DIY Water Well Drilling
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- Опубліковано 22 бер 2016
- We use a lot of water for cleaning fish, washing boats, washing cars, the garden, the lawn, etc, etc... So we decided to drill/wash down our own well. I had been reading and studying about this for several years. We finally undertook this adventure. We had a few problems, but overall things went better than I had expected.
I would like to acknowledge Mr. Mike Willis at drillyourownwell.com for his amazing website. I basically learned everything we did from reading his site and watching his videos. Thanks, Mike!
We ended up at 43 feet. The water is clear, clean with no sediment or off tastes. We are currently waiting on the lab report to ensure the water is potable. ...I don't want to be drinking something that has contaminates in it...the reason for the test! Better safe than sorry.
UPDATE 06/23/20:
Well, the well has been in operation for 4 years. No sinkholes, aliens or giant worms have showed up! LOL. Just had water retested. No bacteria and the chemical tests actually look better than our City water! We are still very pleased!
PLEASE READ THIS...
I have been more than gracious responding to people's questions and comments. Please know how much I appreciate the positive comments and support for this project. However, I find that I am answering the same basic questions over and over. Please read the many comments and replies. Also if you are interested in doing something like this, please do your homework.
Also, inappropriate comments, cursing, flaming, etc will not be tolerated and will be deleted and that person banned from posting on any of my videos. While I know this will certainly cause those irrespectful, childish people that hide behind their keyboard to want to jump on board with nasty comments...my statement to you is simply....take your trash somewhere else. It is not wanted or needed here.
Thanks!
FlyboyTR
Flyboytr - fly...good 4 U there's hypocritical morons out there (lack of intelligence) that would complain if they got hung with a new rope. They'd want a old one. I want to do the same one day when I get a place in the south...Thx 4 the info
I agree----some people think they are a Know It all and we are Stupid. Hire a Professional---LOL----I nor you need one----we are our Own back yard Pro's!!! I have put down 5 shallow wells----3 on my own farm----about 1/4 mile apart. Once I start/get set-up---its quick. One well 52ft---with a helper took 1 hr and 5 minutes to do(start to finish with pump hooked up sucking fresh water 50ft deep) ----has 11ft of 2"pvc screen---this well produces 42gpm with a good electric pump---I been using it for 30 years when needed to keep the water up in a nature made pond close to the house that would go dry during the Summer without some help---I have run this pump for a month at the time---24/7---close 2 million Gallons of water without a problem. Another well---working alone took me 3hrs---50ft deep, 7ft of 2"pvc screen, produces about 30gpm with a 5hp gas farm type pump. My set-up is fast because I am using a 5hp, gas type pump to wash it down. Sure if I was to hit rocks---this would not work. The first 2 went down quick---hit rocks on the third and had to move a little so the next ones I did a test with 3/4" pvc to see how far down a good stream is and if there is rocks before I start the well. This test usually only takes a few minutes(less than 1/2hr after set-up).
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Flyboyt
You are blessed to hit good water so soon and good job hitting it. Now enjoy it don't waste it and live well.
Excellent teaching video- very honest of you not to paint a "pretty picture".. and let us see your woes as well as triumphs! Congrats and thumbs up to you!
Thanks for sharing this with us. Most people edit out the hiccups, but by adding them in, you gave us a heads-up of what to look out for and it was more educational. Thank you.
Just watching this 2 yrs later and congratulations on your water find and I don't understand why people would complain about this, I think it's wonderful that you can do this
I’m so envious! Good on you! I grew up on well water, miss it!
What a great example of a man. Actually acheived something with his own sweat. Very proud of you guys. Looks like my children and I will be out drilling a well next weekend! Thank you for the inspiration.
Thank you so much for taking the time to help others...... Great Video! My well just went bad and I have to drill my own. I saw some things in your video that will make it helpful. A BIG thumbs up from me.
Very enjoyable video with good explanation. Thanks for the help.
Southern people have good hearts...bless u fine people!
Oh my goodness! This is it!
This is the moment! Right here!!! The pun of puns!
A job "well" done. 😉
Wow, I can't believe how clever you guys are. Great job !
Awesome.. love seeing people getting things done by themselves..
super cool, well done, no pun intended!
