Results from the water test; *The water is drinkable with a note.* A little high on the following 2, Iron, Fe 0.51 mg/l The number of microorganisms, Cultivable microorganisms 22°C 3d 1300 cfu/ml The test took 10days to recive and did cost me 200€ (210 US/dollar)
oh yea they probably tested for tnt and such stuff? wtf, do you drink that water? crazy what people do. ive watched now further (where u drink it and connect it to your house) wow thats really insane.
@@SnarkyMcSnarkles bio is one thing, but he used tnt which is highly toxic... that would be the greater problem and i dont think that institute will check for weapons...
This episode had it all ! ... the tension of the creeping mud , the simulated geyser and the technical operation of getting the new pump going. Very entertaining 90 minutes ! Cheers.
I just had a great evening with your video as my entertainment. In Canada, we put the electrical wire in a short piece of the plastic water pipe from a few cm below ground level to the well cap. That way, the wire is protected from damage when using a trimmer or lawn mowing. I loved the dynamite part!
Only 10 minutes in to the video and I am amazed at that swivelling bucket arrangement. Thats the most useful attachment I think I have ever seen. Never seen one before
Those rotator buckets are more common in Europe than North America because they cost probably $50 thousand dollars here and are patented so nobody can reverse engineer them legally
I would say that on machines smaller then 20 metric tones it's almost standard here in Sweden. And if you want to have a chance to get out on the market for those jobs it's a must. You control it from rollers in the sticks.
We in Canada call it Pipe Thread Tape because we use a Teflon tape (every thin tape almost like threads). BUT we wind it clockwise not counter clockwise like you because it will unwind the tape when we screw in the fitting. Thanks for the great videos
Here in Finland I've never seen anyone use that kind of thread seal method either. It's either teflon tape or seal at the end of the threads that squeeze between surfaces. Also, when I check how to use it and found Finnish video it wrapped it the 'normal' way ie. clockwise that it doesn't unwind when screw the fitting in.
If you make just a little mistake while winding and using teflon tape you have to remove it completly and use a new one. Hemp is much more flexibel, natural and cheaper.
Brilliant upload, thank you Sir, I worked for Thames Water in London UK for many years and found myself in situations like the well part of the video 👍👍👍 something I learnt was to apply the thread sealer (horse hair/hemp/PTFE) in a clock wise motion to follow the thread as not to disturb when adding the fittings, really enjoyed watching 😎👍👍
I am a former water well technician, I haven't watched the whole video yet, but i skipped to the end to answer some of my first questions and I will comment on that for now, then I will watch the whole video. Good call on raising the pipe above the ground, having it below ground level in those concrete rings was just causing more headaches that they were solving and also a potential contamination source for your well if the water from the surrounding ever overflowing into you well. in Canada here the standard is 24" of pipe above ground level, along with a sealed cap pitless that even if submerged would now allow water in. Park of the work I used to do aside from drilling water wells (in Ontario), was Hydrofracturing underperform wells. I think this is what you were trying to go for by clearing sediment. We had basic but specific equipment to perform this procedure. Essentially we would have this piece of equipment called a packer that we would attach to some 2" pipe and 2000' psi hose. It's essentially a pipe with a rubber bag on the bottom portion of it. When its lowered to the desired depth, we would then inflate that bag would pump some plumbers antifreeze (in the 2000psi line) to hold it into position, once firmly in position we would attach a fitting at the top side to the 2" pipe and connect it to a HD water pump and fill the well with water. Initially you may see the well will stat at (this is just an example) 1200 psi, it may stay there for a few seconds or few minutes, but eventually you will see that psi drop, and the means the fissures in the well have opened up. You would continue to repeat this procedure for a few different zones and in the end the well will produce more water at a higher rate.
Thank you for taking the time to make this, was a great watch - I have only realised, right now as typing this comment, it was 90 minutes long! 01:31:55 - what an incredible sight.
1:14:16 Always wrap the linen fibers in the direction of the thread. Start from the end where you begin screwing whatever piece on, and progress to the other side. Then tightening it to the threads with your hand, as if you're trying to screw it on. If the thread is sharp, use a cloth. It should stay in place. If it doesn't, score the threads with a fine metal hand saw blade.
I have never seen this method of sealing pipe threads before, but was thinking that the same rule of using teflon tape would apply in reference to application. What kind of fibers are they and what sealant? is used in this method?
@@whirlybird1999 It's flax fibers, and I think you can use any (food safe) thread grease. Very common thread sealing technique in Scandinavia. Quite convenient since you don't have to reapply it when you undo and redo the connection.
@@mumiemonstret Here we use boiled linseed oil. It's food safe, soaks threads all the way, screwing joints together is super easy, suitable for threads from 3/8" and up 1",2", 3"... Best for "black" (heating) or galvanized steel pipes (tap water) where you cut threads on it. Especially great for larger diameter threads because it's dirt cheap material and it will seal super good for a very, very long time. I mean it's good for generations. Because oil polymerizes after some time and semi hardens, locks joints in place. You have to give it quite a force to get it going when unscrewing fittings from pipes done this way and even when it gives it won't go easy.
