to get an outhouse....It'd be too bulky to move....hmm,maybe DH would make an "outhouse" to cover our pump....looks like great ideas,Darcie,good luck!

I really think a mosaic would be cool! At least on the bottom part. It would make the top even heavier, but sure would look nice!

RH

Something dome shaped on top could make it look like a mushroom. Maybe an old recycled smaller-type satellite dish painted or decorated to suit your taste. Perhaps you have a Freecycle in your area ?

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anotherchris

Not sure what it's called...We don't have a well...but, it looks as if we do because many years ago, my DH brought home a round cement thing that goes over a well, it's about 3 feet tall and has a round cement top with an opening...and there is a steel thing that curves over the top, once used to hold a bucket to lower in the well...what is the whole thing called? A well curb? curve?...Can anyone tell me?...DH says it's just a well covering...but surely it has another name...Ashli

Has anyone seen one that looks like a bird bath that would fit over a typical home water well?