I forgot to mention in the video that the concrete form was inspired from BCtruck. He also built a shallow well too. Find his video here: ruclips.net/video/oheEPHf0BjU/видео.html If you visit, let him know that SLC sent you.
I have searched and searched for the hole digger you're using. I can't find them. Please provide a link I can order one. I have a well that has concrete slender walls that was filled in before I bought the house. I have dug it out by hand approximately 12 feet. Now getting difficult to haul the dirt out by myself. A digger such as you have, could lift the dirt out without me going down the hole as much. I must be getting close to breaking through to the water table, the hole never fills with rain and it's maybe 200 yards from Lake "O" The Pines. Tried filling it from garden hose and it drains as fast as it goes in. Thank you in advance for your time and help.
@Angel of Justice The water at the pump and down about 4 feet, depending on frost line will freeze, I have seen some put a weep hole at the frost line, it slowly lets the water drain out to that point. This is the way hydrants work
@Calvin I remember my dad said when they did this for there hunting cabin in the 90s they cut slits in the bottom of the pvc casing with a table saw and filled in around the intake pipe with sand to filter the water
Stuck with the concrete now. But, could always go back pull the pipe out, fill the bottom 5ft of the casing with sand, then shove new pipe with a sandpoint down the middle.
I'm big on diy. However as a professional I run a water well drilling business. You need to grout to a little above your water inlet holes to prevent surface contamination to our aquifers. One big flood and surface water will find its way under your pad and into hole around your well. Seen it many times before. Always study your states dhec well guide lines.Other than that good job.
@@razellellouch5500 since nobody's responding I'm going to guess that the building will eventually collapse as the dirt underneath it collapses into the space where water used to be
@@Vapor817 yea, depends of the ground around, but I've encountered this problem on the similar well after 25 years of said well existed (my father built it). After of major earthquake part of the house wall started sinking rapidly in tho the ground near the well.
I would've honestly dug the well an extra 5 feet deep for a reservoir. Then placed the pumps PVC pipe about 3 foot off of the bottom so you don't pull mud.
I can remember my dad putting in a well like this around 1952, when I was about 6. We lived in a new subdivision in Tulsa, OK and my dad was determined to get a good lawn started despite drought-induced watering restrictions. He did put in an electric pump. We wound up with a lush lawn when all the neighbors might as well have had xeriscapes.
Was looking for this comment. The one on the back of the old family farm house is also far closer to the edge. I have heard tell it's roughly 40 feet. I have also heard that they stopped using it when a new deeper well and electric pump was put in and plumbing added to the house.
Hi I'm Troy for Australia I'd like to say thank you that's a life saving I'd .i am a 49 year old man that know very little about things .Thank to good people like yourself .I know a lot more things that can help myself and athers.
Always go an extra 8-10ft , then place your water line about 3ft up from the bottom. This allows you to pull cleaner water 5ft below the water table and 3ft above the muddy water
Depending on the local laws, he might have needed to get a permit to go any further, and also depending on local laws he might have to hire a licensed professional to do it if he were to go any deeper. In my local area we're only allowed to dig 18 feet.
Every person who has dug a successful hand pumped water well hit sand before pulling clean, clear water. If you pull muddy water from your well, you will ALWAYS pull muddy water from it. No sand, no filtration. At least it looks good in your yard. I am glad you gave BCtruck props on the form. He's a good guy and deserves that.
@@gilbertrobles1374 He said he lives in Georgia, & more likely northern Ga. I live down in Southern Ga closer to Florida & where I am is mostly sand, That Ga Clay is a SOB.
Nice idea and looks great. An interesting addition to the backyard. However, I'd probably go for a catch tank to collect the rain run off from my home's roof. A couple of those 250 gallon plastic rain harvesting tanks sold by my local tractor supply store would do the job. Put one under each rain spout and build it up on a 48 inch high stand so you can hook a garden hose to the bottom of it. Rains a lot down there in Georgia. A good size roof should be able to collect several hundred gallons from just one heavy rain storm. My wife prefers rain water for the plants in her greenhouse, says its better for them.
SL you have tackled some amazing projects in the past but this one takes the cake. I remember living in a farmhouse as a child with no running water; only a cistern pump in the kitchen. We also owned a property way out in the boonies in the late 90s that had a drilled well with electric pump as the source of running water. I never figured out how, especially the old timers, drilled through rocks like we typically have here in Missouri and especially in the rocky hills of the Ozarks. Great show! Don
I was chuckling at the idea of wearing safety goggles to dig a hole by hand...then laughed out loud when I saw the closeup of the auger but no steel toe shoes lol.