As many others commented, wrap the thread sealer in the clockwise direction. Even if you dislike water without chlorine, after working on your well its a must for a one shot treatment to kill off whatever drifted in during the work. That one shot chlorination would have possibly cleaned up the E-coli microorganisms for testing. Regardless of well work cleanup, the shallow well is very near the river, probably lots of infiltration from an unknown source (River water). Hope the well cleans up, drinking it as is its for certain you won't be needing to buy many laxatives. This USA RUclips professional water well guy, "H20 Mechanic" uses swimming pool shock to one shot chlorinate wells after reworking. Scary watching all the AC power tools and loose extension cords while wading around in the mud.
I've had my well for over 40 years and never put shock in it and nothing has happened to me so I think it's fine that's what my granddad said to me and I've never gotten sick it's fine
@@galacticmarine663 You also probably don't make a habit of washing mud from the surface down into your well. It's almost certainly required not only for health but probably by law to shock the well after doing work like this. If you contaminate the sub-surface aquifer with bacteria it's not only your own health you're jeopardizing but everyone else who taps that same water for their own home.
There is so much real life in your videos keep it up. Thank you for letting us follow you around. Can't wait to see what else you get up too. Have a great day and stay warm.
Plumber here that works on well systems, that filter should always be put after the pressure tank and pump not on the suction side because if it plugs up it can wear out the pump. They are designed to handle small amounts of sediment
“I’m gonna put this plastic piper over it. I also have another thing. I’ve got a stick of dynamite” your humor and editing skills are so good I can’t wait to watch all your videos
Great video. Very interesting and informative. In the USA we use a thin Teflon tape for pipe threads, for water and gas. I laughed when you brought out the dynamite. You can never go wrong if you use dynamite in your videos.
The problem with the teflon tape is that its only one directional. If you need to adjust your thread backwards a little, teflon will not seal, flax will.
@@Jonathan1234000 No. Correct application of teflon tape doesn't prevent minor thread adjustments, in fact it's arguably more forgiving of such. And using teflon tape itself makes it much less likely you're going to make a mistake and need to adust the threads in the first place. Add in the fact that you're typically going to use teflon tape with tape pipe dope and you've got a fantastic, durable seal. Nothing wrong with flax, and flax or hybrid flax seals can be great for higher -pressure applications, but most non-industrial seals don't require it.,
I was suggested this video while watching an other video from Andrew Camarata. Great to have a similar genius in Europe! You put a lot of effort into your videos and your skills, equipment and creativity are very impressive! Keep on the great work!
Dont remember how I came tobe watching this random video but I'm glad I did now. This was fun! Dang the suspense. The satisfaction. The learning. It has it all lol! This man is a true man's man. The number of things he conquers is refreshing. I know many people that would shy away and get someone else to do most of the things it took in this project. And mostly because they just wouldn't be able to figure out the best way to handle the circumstances. He's very quick on his feet so-to-speak. Bravo, guy, bravo.
The brass pitless adapter on the well I use completely corroded in only 10 years. It was recently replaced with stainless steel. Hope you don't have the same problem. Interesting video. Thanks for sharing.
If dealing with mud and sediment is common for you, consider getting a "Venturi Sludge Pump". They're capable of rapidly handling large volumes of water, mud, and even gravel, which pass right through the pump as it works a little like when you were using compressed air to flush the well bore. You could have used one to continuously pump the mud that was sliding into your pit out, as well as (if it was a small enough one) put it all the way down to the bottom of your well bore and pumped out all the sediment.
This episode had it all ! ... the tension of the creeping mud , the simulated geyser and the technical operation of getting the new pump going. Very entertaining 90 minutes ! Cheers.
Always a pleasure to watch your videos mate, Aussie loving the cold weather coming and all the technical work you do. Thanks for your continuous uploads.. great watching you always!
You went at that like you were fighting with the misses about it at first. 😂 About the time you exploded er you straightened right up and finished it off proper! Great job! Thanks for the laughs!
Finnish bravado ... they won't sell us dynamite here to clean out our well pipes in Canada; but my Finnish father worked in a mine, and brought some sticks home from work to blow up a stump. Fascinating video, watched every minute.
Oh man this brought out a few suppressed memories for me :) A few years back I helped a friend replace the water line going from the well casing to the house. Similar soil composition (we're in Alaska). Had all the same issues you've had trying to dig around the well casing to get to the pitless adapter (that's what we call it in the States) and the soil would just settle back into the pit we're digging and filling up with water. It was a nightmare to work in. At one point my friend almost got buried alive in the pit when it started collapsing on him. Unfortunately we didn't have access to dynamite, it would've been fun to drop it into 230 foot well :)
That has to be the shallowest well I've ever seen a submersible put in. I tore out working jet pumps out of every house I moved into and replaced them with submersibles. For a trouble free well pump they cannot be beat. They are a little pricier but well worth it. Good job!
