bordercollie050
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Hello everyone!
I'm doing some research on how to drill a new well as inexpensively as possible and came across a rather interesting youtube video show a well being dug with just a steel pipe and gravity
The farm house I'm buying in Delaware county, Iowa has an old well (approx. 150 ft with water at 60ft)from the 1900's and the well company said the water is cloudy/contaminated even after 1 hour of pumping at 10 GPM with bacteria - likely b/c the casing is cracked. They quoted $12k for a whole new well/system (the piping inside the house is new so that's basically just for a new well and hooking it up to the house.
I would like to TRY this myself, and I like this steel pipe method but my questions are.
1. how deep could you dig before the hole begins to fill with water? And if the hole fills with water would this method even work? Would putting a cap at the top of the pipe prevent the mud/dirt just falling back into the hole? or is there some sort of valve I could attached to the pipe?
2. My other option would be to hire someone - Can I ask a dill company to drill a hole 150ft deep and I case the well myself and about how much should I expect to pay? (I'm buying a few books on the subject).
Thanks!!
I'm doing some research on how to drill a new well as inexpensively as possible and came across a rather interesting youtube video show a well being dug with just a steel pipe and gravity
The farm house I'm buying in Delaware county, Iowa has an old well (approx. 150 ft with water at 60ft)from the 1900's and the well company said the water is cloudy/contaminated even after 1 hour of pumping at 10 GPM with bacteria - likely b/c the casing is cracked. They quoted $12k for a whole new well/system (the piping inside the house is new so that's basically just for a new well and hooking it up to the house.
I would like to TRY this myself, and I like this steel pipe method but my questions are.
1. how deep could you dig before the hole begins to fill with water? And if the hole fills with water would this method even work? Would putting a cap at the top of the pipe prevent the mud/dirt just falling back into the hole? or is there some sort of valve I could attached to the pipe?
2. My other option would be to hire someone - Can I ask a dill company to drill a hole 150ft deep and I case the well myself and about how much should I expect to pay? (I'm buying a few books on the subject).
Thanks!!