Thank you so much for putting up this free video and giving out free information for DIY projects. This is the heart and soul of what I believe the United States is truly all about being born here and lived here all my life I truly have gained an appreciation for the do-it-yourselfer. I come from a long line of do-it-yourselfers. I grew up in California and doing yourself was kind of unheard of. But my father was from Idaho and so was my mother from Idaho. And and Idaho you do it yourself
Thanks! :)
That was very educational. Thanks for sharing !!!!
I live in western PA. Mine is 500 ft of 8" schedule 80 with the last 2 sections perforated and a rubber seal above them. He drilled until he hit "mountain sand" (looks white), went through it, then drilled I think 30 on the other side of the sand. The rubber gasket looked like an upside down unbrella filled with bentonite. I use a 1 HP 220v pump. If my well were 40' the water would be red from Iron, mostly disrupted from all the strip mining.
Love Cathy's dirty laugh when the drill head blew off. Funny.
Impressive ingenuity. Thank you for the vid.
Well done fellas .....enjoyed this very much ...
Real water without additives ....way to go ....
Awsome...
Thanks for sharing!
Wonderful, congratulations! Thanks for sharing this with us. I've saved your video for future reference. Brum
thanks. Glad that you enjoyed it. It was certainly a learning experience for us.
That's pretty cool. Always wanted to drill my own well. I'm gonna use some of your wisdom and apply it. Thanks and good job
There is running water... to use while drilling the well... just saying.
Really a genius way of drilling. It may not translate to the oilfield cause of the density of earth they hit but for backyard wells and the like...Genius
Thanks for sharing this video, very positive!
Nice work guys! Although the technique has changed slightly it's nice to see folks doing stuff the old way... themselves!!! :-) Love that Alabama accent too.
Excellent video, and congratulations on getting fresh clean water, with no fecal coliform, in the water.
This was a cool video, to watch!
outstanding boys .......I just did the same down here in Daytona for my sprinkler sys water........got to 60' and damn if I can't drink this stuff......lol.......no stains from minerals either.......perfect.......I just used a one hose to my pipe through the old casing......old screen was already gone so I went straight threw.......all sand and zero obstructions !!! Old well was 22'......I checked table and great water was 60-70
Congrats on your success...and good water! :)
We got our water test results back today and the water is coliform clear, no bacteria! So, we have good clean potable water! Yes...let's label this project a success! :)
+Flyboytr For what serve to hospipie, are both water?
+Atdhe Lena Sorry...I do not understand your question.
He said that it just double the water input. Both hoses serves 1 purpose
Flyboytr Hello, I am Yvette, saw your Video and I have a couple of questions about the borehole. Will appreciate if you can contact me at smartlight05@gmail.com
Please ask your questions here. Thanks!
So incredibly awesome!!!
Oh hell ya! That first scene made me drool! Nothing better than fresh water; nothing they'd get in a city!
Thanks. I was looking for a DIY for deep drilling, and now I have some idea of how I can achieve this.
When i wad a kid my dad supervised wells being made. Huge truck with the spinning pipes boy whenever they stroke water they would make it rain. We would go all around the country doing wells in the most remote of places. Good times love u dad.
Just found this and it's pretty awesome. Thanks for sharing
You guys are so fortunate.
Awesome! My home town, Mobile!!! I grew up there on a street off hwy 98. Joined the Navy and moved to Memphis in '88.
+Tom Hale Small world! :)
Is that where this location is, Mobile ? Looks just like my grass, trees, and exact color and type of soil / sand here in north central FL. by Ocala.
I have also seen this procedure bellow out underground causing a huge sink hole, you are indeed one of the lucky ones.
After reading a couple hundred comments I just had to say your perseverance is amazing from the drilling to the comments, and your sense of humor kept me laughing a lot. The best was a comment stating they would never drink your water, and you replied "the best part is you don't have to drink my water", loved it. I trying to figure out how you used a shallow well pump in a 43' well and when you said" hydrostatic pressure" all made sense. The high water table you have is less then 25' but you went down 43' to push up the good water, the bell went off in my tiny little brain. Thanks.
Thanks! Your comments are sincerely appreciated. Some folks never get the hydrostatic pressure thing. Thanks again!
Amazing, Tom!
Great job guys. Well done
Got to say you all did a fine job.....good info for people that are short of cash and water.
If I ever try to do my own well, I will use these techniques. I congratulate you on a job well done.