LOL. Thought the same thing when using the cordless drill to remove the screws for the forms. Safety glasses!? :D It's what we call the "pussification" of America. (I can hear the safety police now) "Oh, but you never know if the bit breaks, and flys into your eyes. Who'll have the last laugh?"
@@joequillun7790 this guy wanting to wear glasses does not affect your life. this is why america is great: this guy can wear glasses, you can choose not to, and everybody can mind their own business.
@@BadHomeowner It becomes my business, when the moron police mandate wearing safety glasses. Like at my work. No different when the morons running the government mandate everyone wear masks. Our freedoms are being diminished slowly, every day. I remember when what you said about America being great, and when I was young it was. It's slipping away day by day, and people are allowing it to happen. Why (?) because some people are like the lambs being led to the slaughter. can't think for themselves. Like wearing safety equipment . But you are right. Fortunately, (right now) he can do as "he" chooses. (I can't).
yea, safety glasses will be the downfall of America. or maybe your employer doesn't want you getting crap in your eyes and suing them. could go either way. anyway, you seem like a very sensitive person who gets riled up over stupid nonsense, and so I'm very sorry that I upset you.
You can still use the foot valve. At 20 feet, there will never be any frost, and it will save a lot of pumping when the pump loses prime. We had one when we lived near Buffalo, and never needed more than a quart of prime water.
The foot valve freezing is not the problem. Because the valve holds the water up to the top of the pipe and in the pump, the freezing happens above ground. The pump and pipe will freeze and break long before the foot valve.
The Pitcher Pump You Installed Have Been Using For 27 Years At My Kitchen Sink. It Goes 16 Feet Down To My Basement To A 3 Vein Spring Flowing 365/24/7 Ice Cold! In House You Put A Sleave Cut From Plastic Jug. Metal Was Used Long Time Ago & They Will Rust. Use Duck Tape To Attached Just Under The Lip Of The Pitcher Pump. This Keeps The Water From Receding Back On The Pitcher Pump & Into The Sink. You Will Notice On The Pitcher Pump You Installed Two Side Lips Where The Water Flows Out. That Is Where You Can Put Your Pail With Wire Handle Over To Pump Your Water Into. They Thought Of Everything Long Time Ago. I Use To Always Keep A Spare Leather Ring For Inside The Pump They Then Changed, No More Leather Rings. Wish You Well In Your New Well! I Was Very Impressed With Your Insulation Dig! Keep On Keeping On! :-)
Rather than omit the foot valve, you could possibly drill a 1/16" hole in your 1.25" pipe just below the frost line. The hole would be small enough to have no effect on the pumping action yet would self-drain to just below the frost line in a short amount of time. So instead of pumping water from 15+ feet, you're only pulling from 2-3'. Just a thought... ;-)
You would need a check valve AKA one-way valve just below wherever you drill that small hole. With no check valve, any small hole in the suction line means the whole thing loses prime.
@@melburnjohnson212 After he primed the system the first time the water would sit just below the hole. First pull on the pump would bring the water level above the hole and the leak rate would go down enough for pumping to work. If you made the hole small enough you might even be able to pull straight up from the bottom like he did, although I admit it would be difficult.
I didn’t see the size holes you cut in the pipe to let the water in, but if you had cut angled slots starting 6 or seven inches from the bottom and dug the well a few inches deeper and put some of the pea gravel on the bottom you would not be bringing up so much mud.
We put the foot value in.. in fall here in Canada we just use a 6 foot hose to pull out the top part of the water in the pipe to get it below the frost line. next time we head to camp. We use two 2 liter pop bottles to fill the pipe and bingo water in the camp in winter. also the well is under the camp. right under the kitchen sink.. It's a sweet country hook up.
I did a similar job using a post hole digger.I kept adding extensions like you did and eventually found water at 30 feet.From then on though I did things a little differently.I purchased a stainless steel spear which is a fine filter about a metre long.The slots in the side are so fine they wont admit a human hair.I then ran the suction pipe to a pressure pump to draw the water up.I could run 2 small sprinklers this way
Our well is 350' but our relatives bought 10 acres for a bugout location and decided a well was necessary, they were told their well is going to be around 1000' and they are off grid so they are also installing solar to run everything. The 'improvements' costs are more than the land.
FYI - You can rent a hand auger, with flights. They hook together with quick release so you don't need a bunch of threaded rods and couplers. Then you can just return it when you're done. You can use a 2.5 - 3 inch bucket, go down to water (assuming you're not in a place with water hundreds of feet deep) and then put your well in. You can buy a series of well screen and casing, so you don't have to use any chemicals to seal the well, place it in the hole, then use 10/20 silica sand (play sand will work in a pinch) as a filter pack material over the screen. Grout the casing in place and then you won't get water from the surface to run down the well hole and into the well screen as it rains. That can really screw your well pad up if it erodes under it. You should develop the well properly to get all the silt and sand out and then it'll flow nice and clean. Shallow table wells are pretty simple (location dependent) and you can get a good amount of production from them.
