How to plug hole in well casing

[Slugboy6000]

I'm wondering how to plug a ~1" hole in my well casing where the pitless adapter pokes through.
Removing the pitless adapter would give a bailer more room to pass by.
It's a 6" steel casing and the pitless is only a foot below grade.
Any suggestions?

 

[Fitter30]

What is a bailer? The wiring?

 

[Sponsor]

 

[Slugboy6000]

What is a bailer? The wiring?

A bailer bucket for manually pulling water out of a well, a tube made of PVC or steel tied to a rope.

 

[Slugboy6000]

My best idea would be to shape a piece of scrap steel and worm gear clamp it to the casing. Seal it with a gasket and/or some silicone.

 

[Fitter30]

Are you going to pull the pump and piping? Usually piping come out the center of pump and wiring taped to the piping.

 

[Slugboy6000]

Yep, it's all coming out.
Sandwiching a flexible rubber disc between two steel plates and compressing them together with a bolt might be better.

 

[Fitter30]

Yep, it's all coming out.
Sandwiching a flexible rubber disc between two steel plates and compressing them together with a bolt might be better.

They make 1/4" oversize washers and little tube of gasket maker automotive.

 

[Reach4]

Yep, it's all coming out.
Sandwiching a flexible rubber disc between two steel plates and compressing them together with a bolt might be better.

I think a sheet of rubber covered by sheet metal and one or two worm gear clamps (OR tape!) on the outside. Put something inside, and you might drop something down the well.

 

[Slugboy6000]

Ok, that sounds good - thanks. Good to have some options.

 

[Valveman]

Just remove the pitless, bail the well, and reinstall the pitless. it is not like the well will need to be bailed again in a long time, maybe even your lifetime. If the well needs bailing regularly, you need a new well.