I already have a well , but the top got knocked off, and the pump went to the botttom, the case is full of soil sand and rocks, could this method work for clearing and acessing the pump at the bottom?
@TheRoadsnake The principle would, yes. The drill obviously couldn't fit down the hole, but what you'd want to do is buy our air-powered water pump from our website HowToDrillAWell(dot)com, hook it up to a small compressor, and drop it down there; if the rocks aren't larger than 1", it should pick them up no problem and clean out all the sand and let you get the pump out. I've used it for getting drills unstuck many times.
@yahmana It all depends on your soil; I always tell my customers to be prepared to spend a week; it may take more, it may take less, but if you aren't prepared to give it a week then you shouldn't attempt it.
@Twisted86 Your water level - especially water for watering gardens/yard - is almost certainly much shallower than that. I've never had a customer who didn't find water at less than 100'; the vast majority find it at 50' or less. Odds are you would too. This may not be the best water, although sometimes it is better than deeper water, but regardless for your purposes it would work fine.
Home Town of Marshall which drilled past Water as a practice to make an extra killing, As they now own most of Emsdale and the srounding area like Lambs Lake were I went as a Kidd NOW BLOCKED OFF! I seen this my self working for them at Eagle Lake west of South River but the crew told Me they looked Rich, and their for looked to Drill hundreds of feet more. And to boot the government gave them a government grant to do all this.
We used to rig up some PVC pipes, a T on top, one end attached to a big tow behind the truck compressor by hose. To the bottom of the T, attached a 4-5 ft length of pipe, a hole just below the T, and stuck the 4-5 ft end down in the foundation trenches to suck out all the dirt that fell in the trenches quickly. Would larger air hose run the drill faster? 1-1/2" hose high powered compressor?
@mra95662 You made a crude venturi, which is essentially the principle behind the pumping action here, yes. But no, a larger hose wouldn't help much beyond a certain point (about half-inch). The drill's orifices are only so large and they won't take but a certain amount of air. Beyond about 100-110 PSI, there is no real changes in speed/power.
@whyerp We can drill through rock, but it is slow. But the worst kind of rocks are large round boulders, even big rigs have trouble with those; so if you have a lot of that, I wouldn't recommend drilling your own well.
Interested if anyone has success using this for geothermal? Drilling makes geothermal cost prohibitive. You may have solved that problem. Please keep us informed. You may be onto something huge here.
@mra95662 I only hear back from a very small percentage of customers; I do have several who intended to do it, and one sent back pictures of successful holes, but the conclusion of the geothermal end of it I never heard. You can see the pictures on my website, click on "photo gallery" and then "Drew From Kansas".
that looks easy. I came looking for this because I am interested in geothermal heat exchange. I was told I need 3 150 ft. holes and to call a well driller that wants $35 per ft. of depth. Obviously this cost makes the seemingly good idea of a geothermal heat pump that costs no more than a regular electric heat pump or gas furnace, cost prohibitive. Have you heard of anyone using this drill for the vertical loop installation ?
i find it very difficult to follow your explanation of how this process actually works because you seem to begin your narrative "on-the-run" as if you have already given us an understanding of your equipment and it's function. Would it be possible for you to offer a WRITTEN explanation of what's going on here? You seem feel that your are speaking to someone who already knows a good deal about the tools and the process. I find it very interesting and would lkie to know more about it. Thank you.
@grifflesnaffle There is a lengthy written explanation available on my website, where this video is primarily featured; you can view it at HowToDrillAWell(dot)com. Let me know if you have questions after that :)
I am in sacramento California I want to consider your kit. I though worry that what if I get unstoppable water flowing as a fountain, how do I stop this water then? Do you know any solution if situation will go this way? Please tell anything you know on the subject. I think we are below the sea level here in sacramento.
@vitaminfeeder Artesian (flowing) wells are very rare. When they do happen, they just flow for a little while and then when the pressure has dropped they stop flowing. Exceptions to this are very, very rare.
Sacramento is not below sea level. It is at 25' above sea level. I don't know about the area around it. Regardless, I would not worry about artesian wells that are unstoppable.