We will be pretty much be doing the same process with the addition of a poured pad and small pump house room to protect from freezing in the winter. Great video!
Very interesting. Great video. Clearly you're a man of many talents. Your ability to operate the excavator is unbelievable. It's like it's an extension of your arms. Looks like winter has already set in for you.
Thanks Mattias. I have been asking for this well repair video in my comments. I had no idea it would be an hour and a half long that was awesome, once again the beauty of where you live in Sweden is amazing. If you ever decide to move to the USA please move to Texas you will fit right in here. No need to bring your own dynamite we have plenty! 😂🤣
It feels really nice knowing that i'm not going to have to dive in to the well this winter again like all the previous winters. Might need to visit texas some day
I’ll be completely honest, I’m not sure what I just watched, why I just watched it, or how I even came across your video. But I watched the entire thing, and was thoroughly entertained.
Great video M.B i've never fully understood the functioning / design of my Swedish Fritidshus well, but now I can see the role of the various components. Putting the pump, sensor etc inside the house seems like a great idea to get year round use. Bummer about your sauna though :) I guess you could throw a pump in the river on a per use basis for that (or just jump in). Tack!
Using dynamite is a new technique that I haven’t tried before Hmm 🤔 very interesting to say the least. I wish you had sent the camera back down after you used the dynamite. Good job overall!
My Swedish granddad was blind on one eye, and deaf in one ear, from dynamite blasts. He used it to remove stumps, and rocks, when building roads. We found an old dynamite box in the wood shed. It is a Swedish invention after all! 🙂
Whatever you are wrapping the threads with under the sink, you're wrapping them backwards. You always wrap in the direction of the threads. By wrapping it backwards you can actually make the conection leak and if at a later date, you have to take it apart it could jam in the threads and break the fitting.
@@Justin-CThese are flax fibers, a fairly common insulation for threads in the past, usually used with a special lubricant. Previously used together with paint, such as enamel or red lead To avoid leaks until the flax fibers swell with water and create an airtight connection.
At sea level the maximum vertical distance that water can be sucked with a perfect vacuum is about 10.40m. That's why vacuum approach did not work I think. On pressure tank - I would put a bit larger diameter hose on it, it's restricting the flow in the system, ID of those flexy hoses are so tiny. :)
You’re going to run into trouble with that brass T with galvanized strap in contact. Galvanic action will erode that fitting. Things are SO VERY DIFFERENT here in Canada. Cheers!
Som en FYI, du lägger på linet åt fel håll. @1:14:21 gör du det så finns risk den åker upp när du skruvar ihop delarna. Och risken för läckage ökar markant.
Till Mattias försvar vill jag påpeka att han inser sitt misstag och sedan lägger på linet åt rätt håll för resten av kopplingarna - iaf vad jag kunde se. :)
Nice video! My family roots on my mormor (Tekla Evelina Thingvall) side comes from many areas in Sweden. She was born in Valknytt, Skön, , Västernorrlands län, Sweden in 1890. I've only visited Stockholm and it was a beautiful city.
Hello sir fun watching what your doing! Cracks me up is I started working on oil rigs at 15 years old… my deepest well As a driller operator I completed and brought in flowing oil/gas was 25,575’ deep! In the 22.5 years spent work over drilling Completed and abandoned I have done almost everything a person could do ti a hole in the ground!!!!! The Fracking thing… I was doing that to wells in the Seventies!!!! From drill to abandoned And all in between!!! So your well is not even deep enough to make a rat hole for pipe in making connections as needed to drill! Cool job, see the work and struggle had! Best was your unloading and flushing the well clean👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 👍🏻👀🎥 👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I saw some good advice from an American RUclips channel, a well installer said to fit a brass non-return valve a little after the pump so that when the pump isn't running, the weight of the water column in the pipe isn't pushing on the pump.
I work with well drilling in Norway, interesting to see how you solve this stuff in Sweden. A few takeaways from this is that if you want to wash sediment from the well it would probably be better to use your compressor and raise/lower the PE pipe while doing it. Maybe even blocking it off on the end and drilling holes around the side and do it with reduced pressure. Dynamite is always fun, but I'd think you would need a lot more than one stick to really do anything. When we blow out water wells to increase the flow/feed rate the normal amount is around 40-50kg of explosives!
I need to clear sediment from my well , and this popped up from a fave youtuber. Yay! And then - explosives charges, massive compressor, and an eight tonne excavator! HAHA! I should have guessed! Loved this! But I think I shall be using a ladder and a bucket and trowel!