Thank you for the kind comments! :)
Love the video. Can't wait to do something like this one day. 😄
neil leon
I watched your awesome video and read all of the comments. Wow, you are a very patient person and very
generous also. I sincerely hope your efforts inspire others to become more self reliant. That is what made this country great. I cannot stand all of the negative people who criticize self starters and worry about the government. You are a shining light my friend
Joe Farley the reason I think it's not like it use to be is because they give welfare to freely and all the illegals pouring into this country are not assimilating to the original American way. Which by the way is hard work ethics. To many free lunches
Great work guys. Cheers
I have to say this was very entertaining as well as educational, I have vacant land in Colorado City, undeveloped it says the well is 90 ft down, being there is no electric it would be quite a chore! But I loved watching you guys doing it! Lol!
Laura, Thank you for the kind words!
I would love to have my own well system in my yard.
An outstanding bit of engineering well done
Incredible video. Very inspiring.
Thank you! :)
Wish i was there to see how you set up the plumbing. Good video.
thanks for teaching us , it is a great help.
My pleasure. Your kind words are appreciated.
Helpers. Must be nice. I'll be doing this alone pretty much in WV.
That’s awesome! I just bought a land in Florida, and my windmill is not working. Wish I could do this! It’s very expensive to have one done by drilling companies. Good job!
well done guys ....now you can put in a pool. Have a hoot : )
awesome vid, good job
WELL DONE.
Hi Travis, love the video. My dad has been in the well drilling business for almost 40 years now. He saw this and really enjoyed it and your perseverance to get the water. He still uses cable drilling rigs when requested but now more so rotary percussion because of cost per foot when drilling. Nice job. he water looks really tasty. Nothing like Artesian well water for drinking. :-)
Malinda, Thank you for your kind and gracious comments. ...appreciated! :)
You're very welcome, Travis :-) ;-)
Hi Malinda
I am Dolla and live in Cambodia. Can you teach me some technigues of drilling well pump from you father? 1/does your father put the sand to the ground of PVC?
2/ Does he cut or hole PVC of the ground?
when we did this years ago, we had problems getting the gravel / sand up after we got so deep, but what we did to help us, on the second water intake, we put a compressed air into the water... we only released air into the water every so often. the air would bubble up from the bottom of the well and bring bigger chunks of rock & sand with it... Great video
Good plan. If I drill another one it will include the injection of air!
Great video buddy. Thank you for making the video. Take care and good luck with your water. Big thumbs up.
Thank you! :)
Very sweet results, and very interesting video. I have lived in a podunk area all my life, where farm animals out number people 50 fold. I have never seen this done in my entire life. I live in the Thumb Of Michigan, where my well is 42’ to the water and a total depth of 60’. We also own a woods 8 miles from where I live, the water table is very high. When we drilled this well, we hit water at around 5’ then we went to a depth of 40’ the well turned out to be an artesian well, water pressure pushed the water about 1 Foot above the ground. Your method would have worked well there. This is probable an old method that was used widely, my Grandparents hand dug wells on our farm, it seems that was common in my area. But anyway very (well) done.
Two million views already, nice! I think this is my 7th or 8th time watching.
Thanks. :)
Love you video!! Thanks!
Thanks for the video. Very entertaining.
good job on the well
Travis, you are one dangerous guy!! So many projects, so many great ideas. I have seen this idea for drilling a well before but always thought it sounded too easy and if it is too easy, it couldn't possibly work. Now that I have seen someone that I know actually putting the idea into practise, it is one more item on my "to-do" list for this summer. Thanks for sharing your experience.
+Rod McLaren My Pleasure! It is a relatively cheap way to to drill your own...actually...it is the cheapest! :) If I were going to do another one, I would use a slurry pit to reuse the water (it would flow back into the drilled opening) and be pumping compressed air into the bottom of the drilling pipe. That would force the fines up the pipe where it would be deposited into the slurry pit. Solids settle out and the used water returns to the well.
Basically just more stuff for me to think about...and keep me awake when I need to be sleeping! LOL
The website I mentioned in the description is full of great info and various methods. He actually put my video on his home page!
+Flyboytr Yes, I saw that he added your video. I will spend more time on that site - looks like he lots of material to consider. This is one of the wonderful aspects of the internet - the free sharing of ideas and solutions. It is one reason that there is hope for mankind. I have already forwarded your video and that website to my brother - he has a similar situation to mine - we each have a lot at two lakes and would like to have water source for summer use. This looks like it could work for both of us. Thanks again.