Coming from someone who does this for a living here's some advise to anyone who does this: If you can find or make a screen at the bottom of the well with small enough holes or slots to put 10-20 filter sand in you will get better clearer water. Putting at least a foot of sand below and setting the well deeper could help recharge with a longer screen. The most important tip I have is if it is being consumed by you or any animal, get it tested at a lab to ensure there is no hydrocarbons or heavy metals.
@@ranno3132 all you would have to do is put a weep hole below the frost line, that allows the water between the pump and the hole to drain back down the well but then you don't have to lift 17 feet of water every time. in Georgia that would be 12-18 inches below ground. in parts of Alaska it's closer to 10 feet
@@wavydave water doesn't compress, so without a weep, when it freezes inside the tube it'll expand out and bust it, but the weep would let that water out below the point it'll naturally freeze due to the earth being hot. Like if you poked a hole in a water bottle, you could still suck water out of the top
Jeeze people he just wants water for his bees. Its a neat way to get a little water in a remote area of a farm. Its not for drinking water its just for the bees. If you had bees then you know why this is kinda cool
First time visitor and all I could think of was Missouri soil. It is known as the Cave State so you can just imagine how hard digging for well by hand is going to be for me!
Used pumps like that as a kid in central Florida. Even helped set a few. Great for areas without electricity. That said, if I recall, those pumps can only lift water about 30 feet. Deeper wells need submerged pumps to lift the water
Hi I'm from Philippines and this is how my family gets water to drink but the difference is the hole is like a well size and in the side of the well we have 3 big trees that I believe supplies the water.
I drill water wells for a living in central Washington. Some here are 60 to 120 feet but if you go 50 mile farther east they average 450. Many 750 the deepest i have went is 1150 with a 20 inch bore. Almost didn't get the hammer and sub adapter back. The weight of the hammer sub and all the drill rod was more than the main hoist could lift. But with the help of a 6000 pound winch we were able to get it out.
I put an electric pump on my well. I ran it every day for a week for a few hours and it finally started pumping clean. First few days it would run out of water also, now I can pump all day without running out.
It would have been a lot faster to just use a 2 in steel pipe with a driving tip and a handheld driver. A buddy and I put a well in and it took less than three hours to drive it 32 ft deep before hitting water. Price is about the same and you have a lot less work involved.
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@@SpecificLove7 oh hey thanks, you saved me the trouble of subscribing to your channel because now I know I wont get any update here. I dont use any social media like Instagram, fb, Twitter etc and over 50% on youtube doesn't either.
jboulet07 ... the foot vale is not to prevent the pipe from freezing below grade. It's to allow the water to drain so the pump itself doesn't freeze... because that's exposed!
@@rupe53 A Well Piping Foot Valve is a one way or anti-siphon valve which is installed on the pick-up end of the water pipe near the bottom of the well. The foot valve prevents water from flowing backwards out of the jet pump and well piping back into the well when the jet pump stops operating.
@@SWMARTINA ... just read my comment again and it didn't come across clear. Should have read NOT having a foot valve would allow the water to drain back and keep the pump from freezing above grade. (oops)
You should of rapped the pipe with approved screen mesh, that was recommended for this type of build & then back filled with all sand, sand is the best filtration system
I think he's referring to holding the water up into the piping and pump above ground. Someone mentioned drilling a small hole below ground to let that level of water drain back slowly, and not keep the pump flooded.
That's ground water full of pesticides, fertilizers and other contaminates. Don't give that nasty stuff to your dog, you have to drill way deeper to get safe drinking water.
Yes, you should use an old pump or one you don't care about until the water runs clear. It's not just the leather either, the metal will also get all scratched up.
I forgot to mention in the video that the concrete form was inspired from BCtruck. He also built a shallow well too.
Find his video here: ruclips.net/video/oheEPHf0BjU/видео.html
If you visit, let him know that SLC sent you.
I have searched and searched for the hole digger you're using. I can't find them. Please provide a link I can order one. I have a well that has concrete slender walls that was filled in before I bought the house. I have dug it out by hand approximately 12 feet. Now getting difficult to haul the dirt out by myself. A digger such as you have, could lift the dirt out without me going down the hole as much. I must be getting close to breaking through to the water table, the hole never fills with rain and it's maybe 200 yards from Lake "O" The Pines. Tried filling it from garden hose and it drains as fast as it goes in. Thank you in advance for your time and help.
Well guess In some places it works around here in NJ. 100 to 300 feet down is water.