Geez, good job man! Always fun to watch people do above quality jobs ! Looks like a perfect piece of heaven you got there:) Hope everything went ok after the storm Hans in august. Erik from Norway :)
Wow! Du har lyckats göra Norrlands första gejser!! 😜 Fantastiska markförhållanden du hade där! Skönt att få titta på istället för att själv vara den som står i geggan! 🙏❤️
excellent video my bro!! from a complete reconfiguration of your water pump, to using dinamite to clean your pipe.. to getting everything ready for that winter that appeared out of nowhere!! awesome job. keep these videos coming your content is amazing.
Always have found your vids fun and educational over the years...but, then I forget it is North, until a set of lovely shots of blankets of snow and ice flows appear...and after the shudders...praise my Southern place in the world. (where it is 90F today...praise be!)
People here tends to compare you to Camarata. That's a bullshit. There's a difference between that tool and professionalism you show in your vidjeos. Thanks for sharing. Cheers
Great to see that still some people use hemp instead of teflon tape, brings back memories when I was a kid helping and watching my Dad doing plumbing... 👍 Do you really got snow and ice up where you are living right now? 😮 Thx for the vid, quite nice to watch! 👍👍👍
1:17:39 In the UK we call the thread sealer fibres hemp as that is what it is made from, although you hardly ever see it used nowadays Yes as many have said you should wrap it clockwise so it pulls under the thread rather than being unwound when you tighten the fittings. Another great video I watched every minute.
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Results from the water test; *The water is drinkable with a note.*
A little high on the following 2,
Iron, Fe 0.51 mg/l
The number of microorganisms, Cultivable microorganisms 22°C 3d 1300 cfu/ml
The test took 10days to recive and did cost me 200€ (210 US/dollar)
oh yea they probably tested for tnt and such stuff? wtf, do you drink that water? crazy what people do. ive watched now further (where u drink it and connect it to your house) wow thats really insane.
@@galsherp6173people do have in home filtration.
Dont people normally shock a well with bleach or other chlorine product after well work to fix the microorganism issue?
@@SnarkyMcSnarkles bio is one thing, but he used tnt which is highly toxic... that would be the greater problem and i dont think that institute will check for weapons...
He used dynamite which is NOT TNT--it's nitroglycerine absorbed onto a clay material.@@galsherp6173
This episode had it all ! ... the tension of the creeping mud , the simulated geyser and the technical operation of getting the new pump going. Very entertaining 90 minutes ! Cheers.
It was in deed
Don’t forget the pink watering can😂
But where were the little hot dogs?
And he didn't even use one zip-tie! How strange 😉🕵️😁🤝!
90 min wow it felt like 10 min
This guy is the metric version of Andrew Camarata
😂 I was thinking the same thing
Love this comment 🤣👍
This comment wins today. Awesome
Just came here right from latest video of Andrew. Comment made my date. Waiting now for collaboration we never knew we wanted 😂
That’s exactly what I was thinking!!!! Glad it’s not just me
The pink watering can was the cherry on top of the cake. You are one great guy. Keep it up and thanks
This may be one of the most underrated YT channels I have every come across.
Dude! Dynamite a mouse rescue, multiple air eruptions all with wet feet the whole time! You the man!
I just had a great evening with your video as my entertainment. In Canada, we put the electrical wire in a short piece of the plastic water pipe from a few cm below ground level to the well cap. That way, the wire is protected from damage when using a trimmer or lawn mowing. I loved the dynamite part!
Only 10 minutes in to the video and I am amazed at that swivelling bucket arrangement. Thats the most useful attachment I think I have ever seen. Never seen one before
That is impressive. It would be interesting to see how those 2(?) additional degrees of freedom are controlled from the cab.
Those rotator buckets are more common in Europe than North America because they cost probably $50 thousand dollars here and are patented so nobody can reverse engineer them legally
I would say that on machines smaller then 20 metric tones it's almost standard here in Sweden. And if you want to have a chance to get out on the market for those jobs it's a must.
You control it from rollers in the sticks.
@williampankratz600 wel., untiln25 years have passed. Then the patent expires.
They are either Tiltrotators or Rototilt.
We in Canada call it Pipe Thread Tape because we use a Teflon tape (every thin tape almost like threads). BUT we wind it clockwise not counter clockwise like you because it will unwind the tape when we screw in the fitting.
Thanks for the great videos
Here in Finland I've never seen anyone use that kind of thread seal method either. It's either teflon tape or seal at the end of the threads that squeeze between surfaces. Also, when I check how to use it and found Finnish video it wrapped it the 'normal' way ie. clockwise that it doesn't unwind when screw the fitting in.
We have got that kind of tape here in Sweden too but "lin" is oldscool and works exelent so many use it still.
If you make just a little mistake while winding and using teflon tape you have to remove it completly and use a new one. Hemp is much more flexibel, natural and cheaper.
It's flax, not hemp.
In Serbia we use that flax/hemp pipe thread seal allot also,teflon tape is not bad,but not as good as that material.
