Posted by B-maniac on February 07, 2013 at 19:11:15 from (97.92.55.9):
In Reply to: DIY water well posted by mb58 on February 07, 2013 at 18:23:13:
I pounded ours down back in 1989. It's a 2 1/2' and we live on a pure sand "dome" about 3/4 of a mile across and abt 25' deep. I witched it and even with my eyes closed and wife spinning me around still hit on same 4'dia area. Water (which tested perfect) was at 22-25'. Cleaned up with about 1 minute of pumping. Used it to wash cars, wet sand, houshold, watering flower beds etc. Still plenty of flow and still clean after all these years. Local well drillers said that is right where the best water is and that they can't stop there by code so advised me to pound it myself as it would be better water than they could get me going on down. They were spot on. What works best is a tripod with a pully at top and heavy weighted driver attached. Even in sand that big of pipe drives hard. Keep tightening pipe every 5' or so as it will loosen as you drive. Have a heavy nut on a string to put down into pipe to check water and how much. When you hit what I call "water sand" it will be a lot more dense and will feel like you are hitting cement. three feet into that and you should be good but all situations vary. Talk to some well men in area. Most will tell you to put a 1 1/4" or 1" suction pipe down into the 2 1/2 so you aren't sucking on the joints of the 2 1/2 and possible contaminants. Probably is the way to go since you only need a 1" suction line anyway to supply a houshold 3/4 line. Put a ;lot of teflon tape on joints and by all means get a point from a top name well service supply house rather than the cheap China hardware stuff. Have fun. My total cost 24 years ago was $ 500 for well , pump , bladder tank , fittings/pipe , and material for well pit. Never freezes and have only replaced 2 pumps in that time. At the time I put it down, all relatives said " well it'll do until you can afford a real 5" submersible well " . Ain't heard no more from them after 24 yrs.
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