Vince Black Wow!! Here in Broad Channel Queens NY .. between 24 to 36 inches...
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@Angel of Justice The water at the pump and down about 4 feet, depending on frost line will freeze, I have seen some put a weep hole at the frost line, it slowly lets the water drain out to that point. This is the way hydrants work
Legend says, this dude is still pumping up for that clean water....
ahhahaahaha
@Calvin I remember my dad said when they did this for there hunting cabin in the 90s they cut slits in the bottom of the pvc casing with a table saw and filled in around the intake pipe with sand to filter the water
took me 2 days to get clear water with a 800w pump. but now its crystal clear and ice cold.
😂
Stuck with the concrete now. But, could always go back pull the pipe out, fill the bottom 5ft of the casing with sand, then shove new pipe with a sandpoint down the middle.
damn, you have a chocolate milk well in your yard
lucky
Better than nothing.
Willy Wonker would be proud!
more like chocolate dog diarrhea!
aka african water
Yakkk
I've learned if you ever want to learn anything go straight to the comments , that's where the professional advice is.
Also a lot of free legal advice too. There are some really smart people who know the laws and construction standards for all 50 states in the US.
Most of the time ,your right about that
Patricia Kirk Einstein’s firstborns tend to be there too on a lot of the other videos I watch. Guy must’ve been a real pimp, there’s lots of them.
This goes for medical advice too. Well, this and Dr. Google.
Lmmfao Now that’s funny but very true
I'm big on diy. However as a professional I run a water well drilling business. You need to grout to a little above your water inlet holes to prevent surface contamination to our aquifers. One big flood and surface water will find its way under your pad and into hole around your well. Seen it many times before. Always study your states dhec well guide lines.Other than that good job.
Thanks for the heads up
Have you heard about primary water? Stopthecrime has videos about it.
@@user-rf2ey8ub4d how us the well gonna destroy the building?
@@razellellouch5500 since nobody's responding I'm going to guess that the building will eventually collapse as the dirt underneath it collapses into the space where water used to be
@@Vapor817 yea, depends of the ground around, but I've encountered this problem on the similar well after 25 years of said well existed (my father built it). After of major earthquake part of the house wall started sinking rapidly in tho the ground near the well.
I would've honestly dug the well an extra 5 feet deep for a reservoir. Then placed the pumps PVC pipe about 3 foot off of the bottom so you don't pull mud.
there ya go!
wouldn't the hole keep collapsing once you hit water? how would you dig deeper?
@@josephtalbot125 you would want to fill the extra 5 feet with gravel. As it is the bottom of the pipe is resting on mud.
@@josephtalbot125 Normally you'd dig till you hit rock and keep going making the casing seal against the solid rock to stop the mud from getting in.
But MUD has water in it. Just keep your teeth clenched while you drink. Shhesh; what kind of instruction do you want for FREE?
I can remember my dad putting in a well like this around 1952, when I was about 6. We lived in a new subdivision in Tulsa, OK and my dad was determined to get a good lawn started despite drought-induced watering restrictions. He did put in an electric pump. We wound up with a lush lawn when all the neighbors might as well have had xeriscapes.
wasting precious water on a lawn... kind of crazy.
@@johnytwo Presumably most of it soaked back down to the water table. He just borrowed it for a little while.
@@sabelch ok, just that lawns generally need huge amounts of water to keep them green in hot in dry climates.
@@sabelch definitely mostly evaporated in an arid climate
@@johnytwo shallow well water isn't potable and it's recyclable ♻️
You've probably figured this out by now, but the funny shape on the snoot of your hand pump is to hold the handle if your bucket. ❤🌅🌵
I did not know that, thank you
Was looking for this comment. The one on the back of the old family farm house is also far closer to the edge. I have heard tell it's roughly 40 feet. I have also heard that they stopped using it when a new deeper well and electric pump was put in and plumbing added to the house.
Great project, enjoyed watching. Top marks for getting so deep without being stopped by a rock!
Hi I'm Troy for Australia I'd like to say thank you that's a life saving I'd .i am a 49 year old man that know very little about things .Thank to good people like yourself .I know a lot more things that can help myself and athers.
@Warrior Son omg..
Best DIY video on this project. And I've watched a tone of them! Thank you!
Always go an extra 8-10ft , then place your water line about 3ft up from the bottom. This allows you to pull cleaner water 5ft below the water table and 3ft above the muddy water
Depending on the local laws, he might have needed to get a permit to go any further, and also depending on local laws he might have to hire a licensed professional to do it if he were to go any deeper. In my local area we're only allowed to dig 18 feet.
@@jamesward2406 just curious..why do they put regulations on how far you can dig?