Again, the depth to the water is not the important consideration if you are using it for drinking water. Its the quality of the water which you seem to admit in suggesting the water be tested. Sure, drillers get paid on a per foot basis, but that doesnt necessarily mean they are lieing to you when they tell you, you need to go deeper for quality water or better yield of the aquifer.
@myrainywoods Pressurized water is not required, the amount needed can be carried in several 55 gallon drums, provided you can refill them on a daily basis.
@zroller84 My next-door neighbors were told by drillers they had to go 600'. They paid many thousands of dollars to do so. I have more water than I can possibly use at 88' (including irrigating fields, farming, and multi-family usage). Customers across the world have many similar stories to tell. Bottom line - don't assume you have to go 700' deep to get water.
@zroller84 There are very few wells in the country that need to be drilled deeper than 100' to find water. No home well drilling rig can drill past 300', but 90% of the country finds water at less than 50' so deep wells are very seldom necessary. Well drillers generally exaggerate the depth needed to reach water because they get paid by the foot. The deeper they "have" to go, the more money they make.
@HowToDrillAWell Not entirely true, here in north TX. you would be VERY lucky to find water at 50 ft. most house wells I drill are a couple hundred feet deep at least, city wells are a couple thousand and no we dont get paid by the foot lol, and if you did find water at 50 foot you would be luck to get 5 gpm
@HowToDrillAWell I am a geologist. Finding water and finding water worth pumping are two different things. Also the use of the water is an important consideration. If it is just for irrigation, then a surficial aquifer may be good enough. But even in that case you could have iron in the water that stains driveways and buildings that may make you want to go deeper. If its for drinking water, you dont really want to be in the surficial aquifer.
@RealityTV55 I am not a geologist, but I have thousands of customers, many of whom report back how deep they go, the vast majority of them hit water at less than 50'. I have never talked to a single person using my system who didn't find water at less than 100'. And nearly all of them are told by professional well drillers that they "have" to go hundreds of feet to get water. That is where I get my information. Well drillers, as I said, have a vested interest in going as deep as they can.
@HowToDrillAWell uummmm well,, just because you hit water at 50 or 100 feet doesnt mean you want to drink that water or shower in it,,,,, it might be ok,, depending where you are,, but all over the place, water at that depth is still full of nitrates and other crap from runoff from farms and cities etc,,, you have to test that water, and should do it often the aquifers further down at hundreds of feet usually have water that been better filtered because its deeper,, so there you are
@ikambor As my very next comment stated "you should always have it tested before you use ANY water, especially before drinking."
While some shallower water is contaminated, the vast majority is safe. On the other hand, deeper water isn't always better; deeper water may encounter pockets of salt or iron or sulfur that make the deeper water undrinkable. In many cases the shallower water is better.
And it is true that sometimes shallower water quality isn't always as good as deeper wells. But then again, often it is better than deeper wells. Deeper is not necessarily better quality water as you drill into layers with high sulphur, calcium, etc. Some layers are better than others.
The mineral content of water is not necessarily better the deeper you go - as a geologist, you should know that. And you should always have it tested before you use ANY water, especially before drinking.
And finally, bear in mind that your grandparents probably had (and possibly, still have) a shallow, hand-dug well which supplied all their needs from that "surficial" water. 75-100 years ago, that was the #1 source of water. Aquifers have dropped, but not so much that water still can't be reached in less than 100' in every place anyone has actually drilled with my system.
i have a well on property that no longer workling. .. i.e. dirt, etc has caved it in.. no local company want to try to repair- - - --do you think its easier to go in at first locaiton or start over??
@psanders1975 It depends on how deep you are, and how hard the soil is to drill through. I.E., if you're 100' deep and have lots of rock, by all means try to fix it. On the other hand, if you're 40' deep in sand, start over, it's not worth the hassle.
However, in either case you should consider the air-powered water pump on my website; it's a cheaper solution and will suck out sand and silt that caved into the well and might restore it to good working order for less than 100$.
