preppypyro
New Member
Hey there, I have a bit of an issue, i will try and explain everything the best I can, bear with me!
So we bought a cabin a few years ago, and the water supply is a 4 inch black piped well, that was drilled years ago, and the pipe is a narrow 4 inchs. Our submersible pump is at a depth of 30 feet. The water in the well sits at a depth of 9 feet below ground level. Everything worked pretty good until a few months ago, and sand was making its way into the cabin water. It got worse and worse, and now its really bad.
So I asked around, and apparently, back in the day, a well driller did a bunch of cheap wells without proper screens in the bottom of the wells, and now lots of people are having the same issue we are.
So rather than drill a new well, I was wondering what kind of options we may have.
My first thought is to get a sandpoint type point, and just drop it in the casing down to about 40 ish feet, hook it up to our black water pipe (1 1/4" if i remember right) click it in the pitless adapter, get a 1/2 convertible pump system hooked up, and use it like that.
Would this be possible? I dont know much about these systems, it was just my initial thought, as I cant see why a sand point type point wouldnt work in a casing full of water, as long as it was set deep enough that there was a good supply of sandy water.
Thoughts, opinions, ideas, questions welcome!
So we bought a cabin a few years ago, and the water supply is a 4 inch black piped well, that was drilled years ago, and the pipe is a narrow 4 inchs. Our submersible pump is at a depth of 30 feet. The water in the well sits at a depth of 9 feet below ground level. Everything worked pretty good until a few months ago, and sand was making its way into the cabin water. It got worse and worse, and now its really bad.
So I asked around, and apparently, back in the day, a well driller did a bunch of cheap wells without proper screens in the bottom of the wells, and now lots of people are having the same issue we are.
So rather than drill a new well, I was wondering what kind of options we may have.
My first thought is to get a sandpoint type point, and just drop it in the casing down to about 40 ish feet, hook it up to our black water pipe (1 1/4" if i remember right) click it in the pitless adapter, get a 1/2 convertible pump system hooked up, and use it like that.
Would this be possible? I dont know much about these systems, it was just my initial thought, as I cant see why a sand point type point wouldnt work in a casing full of water, as long as it was set deep enough that there was a good supply of sandy water.
Thoughts, opinions, ideas, questions welcome!