+Rod McLaren Rod, several years ago I ordered the book and DVD from this company: www.howtodrillawell.com/ A very interesting concept for drilling deep. I think the package was around $30...but I was very impressed with his process. Just one more thing to consider.
Great Video! thanks for the info.. 43 ft is amazing! :)
Thanks! :)
Great video
Pure genius!
AHMYGAWWD
so genios
awesome job!!
Wow amazing I am from Thailand I generator so complicated your ideas so easy way
i think it is wonderful that the world is still full of Heath Robinsons . it is what makes the world a fun place to be . thank you water man .
Nice!!! That's how we do it in California!!
It's really a success with the help of the nice earth of your house. Drink it and keep checking it usually. I wish you nice health. Thank you.
Thank you!
Great DIY
nice work guys
I really enjoyed your video.
There’s hard work paying off🤠👍
Good job man thanks
Great hard work bring blesses
Good job
The problem blowing the top off is called Water Hammer.. You should see what happens when you shut off a fire hydrant too fast...
Great video.God Bless
GREAT VIDEO
So lovely 😊
cool, congrats.
Hi from South Africa. Guess what im doing next weekend.... thanks for this video!
You're welcome. Good luck with the project!
Would like to skype some time.
I am from Despatch ,Eastern Cape .South Africa and will be starting the same project in my backyard .grobler75@hotmail.com
Great video, I envy the ease of drilling and the resource you guys clearly have, presumably not consent regulated. Surprised that you do not all get together to protect your resource. Water will be the most precious resource in the world in the near future.
John D Smith. What are you talking about? Get together to protect your resource?like have 24 hour shifts standing guard with shotguns to watch a well?what am I not getting here?
Protect it with a well house, build 4 walls and a roof and add a lockable door😁
Thank you brother very much you helped me out so much
very well done...
This is extraordinary. Nuff said.
DallasCityOfChampions
Lots of so very helpful hints in the comments, I see.
I've drilled a couple of shallow wells out by my lake. The issue you have is unless your casing is 3 or 4 inch you can't use a submersible or jet pump. Suction pumps limit out around 25 to 30 foot of lift. As they have more head pressure or in this case suction lift you get less than the rated flow. The best I've managed is around four gallons a minute(240 gallons an hour) with a pump rated for around a thousand gallons an hour. Also my home well is around 180' deep to get good water. There are two water bearing stratas above it and the top one here is around 25'. That water is not safe for drinking because the water in it hasn't been filtered by the earth for very long. Any type of spills from sewage to oils can penetrate the ground to that level and even though you had your water tested the safety of it could change at any moment.
71160000 how do you prevent contamination of the lowest water table from any water at levels near the surface once you drill through them?
You put down a well casing that seals all the way down until you reach the level you want to draw water from. The method shown won't work for that.
If this was a video about grass it’d be A+
Very nice
Amazing
GIVE YOURSELVES A BIG PAT ON THE BACK!!! Coming up In Alabama in the 1960 I helped my dad put down many wells on the property for my granny, ant, and uncle. Back then we used galvanized pipe with a sst point we drove in the ground by hand. I once put down a 6" steel casing about 30' using a water hose and a 4" pipe with a leather boot in the end to lift the sand out. Extremely hard and back breaking. Back then we didn't have no city water, we had no place to test the water. Didn't even think about all the crap I have read on these comments. Where we were the water table was below sea level so you didn't haft to go down far. My grand maw lived to 92. Guess the water was ok. Great job!!! Oh and one more thing to some of the people leaving comments. Grand paw always said ( if you don't have anything go to say keep your mouth shut)
Doug, Thanks for the kind words...appreciated! :)
Thanks' Frank Bartson Ann Arbor, MI :-)
Thank You
Didn't know you could do that without all kinds of officials all over your back. That's great and took persistence.
I just seen so if old so what. The question but I seen you answered it. That is nice test comes back. Clean no this no that. You got yourself some of the best well water. Gratz to you. We had a Spring pipe up the road that was like that you’d be amazed on how different the water tastes when it comes out all natural clean like that. We lost it due to a landslide. I see the thumbnail and then read drilling well and I’m like with PVC pipes. WTH but your down south so other than landfill mostly sand. You can’t be doing that up here in PA.