@albertsneijMD It is powered by air; we use a large air compressor to turn the drill at the bottom. You can see more details of the process at the website, HowToDrillAWell (dot) com.
if you really wanna learn how to drill a well check out akvo or emas
great foundation working 3rd world countries doing a lot of great things and really show how they do what they do very detailed and they make it easy to do and understand
@ovidiu299 We have 4" casing in there, which is what most residential wells use, including those by professional well drillers. I run my house, farm, irrigation all off of one of these wells; in fact, it's only a 2" well and I've never, ever run out of water and many days I've pumped 2000 gallons per day . Many customers all over the world do the same, so it's hardly "useless".
@HowToDrillAWell That's impressive. I got a 1m (diameter) and 10m deep well and his capacity is 600-1000 liters per day, in the drought months. So i thought that tiny well has a lower capacity. Besides, wells need to be clean every 10-20 years, or the well will fill with mud. Can you clean your well with your machine? ....or need another well. What is the maxim deep you can reach with that drill ?
@ovidiu299 Capacity is less about the size of the well casing than about the strength of the aquifer - how much water there is underground. In that particular well, it is 210' (65 meters) deep. And that is the deepest I've ever gone. A well that is made correctly shouldn't need cleaned very often, but when it does, yes, we can clean it out using the same principle.
@waterwart No, duct tape is just there to streamline the rope, air hose, and drill head so it doesn't get snagged on things and to keep water/air from leaking out the holes.
@XXXStraightEdgerXXX We can drill rock; it just takes time. I have a customer in Alabama who drilled through 30 inches of granite; took 18 hours, but, that's still impressive. On the other hand, in sand we might drill up to 20' per hour, so you can see it slows down a lot, but it's not a well-stopper.
@HowToDrillAWell that doesn't make sense. the water table is located in sedimentary rocks. typically, you would not have to drill through granite to get to the water table.
@fcbahamutzero In well drilling, there is very little that is "typical". There are often granite ledges, outcroppings, or just plain boulders between the driller and the water.
Lots of comments, questions and answers over a pretty long period of time. Did not read all of them, but plenty. WHERE ARE THE CUSTOMERS RETURNING TO CLAIM SUCCESS WITH THIS???? No support, no reviews?
@IdahoViewing Visit my website, HowToDrillAWell (dot) com. On the left, click on "photo gallery". There you can see pictures and comments by many successful customers - even though the vast majority just send an Email to me, or move on with their lives and don't send anything at all.
really bad vid. its a good idea but the shorts and nasty sandals, really?? try jeans, boots, eye protection, gloves, some better lighting, explain your item on a table.... so many things wrong with the presentation....
I just don't see it being very effective, through clay and soft formations maybe, but not in the shales. You get 50 to 100 feet of pipe attatched to that down the hole it's going to be heavy and how do you keep the hole strait? If you run any length of casing it's going to be too heavy to hold getting that set down the hole, without some kind of derrick or tripod. I run a full size cable rig in my area and I can say that might make it the first 20ft if your lucky and that would be it.
@andrewsengineering We can drill rock, it is just slow. .5-2" an hour is typical. I have customers who've drilled through several feet of granite - it just takes time. We use PVC casing, as many well drillers do, not steel. Further, the pipe we use actually has negative weight since the air in the pipe acts against the water in the hole to make the pipe bouyant most of the time.
@alexDphillips Yes, but we usually drill a 4" well since that's all most people need and it is much easier for several reasons. Most compressors that we use are gas or diesel powered so that electricity is not needed.
@alexDphillips The question shouldn't be "Can I drill with out Electricity," it should be how the fuck am I getting on to the internet with NO electricity?
Well I tell ya one thing this idea might be good for, and that is a well in your pond. If you wanted to make sure you had a constant flow of water coming into the pond and did not want to go to the expense of paying a well digger.
@brutus64 They just come to me,I think it's because I took the red pill for allergies,not the blue one. Its always been like that,I guess i should be on TV,thank you for the kind words.
@MrPilago808 The reason that I would like to drill my own well is because the water from the sink IS NOT CLEAN. There are terrible things like heavy metals and antibiotics in the municipal water In Germany, the tap water is considered "toilet water"....used for washing your hands and flushing the toilet...NOT for drinking. Sodium Fluoride that is added to municipal water is BAD BAD BAD for you. Naturally occurring Fluoride is not. I would drill my own well and then distill or RO it.