Brilliant upload, thank you Sir, I worked for Thames Water in London UK for many years and found myself in situations like the well part of the video 👍👍👍 something I learnt was to apply the thread sealer (horse hair/hemp/PTFE) in a clock wise motion to follow the thread as not to disturb when adding the fittings, really enjoyed watching 😎👍👍
Tack! För dina grymma videos alltid lika kul att få se vad du hittar på 🙏🏼
Tack, det värmer!
Nice mini excavator in need of an operator
You are the man! Thanks for the lesson. We here in Oklahoma enjoyed the show. GOD bless
I am a former water well technician, I haven't watched the whole video yet, but i skipped to the end to answer some of my first questions and I will comment on that for now, then I will watch the whole video.
Good call on raising the pipe above the ground, having it below ground level in those concrete rings was just causing more headaches that they were solving and also a potential contamination source for your well if the water from the surrounding ever overflowing into you well.
in Canada here the standard is 24" of pipe above ground level, along with a sealed cap pitless that even if submerged would now allow water in.
Park of the work I used to do aside from drilling water wells (in Ontario), was Hydrofracturing underperform wells. I think this is what you were trying to go for by clearing sediment. We had basic but specific equipment to perform this procedure. Essentially we would have this piece of equipment called a packer that we would attach to some 2" pipe and 2000' psi hose. It's essentially a pipe with a rubber bag on the bottom portion of it. When its lowered to the desired depth, we would then inflate that bag would pump some plumbers antifreeze (in the 2000psi line) to hold it into position, once firmly in position we would attach a fitting at the top side to the 2" pipe and connect it to a HD water pump and fill the well with water. Initially you may see the well will stat at (this is just an example) 1200 psi, it may stay there for a few seconds or few minutes, but eventually you will see that psi drop, and the means the fissures in the well have opened up. You would continue to repeat this procedure for a few different zones and in the end the well will produce more water at a higher rate.
Thank you for taking the time to make this, was a great watch - I have only realised, right now as typing this comment, it was 90 minutes long!
01:31:55 - what an incredible sight.
1:14:16 Always wrap the linen fibers in the direction of the thread. Start from the end where you begin screwing whatever piece on, and progress to the other side. Then tightening it to the threads with your hand, as if you're trying to screw it on. If the thread is sharp, use a cloth. It should stay in place. If it doesn't, score the threads with a fine metal hand saw blade.
I have never seen this method of sealing pipe threads before, but was thinking that the same rule of using teflon tape would apply in reference to application. What kind of fibers are they and what sealant? is used in this method?
@@whirlybird1999 It's flax fibers, and I think you can use any (food safe) thread grease. Very common thread sealing technique in Scandinavia. Quite convenient since you don't have to reapply it when you undo and redo the connection.
@@mumiemonstret Here we use boiled linseed oil. It's food safe, soaks threads all the way, screwing joints together is super easy, suitable for threads from 3/8" and up 1",2", 3"... Best for "black" (heating) or galvanized steel pipes (tap water) where you cut threads on it. Especially great for larger diameter threads because it's dirt cheap material and it will seal super good for a very, very long time. I mean it's good for generations. Because oil polymerizes after some time and semi hardens, locks joints in place. You have to give it quite a force to get it going when unscrewing fittings from pipes done this way and even when it gives it won't go easy.
In old times they used horse hair and then paste, now they use hemp and boss white, or white thread tape wrapped 9 times, yellow is for gas.
This is better than Netflix to spend time on. Thanks for the videos. You are so talented!
As many others commented, wrap the thread sealer in the clockwise direction.
Even if you dislike water without chlorine, after working on your well its a must for a one shot treatment to kill off whatever drifted in during the work. That one shot chlorination would have possibly cleaned up the E-coli microorganisms for testing.
Regardless of well work cleanup, the shallow well is very near the river, probably lots of infiltration from an unknown source (River water). Hope the well cleans up, drinking it as is its for certain you won't be needing to buy many laxatives.
This USA RUclips professional water well guy, "H20 Mechanic" uses swimming pool shock to one shot chlorinate wells after reworking.
Scary watching all the AC power tools and loose extension cords while wading around in the mud.
I've had my well for over 40 years and never put shock in it and nothing has happened to me so I think it's fine that's what my granddad said to me and I've never gotten sick it's fine
@@galacticmarine663 You also probably don't make a habit of washing mud from the surface down into your well. It's almost certainly required not only for health but probably by law to shock the well after doing work like this. If you contaminate the sub-surface aquifer with bacteria it's not only your own health you're jeopardizing but everyone else who taps that same water for their own home.
This has to be the most in-depth well video on RUclips. Great job!
There is so much real life in your videos keep it up. Thank you for letting us follow you around. Can't wait to see what else you get up too.
Have a great day and stay warm.
Good demonstration of what one can do with a tilt/swivel bucket.
Loving the consistent uploads, great work !
