We had a well drilled in 2012 and the cost was $7/foot. That included 5" casing to bottom and pea gravel backfill top to bottom. Hit water @ 70' but went to 135' for extra draw down capacity. Pump, pipe, pressure tank, and all the other accessories were extra of course, but I was able to pour a concrete pad and install the pump myself. Hook up to tank and plumbing to house was not difficult, and the electrical part is easy enough. Hang in there, you'll get it!
German resident here: It cost you about 1000$ to dig a well and get clean ground water for your house? It's unbelievable! Our drilled well for the heat pump cost us 70.000$ and it's only 25m deep
When moving to a new area, it is always worth interviewing all of the prominent well drillers in the area. They know where all the wells are, how deep and how much they are producing and more importantly, they know where all the dry holes are that have been drilled. Sometimes you may avoid buying a lot in an area where you might be very unlikely to get a reliable source of water, or at least you go into it knowing you will have to haul water forever and instead of sinking money into dry holes you put your money into a system to haul and store water instead. For places that get cold, a buried cistern is a very good thing and you could have fitted a big one in the hole that you dug.... Site your cistern with some thought for running underground lines to the house and any stock watering you need, that way your winters will be more trouble free.
my old property had two wells and they were like 180 and 200 and they were on the highest part of the property but they produced very well and we had lots of water.
This was my thought. Our well is almost 200 ft deep and on the highest part of our property. Typically you don't want drinking water from the lowest point, where everything drains toward it. Sometimes it is just more cost effective to hire the pros from the start. Some things are just not DIY type jobs. Maybe the well witcher was just having an off day. Or maybe distracted from the filming and talking. I would think that well witching would need a lot of focus an concentration.
Nothing wrong with trying'.....Would love to read your comments but its real hard to see the words. Maybe If you put a background behind the words we could see it better :-) Can't wait to see WATER!
I Sooo wanted to believe right along with you.. I looked online for a gov map/table of approx water depth in the valley and it is 400 ft.. Our property is ~500 ft UP from that.!!. We may still give it a try if we can find someone to come take a look and give an honest opinion about our chances.. Good luck and I'll keep watching..
Best water veins arent always in low lying areas. I can hit water 18 feet down anywhere on my farm but the best vein is actually on highest part of the place
You need to find spring or go as down and low on your property as you can only there is your chance to find water at 18 to 20 feet by the looks of your soul
My husband used to say " the first glass cost X amt: of money, but after that it is all free", just how you look at it ..And how long your money holds out..Good luck...
"Baptist Well Drilling" is a technique developed by a Baptist missionary to facilitate well drilling on a budget. However, I'm not sure how well it will work in your area as you may have some pretty big, solid rocks down there. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptist_well_drilling
We know its some where down there because others close by hit it at around 100'. I was hoping there was a spring I hadn't seen as most of these lots have springs on them.
Thank for your reply. I also have a plan to do my own farm in my home country(Myanmar) sooner or later.So I learn from RUclips and some webs.I intend to use ,solar,organic farming and natural way of living.I love simple and sustainable living. I saw your eagerness and passion in your farm. Hope you success your dream, Zaw
Pound a sand point down that's how I find my water, that will give you a start. My sand point is down about 22 feet. If you need more GPM at lest you know where the water is and how deep, then dig with excavator drop in casing and pump and then backfill. A cheep Quick way to hookup to water.
Oh, I'm disappointed right along with you! Keeping you in my prayers that there will be a fine, sweet well in a good place on your land. Looking forward to hearing of your success. Never give up! Never surrender! ;-)
Man that's disappointing , I just had a 185 foot well put in and paid all the big costs too but it worked out "well" : ) I wanted to put it in a certain place but the well guy by looking at the land formation (no witching) said the best spot was about 150 feet from where I wanted it (more trenching , more wire etc.) good result though. Maybe don't put stumps in the old hole yet in case the well guy wants to drill in the same spot?!?! Hope it works out : )
Is it possible that this is due to the on-going drought conditions in the west? Is that even a factor? You did find moist soil and rocks...is it possible the water table is just lower?
I think your almost to China . I take it the well Witcher was a bust . Crazy I’ve seen it done a few times but still skeptical every time I see it but the guys I’ve seen do it find what their lookin for .
I'm getting tired of giving the good go... I'm ready to do things the easy way but that doesn't seem to be in my future. Whats up with you guys? you moved yet?
I don’t know why don’t use your Trakter to dig you well as deep as you like it vary easy use your trakter weel if you want help I can help you build one
My uncle put down a bore..without using a drilling rig. He used 6ft lengths of 2" galvanized pipe. You'll know the stuff. He flattened the first pipe to a point. Drilled holes around the pointed end. Then used a fence post driver (rammer) that fits on the back of a tractor and hammered the pipe into the ground, put a thread on the end...added the next length and 10 lengths later....hit water. But then he kept going for another 4 lengths and hit the pure mineral water. Don't use a drilling rig...those pricks will only take you to water and stop. Where we live the pipe comes in 5 meter lengths @$90 per...you probably get it cheaper in the US.. How much to hire a fence post driver rammer for a day? ruclips.net/video/YcMBe_Pb3yM/видео.html
Oh and...talk to your neighbours who have gone down and check which way aqauafer runs and what type of water they're getting. Do you have a water tank collecting off the roof of the house?