@IvIast3er I'm sure you can... but not through clay and rock like that well was. Through pure sand I can drill up to 20' an hour - and that's a hole big enough to drop a 4" pump in.
@coachgeo well, the well in this video was 52 feet, 40 hours, through a lot of thin layers of rock and clay. But if you can't allow a long week, don't try, because things could go wrong.
So far your system and others use water. Yours less so. buttt.... if I had water...... I would not need a well. Closest water to where I would be drilling is about half a mile away. I can do rain water collection maybe to get things started. How many 55 gal drums of water do you think I would need for this?
@coachgeo Generally, you need 6- 55 gallon drums available per day. you may you all, you may not, but it's a good rule of thumb. A lot depends on how long it takes you and how sandy your soil is.
@HowToDrillAWell ok....six, 55gal drums... hmmmm..... ok... guess maybeI can wear a snorkle out sunroof, do sealed doors of my VW and fill it full of water. That might be equal to six 55gal drums :D.
Guess my cost just trippled for the do it yourself job. will have to rent a truck with a lift gate to haul drums or a tote daily.
Will just go back to planing for rain water collection ONLY for a while till I can figure some way to haul water. Only have my own water needs; no family.
@helmetfire150pilot We can drill rocks, but it is slow. So hitting a rock doesn't mean you have to give up. Also, the work involved in this system is less than any other home well drilling system on the market. You can see a detailed list of frequently asked questions at my website (see link in the video info) - to put the casing down, we simply pull out the drill and lower the casing into the hole.
so how does this little drill bore out a 6plus inch hole to get the casing down to the base of the well??? i'd be curious to either see how that's done or a detailed explanation. I'm really interested!! Does the video you sell have detailed instructions on how to get the diameter sufficient for 6 inch casings. thanks
That's quite a good system, Certianly in terms of the spoil removal, shame the big rig's don't have it as I currently get coated in the spoil.
You'd get problems over here with this system though, the grounds far too hard for this system, and most of the water is under soil level in courses in the bedrock. Plus In a Dry summer like this a shallow well would dry up.
Nice Setup though. I'd like to see the spoil removal setup built onto a larger Rotary percussion rig. theres demand for it.
@xjdubber We drill a 5.25" hole for 4" thinwall PVC casing. The wellscreen is made using a tool we provide in all our kits which you can view at our website.
Interesting idea, but illegal in North Carolina where we must use a registered driller. Plus, because of the geology here, only machine drills are capable of going the several hundred feet and breaking into bedrock to reach an aquifer.
Bedrock well water is not only cleaner and tastier, but if you can hit a confined aquifer, it could save you the need to install a pump. I think it's "well" worth it.
@pfarnsworth84 State and local laws vary widely, but in many states it is illegal to drill a well for *someone else* without a license, but perfectly legal to drill your own well on your own property. You should always check before drilling.
As to your other comment, aquifer wells are often better, but almost never necessary to get good water. And artesian wells are extremely rare these days, and usually peter out after a few days as the pressure is equalized, so a pump is often still needed.
Any suggestions for us folk here in Hawaii we have mostly rock to drill into, just please don t say move because its just not an option for us. We are trying to get off all the grids by year end. Would this work in lava rock or do you have an idea how to go about that. Aloha
@mystichawaii we can drill rock, but it is slow. If it's lava rock like I saw in Guatemala (coarse, very light, porous, fairly soft) then I wouldn't think it would be a big problem. In hard rocks like granite we drill very slow, perhaps .5" an hour, while with sand we are up to 20 feet per hour. If it is the softer rock, then I would think you could go through it fairly quickly, compared to granite. Let me know if you have any other questions.
This doesn't require a local water supply. It does require water to drill, which can be hauled in 55 gallon drums for the drilling needs. This is drilled from scratch, and most well drilling systems require water to remove the tailings, only a few very labor intensive, very shallow, well systems can do without at least some water to start.