Plumber here that works on well systems, that filter should always be put after the pressure tank and pump not on the suction side because if it plugs up it can wear out the pump. They are designed to handle small amounts of sediment
The ride down the pipe was great!
“I’m gonna put this plastic piper over it. I also have another thing. I’ve got a stick of dynamite” your humor and editing skills are so good I can’t wait to watch all your videos
You are a dam good equipment operator. I love watching you work that 360 degree tilt bucket !
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8:32 That arm for that digger is mighty impressive! This is honestly a mechanical marvel. How have I not seen these! I'm in awe!
Great video. Very interesting and informative. In the USA we use a thin Teflon tape for pipe threads, for water and gas. I laughed when you brought out the dynamite. You can never go wrong if you use dynamite in your videos.
The problem with the teflon tape is that its only one directional. If you need to adjust your thread backwards a little, teflon will not seal, flax will.
@@Jonathan1234000 No. Correct application of teflon tape doesn't prevent minor thread adjustments, in fact it's arguably more forgiving of such. And using teflon tape itself makes it much less likely you're going to make a mistake and need to adust the threads in the first place. Add in the fact that you're typically going to use teflon tape with tape pipe dope and you've got a fantastic, durable seal. Nothing wrong with flax, and flax or hybrid flax seals can be great for higher -pressure applications, but most non-industrial seals don't require it.,
You're skills with heavy machinery are impressive. Like watching a skilled surgeon.
My grandfather from Sweden dug a lot of wells. He died in 1965. His wells and houses are still being used.
Well well well what a good story
Old times had better minds, there should be more people like your grandfather ❤
I was suggested this video while watching an other video from Andrew Camarata. Great to have a similar genius in Europe! You put a lot of effort into your videos and your skills, equipment and creativity are very impressive! Keep on the great work!
Watch the surname of Camarata, his origin are European, maybe Italian :-)
You just wanted to blast that pipe, didn't you?😂😂😂😂😂
But settled for launching that hose out of pipe to the moon, twice 😅
I think we know why they invented trench boxes……….
How was he sure the dynamite wouldn’t blow a hole in the pipe?
Dont remember how I came tobe watching this random video but I'm glad I did now. This was fun! Dang the suspense. The satisfaction. The learning. It has it all lol! This man is a true man's man. The number of things he conquers is refreshing. I know many people that would shy away and get someone else to do most of the things it took in this project. And mostly because they just wouldn't be able to figure out the best way to handle the circumstances. He's very quick on his feet so-to-speak. Bravo, guy, bravo.
Me too , it's soo satisfying 😀
The brass pitless adapter on the well I use completely corroded in only 10 years. It was recently replaced with stainless steel. Hope you don't have the same problem. Interesting video. Thanks for sharing.
great video , so much editing and such a great film experience, well done .Your story as a film maker is excellent
Thank you!
I did subscribe after watching this video
Really enjoyed it
If dealing with mud and sediment is common for you, consider getting a "Venturi Sludge Pump". They're capable of rapidly handling large volumes of water, mud, and even gravel, which pass right through the pump as it works a little like when you were using compressed air to flush the well bore. You could have used one to continuously pump the mud that was sliding into your pit out, as well as (if it was a small enough one) put it all the way down to the bottom of your well bore and pumped out all the sediment.
The dynamite stick is the final touch of love, great video, tks for sharing!!
The most Swedish thing is a Swed using dynamite. Now I know how to unclog my toilet. cheers, another great video.
Another amazing video,I know the feeling when the muck just keeps falling in , keep up the good work my friend
This episode had it all ! ... the tension of the creeping mud , the simulated geyser and the technical operation of getting the new pump going. Very entertaining 90 minutes ! Cheers.
Always a pleasure to watch your videos mate, Aussie loving the cold weather coming and all the technical work you do. Thanks for your continuous uploads.. great watching you always!
I'm glad you speak English. Great job acquiring the lake property and prepping it for snow. Very cool video
You went at that like you were fighting with the misses about it at first. 😂 About the time you exploded er you straightened right up and finished it off proper! Great job! Thanks for the laughs!
Finnish bravado ... they won't sell us dynamite here to clean out our well pipes in Canada; but my Finnish father worked in a mine, and brought some sticks home from work to blow up a stump. Fascinating video, watched every minute.
Oh man this brought out a few suppressed memories for me :) A few years back I helped a friend replace the water line going from the well casing to the house. Similar soil composition (we're in Alaska). Had all the same issues you've had trying to dig around the well casing to get to the pitless adapter (that's what we call it in the States) and the soil would just settle back into the pit we're digging and filling up with water. It was a nightmare to work in. At one point my friend almost got buried alive in the pit when it started collapsing on him. Unfortunately we didn't have access to dynamite, it would've been fun to drop it into 230 foot well :)
This guy is an idiot. He should've used bentonite around the tube to surface plug
I always found there is nothing like playing with a bit of water to live up a quiet day. ( or even watching someone etc.) Thankyou.
