Recent content by Michael Griffiths

It appears the reason for the well head being below ground is to prevent it freezing in winter.

I have wrote to the well company but i live in rural ireland and their customer service simply isnt what you would be used to in the states. They have explained F*ck all and now we wont hear from them regarding extending the head as they already have our money.

Thankyou very much for your reply. I have no idea why the well contractors did this. I was expecting exactly what you described, something resembling a fire hydrant or similar, above ground. It agree having the well casing/piping extend above ground is likely the way to go. Common Sense tells...

Hello Everyone. We have recently had a 400ft Deep Bore Well Drilled on our land. The well contractor made us excavate 2 feet below the well head (Challenging as we are right ontop of the bedrock/granite) and then returned to install the pump and told us to build a chamber around the well head...