The holes are not perfectly straight; we don't use steel casing, so a perfectly straight hole doesn't matter. The pump won't care :)
the plans we offer show you how to build (and the kit we sell comes with) a well point which will follow the hole even if it weaves quite a bit going down into the ground. The verticality is quite unimportant on a low-tech solution like this.
Just so you know don't get caught trying to drill your own well, most county s require permits, if you do get caught you could receive pretty substantial fines for doing so.
You should always check local laws, of course; but what is not commonly known is that while it is usually forbidden to drill a well for someone else without a license, it is often permitted to drill *your own well*. Many states don't even require permits. So check and see if yours does/doesn't.
Hi Love your site. Could you please send me information eg set up costs, what size compressor would you need. would I be able to buy from you the air drill and bits. If I can buy from you what is required this end to complete a transaction. Could you please reply asap We are desperate for water and we know water is there - about 80 feet deep. Our neigbours tell us that it cost them $14,000 aus we are not that well off.
You need a compressor capable of supplying at least 16 CFM @ 90 PSI - which in Australia is about 500LPM @ 6 Bar. My international kit is 599$, which contains everything you must buy from me. You'll need about 100-300$ worth of pipe, tape, odds and ends like that. Then it's just the cost of the compressor or rental thereof and you're good to go. Those are prices in the US in US dollars, so I have no idea what it costs there, of course. 80 feet should present no particular difficulty.
You can see info on how to purchase on my website, which is linked in the "more info" page at the top-right corner of the screen. Contact me through Email if you have more questions :)
We fill up the hole with water which is how the drill manages to pump; both the settling chamber where I put the water in the video and the drilling hole itself is filled, so that the water that is ejected out of the top of the drill stem will make it recycle.
You can see testimonials at my website (see link in the info section to the right of the video) which contains a link to many more feedback notes on my Ebay page. You can also see a video on youtube, see my other videos for "drilling a well in the snow" where one of my customers was drilling in the snow.
how far have you gotten down?? do you think you could go a mile or more?? pretty cool, i was wondering if this could be done, i guess it can lol. thanks for sharing this freely so people learn! thats what i do with my work too.
It's difficult to say exactly; the best way is to ask your neighbors who have a well, if any, how deep their water level is, then pick a depth at least 20-30 feet below that as a target depth. Or if you want to be sure, go 40-50 feet deeper to be on the safe side. This point is also addressed in the plans in some detail, but generally, you may feel a change in the water temperature (suddenly colder) when you hit water,
you may notice a difference in the sand that might indicate water (discussed in the plans), but the surest way is to let it set overnight. The vast majority of wells can't be finished in a day, so when you go back to the well after it setting overnight, you'll be able to either see the water standing in the hole, or drop a float to it. It will almost always be standing at the depth of your groundwater. That's the best way to tell. There are a few other ideas in the plans, too.
Sorry, but this will only work with a large compressor. Most every place in the world has access to a large compressor, anyplace where concrete road work or hotels or large buildings are constructed, large air compressors can usually be found.
You certainly should check the laws in your own state; but make sure to make it clear that you're drilling your OWN well, not drilling one for someone else. In many states you are permitted to drill your own well on your own property without a license. But in the same state, drilling a well for someone ELSE would land you a fine.
that's illegal in the state of delaware, so check your local laws. if they catch you drilling a well in delaware, and you aren't certified, be pre-prepared for a big fine, and maybe even more, these days.
@thatbastardson Who in their right mind would drink the water in delaware?just kidding ya , i guess its ok, i must have been thinking about mexico.lol
This method will not work where I am at, any oil rig driller will tell you, red clay, black chunk mud, white sugar sand, gray shale, more red clay, iron ore rock, more white sugar sand, then the water table, and average of 150-600 ft under the ground.
I'm sure that's exactly what a well driller would tell you. How else can people be convinced to pay them $10,000+ for water, when they could do it themselves for a thousand or two?
But that doesn't necessarily make it what they say accurate. They don't know this system, and they get paid by the foot - the deeper they go, the more money they make.
But I have drilled through all of those things personally, and have drilled as far as 210' deep. I have customers who've drilled such strata, too.