@@terrencehogan3954 I think some less intelligent people undermine their house foundations and cause collapses
@@Soyfunnykids oooooh. Yes I see. That would be bad lol
I said the same thing you'll never have clear water until you hit the water table
Every person who has dug a successful hand pumped water well hit sand before pulling clean, clear water. If you pull muddy water from your well, you will ALWAYS pull muddy water from it. No sand, no filtration. At least it looks good in your yard. I am glad you gave BCtruck props on the form. He's a good guy and deserves that.
So we should pour some sand around it if only mud?
Good idea
@@gilbertrobles1374 He said he lives in Georgia, & more likely northern Ga. I live down in Southern Ga closer to Florida & where I am is mostly sand, That Ga Clay is a SOB.
@@LoneWOLF-ku7mf ah.. Yea I'm about 25 miles from the South Texas coast. It's going to be interesting.thanks
Dude, Great job demonstrating how to build a well. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Nice idea and looks great. An interesting addition to the backyard. However, I'd probably go for a catch tank to collect the rain run off from my home's roof. A couple of those 250 gallon plastic rain harvesting tanks sold by my local tractor supply store would do the job. Put one under each rain spout and build it up on a 48 inch high stand so you can hook a garden hose to the bottom of it. Rains a lot down there in Georgia. A good size roof should be able to collect several hundred gallons from just one heavy rain storm. My wife prefers rain water for the plants in her greenhouse, says its better for them.
Great video. Super thanks. This reminds me of growing up in the country and using one of these.
SL you have tackled some amazing projects in the past but this one takes the cake. I remember living in a farmhouse as a child with no running water; only a cistern pump in the kitchen. We also owned a property way out in the boonies in the late 90s that had a drilled well with electric pump as the source of running water. I never figured out how, especially the old timers, drilled through rocks like we typically have here in Missouri and especially in the rocky hills of the Ozarks. Great show! Don
Thank you very much. Those are some good stories, thanks for sharing.
So far clearest on the details of how to dig a hand dug well. The k you
"Even water for my dog" that dog is like "ah hell" lol
Me: never does anything in my yard
RUclips: You wanna know how to drill a well?
I was chuckling at the idea of wearing safety goggles to dig a hole by hand...then laughed out loud when I saw the closeup of the auger but no steel toe shoes lol.
LOL. Thought the same thing when using the cordless drill to remove the screws for the forms. Safety glasses!? :D It's what we call the "pussification" of America. (I can hear the safety police now)
"Oh, but you never know if the bit breaks, and flys into your eyes. Who'll have the last laugh?"
Love it when people pretend to know safety and get it wrong.
@@joequillun7790 this guy wanting to wear glasses does not affect your life. this is why america is great: this guy can wear glasses, you can choose not to, and everybody can mind their own business.
@@BadHomeowner It becomes my business, when the moron police mandate wearing safety glasses. Like at my work. No different when the morons running the government mandate everyone wear masks. Our freedoms are being diminished slowly, every day. I remember when what you said about America being great, and when I was young it was. It's slipping away day by day, and people are allowing it to happen. Why (?) because some people are like the lambs being led to the slaughter. can't think for themselves. Like wearing safety equipment .
But you are right. Fortunately, (right now) he can do as "he" chooses. (I can't).
yea, safety glasses will be the downfall of America. or maybe your employer doesn't want you getting crap in your eyes and suing them. could go either way. anyway, you seem like a very sensitive person who gets riled up over stupid nonsense, and so I'm very sorry that I upset you.
People just have way to much time on their hands... Great job.. Great video.
He did it for the views.... 1.2+ Millions = Pretty good !!!
You can still use the foot valve. At 20 feet, there will never be any frost, and it will save a lot of pumping when the pump loses prime. We had one when we lived near Buffalo, and never needed more than a quart of prime water.
The foot valve freezing is not the problem. Because the valve holds the water up to the top of the pipe and in the pump, the freezing happens above ground. The pump and pipe will freeze and break long before the foot valve.
@big_ugly _builder that would only delay freezing, not eliminate it.
Best video so far about hand drilling a well ! Good job buddy !!!
He didnt do anything right though lol
Dog walks away at 10:17 😂 I’m not drinking that water
dog: all that for this??? im out
The Pitcher Pump You Installed Have Been Using For 27 Years At My Kitchen Sink. It Goes 16 Feet Down To My Basement To A 3 Vein Spring Flowing 365/24/7 Ice Cold! In House You Put A Sleave Cut From Plastic Jug. Metal Was Used Long Time Ago & They Will Rust. Use Duck Tape To Attached Just Under The Lip Of The Pitcher Pump. This Keeps The Water From Receding Back On The Pitcher Pump & Into The Sink. You Will Notice On The Pitcher Pump You Installed Two Side Lips Where The Water Flows Out. That Is Where You Can Put Your Pail With Wire Handle Over To Pump Your Water Into. They Thought Of Everything Long Time Ago. I Use To Always Keep A Spare Leather Ring For Inside The Pump They Then Changed, No More Leather Rings. Wish You Well In Your New Well! I Was Very Impressed With Your Insulation Dig! Keep On Keeping On! :-)
I now have the urge to install a pump in the yard.