At what depth do any of your neighbors have wells at? Water witching is like playing the lottery. We found no water at 100 feet but ran out of money by the "professional" well diggers or drillers they may call themselves. It is a crap shoot. Some productive wells for years out here have dried up. Gotta go deeper man.
Really been enjoying your channel, but man you're scaring me to death climbing in that hole. Your spoil pile is real close to your edge and you're down plenty far enough to have a trench wall cave in. Please be safe if you do this again. You aren't any good to your family if you're in a cave in, buddy.
Copy that. The soil is clay for the most part so I took that into consideration but still I knew I was walking a thin line. I've known a few guys from the old days that had cave ins and I didn't want to join the club. Thanks!
We had a well drilled in 2012 and the cost was $7/foot. That included 5" casing to bottom and pea gravel backfill top to bottom. Hit water @ 70' but went to 135' for extra draw down capacity. Pump, pipe, pressure tank, and all the other accessories were extra of course, but I was able to pour a concrete pad and install the pump myself. Hook up to tank and plumbing to house was not difficult, and the electrical part is easy enough. Hang in there, you'll get it!
$7 a foot is way cheap. I was expecting to pay somewhere in the neighborhood of $25-$35 per foot.
German resident here: It cost you about 1000$ to dig a well and get clean ground water for your house?
It's unbelievable! Our drilled well for the heat pump cost us 70.000$ and it's only 25m deep
And a good try it was while learning and teaching all the way...thanks for sharing...peace...
This was super helpful. Thank you for posting this video. I'm in the middle of figuring out my own well. It is good to see what you have done here.
Thank you!
When moving to a new area, it is always worth interviewing all of the prominent well drillers in the area. They know where all the wells are, how deep and how much they are producing and more importantly, they know where all the dry holes are that have been drilled. Sometimes you may avoid buying a lot in an area where you might be very unlikely to get a reliable source of water, or at least you go into it knowing you will have to haul water forever and instead of sinking money into dry holes you put your money into a system to haul and store water instead. For places that get cold, a buried cistern is a very good thing and you could have fitted a big one in the hole that you dug.... Site your cistern with some thought for running underground lines to the house and any stock watering you need, that way your winters will be more trouble free.
my old property had two wells and they were like 180 and 200 and they were on the highest part of the property but they produced very well and we had lots of water.
This was my thought. Our well is almost 200 ft deep and on the highest part of our property. Typically you don't want drinking water from the lowest point, where everything drains toward it. Sometimes it is just more cost effective to hire the pros from the start. Some things are just not DIY type jobs. Maybe the well witcher was just having an off day. Or maybe distracted from the filming and talking. I would think that well witching would need a lot of focus an concentration.
Nothing wrong with trying'.....Would love to read your comments but its real hard to see the words. Maybe If you put a background behind the words we could see it better :-) Can't wait to see WATER!
Valiant attempt! Good on you!
Well that sucks, at least you got some good seat time in on the tractor.
I Sooo wanted to believe right along with you.. I looked online for a gov map/table of approx water depth in the valley and it is 400 ft.. Our property is ~500 ft UP from that.!!. We may still give it a try if we can find someone to come take a look and give an honest opinion about our chances.. Good luck and I'll keep watching..
I hope to get the well driller out this week and see what he says. We'll get'er one way or another...
thnx amigo; somehow i know trying aint quitting. appreciate the viewing of 'deep' trenching technique. mucho gracias.
Best water veins arent always in low lying areas. I can hit water 18 feet down anywhere on my farm but the best vein is actually on highest part of the place
You need to find spring or go as down and low on your property as you can only there is your chance to find water at 18 to 20 feet by the looks of your soul
My husband used to say " the first glass cost X amt: of money, but after that it is all free", just how you look at it ..And how long your money holds out..Good luck...
Thank you!
i wish i could help you. lovely family you've got there. they are very helpful.
Am so happy I found you guys ......this is what I would like to start with my family we just purchased 5acres....
And we are happy we found you! best of luck!
get the auger attachment for the excavator
"Baptist Well Drilling" is a technique developed by a Baptist missionary to facilitate well drilling on a budget.
However, I'm not sure how well it will work in your area as you may have some pretty big, solid rocks down there.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptist_well_drilling
I've got some big rocks but there may be other areas on my property where this could work. Thanks!
You better discuss with professional deep well digger.Soil with limestone usually lack of underground water. Good luck for your dream.
We know its some where down there because others close by hit it at around 100'. I was hoping there was a spring I hadn't seen as most of these lots have springs on them.