Great video and dynamite made it even better!
Horse hair teflon tape! Nice! Learn something new everyday! Like your videos thanks for making them!
That has to be the shallowest well I've ever seen a submersible put in. I tore out working jet pumps out of every house I moved into and replaced them with submersibles. For a trouble free well pump they cannot be beat. They are a little pricier but well worth it.
Good job!
Not so deep because close to the river....
We will be pretty much be doing the same process with the addition of a poured pad and small pump house room to protect from freezing in the winter. Great video!
Very interesting. Great video. Clearly you're a man of many talents. Your ability to operate the excavator is unbelievable. It's like it's an extension of your arms. Looks like winter has already set in for you.
That is why we use Teflon tape & thread dope to protect the threads and allow replacement years later without damaging the fittings!
Thanks Mattias. I have been asking for this well repair video in my comments. I had no idea it would be an hour and a half long that was awesome, once again the beauty of where you live in Sweden is amazing. If you ever decide to move to the USA please move to Texas you will fit right in here. No need to bring your own dynamite we have plenty! 😂🤣
It feels really nice knowing that i'm not going to have to dive in to the well this winter again like all the previous winters. Might need to visit texas some day
I’ll be completely honest, I’m not sure what I just watched, why I just watched it, or how I even came across your video. But I watched the entire thing, and was thoroughly entertained.
I’m English and I understand you 110 percent your English is spot on
Really enjoyable watching and finally understanding a little bit of the work that goes with having your own borehole. You make very enjoyable content!
Great video M.B i've never fully understood the functioning / design of my Swedish Fritidshus well, but now I can see the role of the various components. Putting the pump, sensor etc inside the house seems like a great idea to get year round use. Bummer about your sauna though :) I guess you could throw a pump in the river on a per use basis for that (or just jump in). Tack!
I’m a water technician in Germany and it’s funny to see how a private person does my job 😂 but you did good 👍🏻
Using dynamite is a new technique that I haven’t tried before Hmm 🤔 very interesting to say the least. I wish you had sent the camera back down after you used the dynamite.
Good job overall!
My Swedish granddad was blind on one eye, and deaf in one ear, from dynamite blasts. He used it to remove stumps, and rocks, when building roads. We found an old dynamite box in the wood shed. It is a Swedish invention after all! 🙂
Do it right first time and it’ll last trouble free for many many years, cool video
I can't comprehend how this man having all this equipment and knowing how to use them as well
Whatever you are wrapping the threads with under the sink, you're wrapping them backwards. You always wrap in the direction of the threads. By wrapping it backwards you can actually make the conection leak and if at a later date, you have to take it apart it could jam in the threads and break the fitting.
I don't think it's that bad. But it will prevent it from unwrapping while you thread the fitting on.
In his defense, he only got one 'backwards'... but yeah. Interesting thread sealant vs the typical teflon tape
@@Justin-CThese are flax fibers, a fairly common insulation for threads in the past, usually used with a special lubricant. Previously used together with paint, such as enamel or red lead To avoid leaks until the flax fibers swell with water and create an airtight connection.
We used linen oil with that hemp fiber threads
LOL You set him straight. Bad bad installer how dare you
What an awesome video. Contents were really interesting.😊🎉
At sea level the maximum vertical distance that water can be sucked with a perfect vacuum is about 10.40m. That's why vacuum approach did not work I think.
On pressure tank - I would put a bit larger diameter hose on it, it's restricting the flow in the system, ID of those flexy hoses are so tiny. :)
He only had to suck 3 meters
Hose was to tiny to suck it was only 25 mm
Yeah, the water at the top of that column just boils under that kind of vacuum.
@@bertjetolberg103 true, water column was like 3-4m from the ground level.
@@frukc The only thing he had to do was putting a push pump at the bottom of the well.
That tractor is one of the coolest I have ever seen.
You’re going to run into trouble with that brass T with galvanized strap in contact. Galvanic action will erode that fitting. Things are SO VERY DIFFERENT here in Canada. Cheers!
İts like a medication to watch your videos. Great job, great knowledge and efford. I send my king regards to you Atom Ant Man...
You should be sponsored by the company that makes that 360degree tilt bucket.
Thanks for all the tips of making it work, I'm insired, great job!
Lol you sure love dynamite.
If I could buy dynamite I would use it for everything I could think of too
BTW. You have a beautiful property. Very appreciate the video and getting to see it. Thank you
So straight forward project like everything you are doing ! Nice to follow your channel. Greetings from Finland.
Som en FYI, du lägger på linet åt fel håll. @1:14:21 gör du det så finns risk den åker upp när du skruvar ihop delarna. Och risken för läckage ökar markant.
Brukar va lungt men helt korrekt 👍 Annat är det då man tätar på jobbet för 200bar, då är det viktigt att det är åt rätt håll 😅
Till Mattias försvar vill jag påpeka att han inser sitt misstag och sedan lägger på linet åt rätt håll för resten av kopplingarna - iaf vad jag kunde se. :)
Nice video!