If you hit something metal, and it turns black, you get free heating for life I hear.
heyou 😂😂
That's the coolest supervisor i have ever seen, he is so cool!!
First thing you know 'ol Jed's a millionaire..
yep! thirsty one
Finally, someone who's actually heard of the old Beverly Hillbillies show.
@@dynagoat7374 Watched it a million X and re-runs..great
blipblip88 🤣🤣
We just bought some land in Tennessee for off grid living, and this video really helped, thanks
Rather than omit the foot valve, you could possibly drill a 1/16" hole in your 1.25" pipe just below the frost line.
The hole would be small enough to have no effect on the pumping action yet would self-drain to just below the frost line in a short amount of time.
So instead of pumping water from 15+ feet, you're only pulling from 2-3'. Just a thought... ;-)
I disagree. Any hole (even a bad glue joint) will break the vacuum required to lift the water.
Melburn Johnson if only more people understood this, there would be many more successful diy pump repairman out there.
@@melburnjohnson212 One way valve at the relief depth. ;)
You would need a check valve AKA one-way valve just below wherever you drill that small hole. With no check valve, any small hole in the suction line means the whole thing loses prime.
@@melburnjohnson212 After he primed the system the first time the water would sit just below the hole. First pull on the pump would bring the water level above the hole and the leak rate would go down enough for pumping to work. If you made the hole small enough you might even be able to pull straight up from the bottom like he did, although I admit it would be difficult.
Very cool, I actually have the drill from grandfather. Just need to get the extension and have at it. Thanks
I didn’t see the size holes you cut in the pipe to let the water in, but if you had cut angled slots starting 6 or seven inches from the bottom and dug the well a few inches deeper and put some of the pea gravel on the bottom you would not be bringing up so much mud.
Its obvious that this guy doesn't have a clue about digging a well
Awesome. When I get my own home, this one my "first year" list of things to do. Water is life.
Great video! I want to see a follow up with the well pumping clear water and the specs on how may gal/min it can fill
Really a Well trained man
We put the foot value in.. in fall here in Canada we just use a 6 foot hose to pull out the top part of the water in the pipe to get it below the frost line.
next time we head to camp. We use two 2 liter pop bottles to fill the pipe and bingo water in the camp in winter.
also the well is under the camp. right under the kitchen sink.. It's a sweet country hook up.
I like the supervisor.
I think he has tapped into his cesspit. Lol.
Oh god.
I did a similar job using a post hole digger.I kept adding extensions like you did and eventually found water at 30 feet.From then on though I did things a little differently.I purchased a stainless steel spear which is a fine filter about a metre long.The slots in the side are so fine they wont admit a human hair.I then ran the suction pipe to a pressure pump to draw the water up.I could run 2 small sprinklers this way
Me at two am I gotta go to sleep. RUclips: wanna watch a guy drill a well.
Me: *yes*
Graham Centimole exactly what happened to me as well! And I’m guessing that like me, you’ll never have the need to dig a well?
@@hawsrulebegin7768 7 am here, 3 hours tossing and turning in bed, get up to watch youtube. i think quarantine might be a problem
That was totally cool. Seems like alot of work but hey, it Can be done. Thanks for sharing.
Water here in AZ is 500 feet through rock.
and falls from the sky
TJ Rubicon Well it is a desert....
Our well is 350' but our relatives bought 10 acres for a bugout location and decided a well was necessary, they were told their well is going to be around 1000' and they are off grid so they are also installing solar to run everything. The 'improvements' costs are more than the land.
Thats gonna be a longer video.
@@bearly1727 that's when you sell and leave smh
Love your 4-legged helper.
10:13 me after taco bell
XD
I could have simply not read the comments, and lived happily not having that image. Thanks, I hate it.
Try Del Taco.Taco Bell quit being a bargain decades ago.
Most underrated comment. Love it. Lol
I told myself not to click it. I never listen.
He makes it look so easy!!!
I remember doing this when i was young in it was exciting
I like it when you don't talk and let the work speak for itself.
Once upon a time, a man drilled a well, and then it didn't turn out so well.
God-tier comment right here.
Nice work! And it pumps chocolate milk. Awesome!