Thank for your reply. I also have a plan to do my own farm in my home country(Myanmar) sooner or later.So I learn from RUclips and some webs.I intend to use ,solar,organic farming and natural way of living.I love simple and sustainable living.
I saw your eagerness and passion in your farm.
Hope you success your dream,
Zaw
Pound a sand point down that's how I find my water, that will give you a start. My sand point is down about 22 feet. If you need more GPM at lest you know where the water is and how deep, then dig with excavator drop in casing and pump and then backfill. A cheep Quick way to hookup to water.
I think I found a guy that will drill pretty cheap
Oh, I'm disappointed right along with you! Keeping you in my prayers that there will be a fine, sweet well in a good place on your land. Looking forward to hearing of your success. Never give up! Never surrender! ;-)
Thank you!
Looking back now at this wonder if it was that large chunk of Limestone that through off the witcher's reading.
Man that's disappointing , I just had a 185 foot well put in and paid all the big costs too but it worked out "well" : ) I wanted to put it in a certain place but the well guy by looking at the land formation (no witching) said the best spot was about 150 feet from where I wanted it (more trenching , more wire etc.) good result though. Maybe don't put stumps in the old hole yet in case the well guy wants to drill in the same spot?!?! Hope it works out : )
Thank you!
This is a good lesson for people who still believe in superstitious nonsense
good place to place a ground cellar before you fill anything in
I already backfilled but we have another location for a ground cellar. We want to do it into the side of the hill.
MAYBE, you need to consult another well witch!! I hear tell that if you punch in enough, there is water down there!
Is it possible that this is due to the on-going drought conditions in the west? Is that even a factor? You did find moist soil and rocks...is it possible the water table is just lower?
Sure but I know it's down there. I hoped I could find it during the drought. The table must be lower.
Dang! Wouldn't that have been something? O'well (pun intended), nobody can say you didn't try!
at least you have a root cellar..
Pretty sure that if the Well Witcher said the water was at 6 feet and you dug to 11 feet with no water, he was wrong..
I think your almost to China . I take it the well Witcher was a bust . Crazy I’ve seen it done a few times but still skeptical every time I see it but the guys I’ve seen do it find what their lookin for .
I would be laughing if water is like feet deeper;)
We are hopefully going to give it one more try wit ha sandpoint well... we will see
how disappointing. you did give it a good go tho.
I'm getting tired of giving the good go... I'm ready to do things the easy way but that doesn't seem to be in my future. Whats up with you guys? you moved yet?
R.I.P. Headphone users.
I don’t know why don’t use your Trakter to dig you well as deep as you like it vary easy use your trakter weel if you want help I can help you build one
We are working on something.
Sir I live in Pakistan if were there I must have join you and dig you well free where you want to will the help of one winch and your bako or trakter
Red Poppy Ranch but you are great person and hard worker I hope you find that water your property must have a lot of water soul say that
I would have climbed down in there and took the hand auger and kept going noway would I have stopped
A contractor would have done a simple test to see if there is water
I am a contractor. This is my test...
sorry
My uncle put down a bore..without using a drilling rig. He used 6ft lengths of 2" galvanized pipe. You'll know the stuff. He flattened the first pipe to a point. Drilled holes around the pointed end. Then used a fence post driver (rammer) that fits on the back of a tractor and hammered the pipe into the ground, put a thread on the end...added the next length and 10 lengths later....hit water. But then he kept going for another 4 lengths and hit the pure mineral water. Don't use a drilling rig...those pricks will only take you to water and stop. Where we live the pipe comes in 5 meter lengths @$90 per...you probably get it cheaper in the US.. How much to hire a fence post driver rammer for a day? ruclips.net/video/YcMBe_Pb3yM/видео.html
Oh and...talk to your neighbours who have gone down and check which way aqauafer runs and what type of water they're getting. Do you have a water tank collecting off the roof of the house?
At what depth do any of your neighbors have wells at? Water witching is like playing the lottery. We found no water at 100 feet but ran out of money by the "professional" well diggers or drillers they may call themselves. It is a crap shoot. Some productive wells for years out here have dried up. Gotta go deeper man.
Please don't ever go down in that excavation again. That's a nightmare that's gonna get you killed
how low can you go with a backhoe xD...
Don’t believe they will drill a well in a low spot.
Really been enjoying your channel, but man you're scaring me to death climbing in that hole. Your spoil pile is real close to your edge and you're down plenty far enough to have a trench wall cave in. Please be safe if you do this again. You aren't any good to your family if you're in a cave in, buddy.
Copy that. The soil is clay for the most part so I took that into consideration but still I knew I was walking a thin line. I've known a few guys from the old days that had cave ins and I didn't want to join the club. Thanks!
wow time wasted there. better luck next time.
well witchers are fake , i find it strange that with all the online info you still tried your luck with one .
everywhere underground has water , its just some places you gotta go deep .