My family roots on my mormor (Tekla Evelina Thingvall) side comes from many areas in Sweden. She was born in Valknytt, Skön, , Västernorrlands län, Sweden in 1890. I've only visited Stockholm and it was a beautiful city.
Hello sir fun watching what your doing! Cracks me up is I started working on oil rigs at 15 years old… my deepest well As a driller operator I completed and brought in flowing oil/gas was 25,575’ deep! In the 22.5 years spent work over drilling Completed and abandoned I have done almost everything a person could do ti a hole in the ground!!!!! The Fracking thing… I was doing that to wells in the Seventies!!!! From drill to abandoned And all in between!!! So your well is not even deep enough to make a rat hole for pipe in making connections as needed to drill! Cool job, see the work and struggle had! Best was your unloading and flushing the well clean👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 👍🏻👀🎥 👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I saw some good advice from an American RUclips channel, a well installer said to fit a brass non-return valve a little after the pump so that when the pump isn't running, the weight of the water column in the pipe isn't pushing on the pump.
Ah yeah, the old "I better not have just dug up a corpse on camera".
Exceptional job. Guy knows what he’s doing. Excellent video. Do more.
Guy knows what he's doing . You were being sarcastic right? Either that or you don't know what your talking about .
Du behöver inte engelsk översättning min vän, din engelska är väl förstådd. Tack för en bra video 😊
love that you have access and use TNT/Dynamite at will / so awesome
Awesome video! Great job. Lot better system. 👍👍👍
I work with well drilling in Norway, interesting to see how you solve this stuff in Sweden. A few takeaways from this is that if you want to wash sediment from the well it would probably be better to use your compressor and raise/lower the PE pipe while doing it. Maybe even blocking it off on the end and drilling holes around the side and do it with reduced pressure. Dynamite is always fun, but I'd think you would need a lot more than one stick to really do anything. When we blow out water wells to increase the flow/feed rate the normal amount is around 40-50kg of explosives!
I need to clear sediment from my well , and this popped up from a fave youtuber. Yay! And then - explosives charges, massive compressor, and an eight tonne excavator! HAHA! I should have guessed! Loved this! But I think I shall be using a ladder and a bucket and trowel!
Geez, good job man! Always fun to watch people do above quality jobs ! Looks like a perfect piece of heaven you got there:) Hope everything went ok after the storm Hans in august. Erik from Norway :)
Wow! Du har lyckats göra Norrlands första gejser!! 😜 Fantastiska markförhållanden du hade där! Skönt att få titta på istället för att själv vara den som står i geggan! 🙏❤️
excellent video my bro!! from a complete reconfiguration of your water pump, to using dinamite to clean your pipe.. to getting everything ready for that winter that appeared out of nowhere!! awesome job. keep these videos coming your content is amazing.
Great video... I always learn something here, even if I didn't want to! 👍
👍 For the mouse rescue 👍 ....... The well is pretty fantastic to 😂
MM77 Approved 👍🏼👍🏼……………………………………………………………..I enjoyed this video. I have a bunch of questions, but neither of us have the time! LOL
Always have found your vids fun and educational over the years...but, then I forget it is North, until a set of lovely shots of blankets of snow and ice flows appear...and after the shudders...praise my Southern place in the world. (where it is 90F today...praise be!)
Great Vlog mate thought we was going to lose you in the sinking Hole lol Great Job Thanks
People here tends to compare you to Camarata. That's a bullshit.
There's a difference between that tool and professionalism you show in your vidjeos.
Thanks for sharing.
Cheers
Great to see that still some people use hemp instead of teflon tape, brings back memories when I was a kid helping and watching my Dad doing plumbing...
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Do you really got snow and ice up where you are living right now?
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Thx for the vid, quite nice to watch!
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i really do wonder does the teflon leech from the tape into the water. not very healthy for you
@@hillppari I think if it's properly applied and it stays in the thread, it will be no problem...
@horstszibulski19 He lives in Northern Sweden, close to the Artic Circle, so they get snow early (September/October) and it stays a long time.
Took me a while when I found this video. Good work ! Nice to watch. Have a Merry Christmas.
Nice work buddy. Love these long form vids 🥂
Just discovered your videos, mycket bra Mattias. Looking forward to seeing more, best regards from Canada.
Thanks!
Thanks for the hard work making great vids
Such a cool video. Glad I was able to finally watch it. This was a great video to teach people about how to fix their private wells. You do good work.
When I trained in the 1970's we used jute/hemp fibres and tallow. So nice to see it has it's place still, even with an upgrade on the tallow.
1:17:39 In the UK we call the thread sealer fibres hemp as that is what it is made from, although you hardly ever see it used nowadays Yes as many have said you should wrap it clockwise so it pulls under the thread rather than being unwound when you tighten the fittings. Another great video I watched every minute.