FYI - You can rent a hand auger, with flights. They hook together with quick release so you don't need a bunch of threaded rods and couplers. Then you can just return it when you're done. You can use a 2.5 - 3 inch bucket, go down to water (assuming you're not in a place with water hundreds of feet deep) and then put your well in. You can buy a series of well screen and casing, so you don't have to use any chemicals to seal the well, place it in the hole, then use 10/20 silica sand (play sand will work in a pinch) as a filter pack material over the screen. Grout the casing in place and then you won't get water from the surface to run down the well hole and into the well screen as it rains. That can really screw your well pad up if it erodes under it. You should develop the well properly to get all the silt and sand out and then it'll flow nice and clean. Shallow table wells are pretty simple (location dependent) and you can get a good amount of production from them.
Coming from someone who does this for a living here's some advise to anyone who does this:
If you can find or make a screen at the bottom of the well with small enough holes or slots to put 10-20 filter sand in you will get better clearer water. Putting at least a foot of sand below and setting the well deeper could help recharge with a longer screen. The most important tip I have is if it is being consumed by you or any animal, get it tested at a lab to ensure there is no hydrocarbons or heavy metals.
I like the wheels you have on your gate stuff like that always wears out very fast that looks like that'll last long time thanks for the video
Erm excuse me. That’s mud you’re pumping. The wife won’t be happy. 😂
Nice job ! 👍
Jed Clampit just shot the ground and hit black gold. Easy peasy.
Bro i love the job u do i can't stop looking at this
You don’t need to worry about a valve freezing 14 feet down in Alaska, much less Georgia.
Nobody is worried about the valve freezing. But the pump itself will freeze and crack if the water doesn't go back down.
@@ranno3132 all you would have to do is put a weep hole below the frost line, that allows the water between the pump and the hole to drain back down the well but then you don't have to lift 17 feet of water every time. in Georgia that would be 12-18 inches below ground. in parts of Alaska it's closer to 10 feet
@@gusmc2220 doesn't the pump rely on vacuum to bring water up? Seems if you put a hole in your pipe you'll just be sucking air every time you pump.
@@wavydave water doesn't compress, so without a weep, when it freezes inside the tube it'll expand out and bust it, but the weep would let that water out below the point it'll naturally freeze due to the earth being hot. Like if you poked a hole in a water bottle, you could still suck water out of the top
Man is a precise genius!
Jeeze people he just wants water for his bees. Its a neat way to get a little water in a remote area of a farm. Its not for drinking water its just for the bees. If you had bees then you know why this is kinda cool
I mean it's pretty cool, but at the end he did say drinking water for his dog..
First time visitor and all I could think of was Missouri soil. It is known as the Cave State so you can just imagine how hard digging for well by hand is going to be for me!
Do you know where I can get 700 feet of extension
Trying to put a well out here in the Mojave 🤪
Used pumps like that as a kid in central Florida. Even helped set a few. Great for areas without electricity.
That said, if I recall, those pumps can only lift water about 30 feet. Deeper wells need submerged pumps to lift the water
Did you ever get clean water---with that system? Perhaps suitable for drinking?
Hi I'm from Philippines and this is how my family gets water to drink but the difference is the hole is like a well size and in the side of the well we have 3 big trees that I believe supplies the water.
@@gibsonigano1847 trees do not produce water, sorry man
@@CyCloNeReactorCore Not only do they not produce it - they consume it.
@@gibsonigano1847 you mean 3 big trees that consume the water?
THANK YOU BROTHER- MAY THE LORD BLESSES YOU
Luckily you aren’t in my area our well is over 393 feet deep...
Did u hand dig it
That would be a drilled well, not a bored well.
I drill water wells for a living in central Washington. Some here are 60 to 120 feet but if you go 50 mile farther east they average 450. Many 750 the deepest i have went is 1150 with a 20 inch bore.
Almost didn't get the hammer and sub adapter back. The weight of the hammer sub and all the drill rod was more than the main hoist could lift. But with the help of a 6000 pound winch we were able to get it out.
@@robertgutheridge9672 hey the place I got is one mile by The river in Camden Arkansas how far u think we can dig to get the water?
@@robertgutheridge9672 I’m doing this for farming and will also have a safe house 😁 well atleast I’m hoping I can do it first or second the safe house
This dude is a legend
Yup
This dude never got clear water out of that thing
@big_ugly _builder Why not both? ;p
@Calvin Less Big?
@@AgeofReason yeah you know, like more small but less big
Costanzo Musso this is awesome
lmao
Looks like you have a nice helper..
Quarantine life bright me here lol
"Brought me here.......
You make it look soooo easy
When that thin wall sewer pipe breaks he will realize he f-ed up from the being that's why there is a thing called schdual 40 well casing
Well he is using a small water pump so the pressure doesn't appear to be OTT.
Plus, the pvc is immersed on water and out of sunlight.
that dog is the cutest 😍
Must be nice to find water so shallow. Gott go down +350’ in AZ
This is a shallow well he built, it's not really potable water.
650' here in AZ too.
@DIY UNIVERSITY you are exactly correct- apples and oranges are going on here.. deep well and good water vs. shallow well and shitty water...
@@mytreesloth Homemade water filters are cheap...cheaper than going down 500 ft.If your thirsty .....life saver
That is so satisfying!
Jokes on him he drilled the well where there is the drain field of his neighbourhoods septic tank.
Funny Funny Funny
He's gonna get some really big carrots growing. lol
The septic drain field evaporates it doesn't leech down.
I put an electric pump on my well. I ran it every day for a week for a few hours and it finally started pumping clean. First few days it would run out of water also, now I can pump all day without running out.
It would have been a lot faster to just use a 2 in steel pipe with a driving tip and a handheld driver. A buddy and I put a well in and it took less than three hours to drive it 32 ft deep before hitting water. Price is about the same and you have a lot less work involved.
That make too much sense for this guy! His dog is the supervisor for petes sake!
The Daddest of all Dads. The beigest of all Chrysler Town and Country vans. The Balanced of all mowing New Balances. He is a legend and I look up to him. One day I cant wait to eat a burger cooked on his grill.
Now try this with a Deep Well. 50 feet to water is the absolute minimum. 200-300 avg etc. Deeper the better. :P
Thanks. Great tutorial.
Would love to see the clear water when it all clears up!
After a couple days, it has started to clear, with just a little sediment. I might post it in my Instagram.
@@SpecificLove7 oh hey thanks, you saved me the trouble of subscribing to your channel because now I know I wont get any update here. I dont use any social media like Instagram, fb, Twitter etc and over 50% on youtube doesn't either.
@@JM-yx1lm completely agree, RUclips is the closest thing to social media I use and you sort of expect the entire process to be in one place..
love watching this video
3020 "imma remove this water pump my great great grandfather built."
"Shame it only pumps mud now. I could only imagine what refreshing water it used to provide."
Little did he know
Really enjoyed video. Very clear and simple
You should have used the foot valve, you will wish you did. It will not freeze below 4 feet.
jboulet07
... the foot vale is not to prevent the pipe from freezing below grade. It's to allow the water to drain so the pump itself doesn't freeze... because that's exposed!
@@rupe53 A Well Piping Foot Valve is a one way or anti-siphon valve which is installed on the pick-up end of the water pipe near the bottom of the well. The foot valve prevents water from flowing backwards out of the jet pump and well piping back into the well when the jet pump stops operating.
@@SWMARTINA ... just read my comment again and it didn't come across clear. Should have read NOT having a foot valve would allow the water to drain back and keep the pump from freezing above grade. (oops)
Yeah just needed to drill a hole in the pipe so the top half can drain slowly
@@jbkaufman3621 then pump action/vacuum won't work
Nicely done FYI.
You didn't show clear water coming out.
that is because he didn't want to look like a fool after all the efforts wasted!
He is still pumping...
You're kidding; right?
He should’ve used sand instead of that gravel
I love your supervisor!
We had a supervisor, she died this winter so the projects are piling up while I try to replace her. It’s tough.
Looks like chocolate when you first pumped all the water out. Thanks for the video!
You should of rapped the pipe with approved screen mesh, that was recommended for this type of build & then back filled with all sand, sand is the best filtration system
Yeah. I wondered why he threw all the muddy stuff, he dug out, back in there.
Dude. I am going to try that. I may need a pallet of extensions though. I live in Phoenix, Arizona. : D Thanks for the video.
That mud looks like my dumps after Taco Bell
Can't relate. I only get sick to Little Caesars pizza.
Taco Bell is a rip off...not a good deal since 1969
Wow that is much better soil than in my backyard
I disagree with not putting the gate value on it because there is no way it's going to freeze that deep
I think he's referring to holding the water up into the piping and pump above ground. Someone mentioned drilling a small hole below ground to let that level of water drain back slowly, and not keep the pump flooded.
lol, watering the dog. Very good video. I'm going to give this a try soon.
That's ground water full of pesticides, fertilizers and other contaminates. Don't give that nasty stuff to your dog, you have to drill way deeper to get safe drinking water.
So he is only using it to water his bees. If he were drinking it then I'm sure it would be run thru a filter to clean it.
Melet Price obviously you dont know how a well works
wow that's amazing i want to try it
I’d imagine the mud in the water will damage that pump eventually
Oh, it's a done deal son!
Yes, you should use an old pump or one you don't care about until the water runs clear. It's not just the leather either, the metal will also get all scratched up.