@andrewsengineering No, I know that not all well drillers are like that, but I hear many, many horror stories about them from customers all the time. If well drillers provided wells at a fair price - and I consider 2000$ a fair price - then I would have no business. Obviously, my customers feel that most commercial wells are overpriced or I would not be able to sell these.
You said it will drill though rock. Is this true. Neighbours where I live have drilled 160 to 550 feet deep through rock to get towater. How practical is your method?
Well, yes it can drill through rock; but drilling through hundreds of feet of it would take so much time as to not be practical. However, you very likely don't need to go that deep to get water. Almost every well drilled by a professional is deeper than it needs to be, sometimes by a factor of ten, since they get paid by the foot.
What I'd do is ask a neighbor to let you drop a float into their well, and see where the FIRST water level is. That gives you a more accurate idea of where it is.
how do you prevent the shaft from going off in whatever direction it wants to? PVC is rigid but only to a point steel guarantees a straight shaft, and why does the compressor need to be so big? other than that everything else makes sense.
The drill and expansion chamber assembly is rigid for the first 3 feet, which helps a lot. And though it will still wander a bit, the misdirections will tend to cancel one another out. And finally we use 4" thinwall PVC pipe which is relatively flexible so it will follow the hole even if it weaves a little bit. The compressor has to be so big because the air tool sucks a lot of power to run constantly.
The link is in the upper right hand corner of this page where you saw the video, in the information section. I can't type it here as youtube deletes comments with links in them.
The bit is powered by a small air tool which runs off of a large compressor. The exhaust air from the drill going up the pipe creates a vacuum and pumps the water out.
As I'm posting this comment, I am haveing a well drilled in my front yard! I don't know how much this system costs, but for $5500 I get a professional well drilled with permits and a 15 year guarantee on everything! They hook it all up and it's safe to drink from. I'm a bit skeptical about doing it yourself.
I already have a well , but the top got knocked off, and the pump went to the botttom, the case is full of soil sand and rocks, could this method work for clearing and acessing the pump at the bottom?
TheRoadsnake 3 weeks ago
@TheRoadsnake The principle would, yes. The drill obviously couldn't fit down the hole, but what you'd want to do is buy our air-powered water pump from our website HowToDrillAWell(dot)com, hook it up to a small compressor, and drop it down there; if the rocks aren't larger than 1", it should pick them up no problem and clean out all the sand and let you get the pump out. I've used it for getting drills unstuck many times.
HowToDrillAWell 3 weeks ago
so how long does it take to drill this baby?
yahmana 3 weeks ago
@yahmana It all depends on your soil; I always tell my customers to be prepared to spend a week; it may take more, it may take less, but if you aren't prepared to give it a week then you shouldn't attempt it.
HowToDrillAWell 3 weeks ago
very nice
sisseeboy 1 month ago
Shame our water is 400FT below us :/ Id love to use a well for watering my garden and yard.
Twisted86 1 month ago
@Twisted86 Your water level - especially water for watering gardens/yard - is almost certainly much shallower than that. I've never had a customer who didn't find water at less than 100'; the vast majority find it at 50' or less. Odds are you would too. This may not be the best water, although sometimes it is better than deeper water, but regardless for your purposes it would work fine.
HowToDrillAWell 1 month ago
Home Town of Marshall which drilled past Water as a practice to make an extra killing, As they now own most of Emsdale and the srounding area like Lambs Lake were I went as a Kidd NOW BLOCKED OFF! I seen this my self working for them at Eagle Lake west of South River but the crew told Me they looked Rich, and their for looked to Drill hundreds of feet more. And to boot the government gave them a government grant to do all this.
No kidding they were a weekend cottage.
deeptruthhunter 1 month ago
We used to rig up some PVC pipes, a T on top, one end attached to a big tow behind the truck compressor by hose. To the bottom of the T, attached a 4-5 ft length of pipe, a hole just below the T, and stuck the 4-5 ft end down in the foundation trenches to suck out all the dirt that fell in the trenches quickly. Would larger air hose run the drill faster? 1-1/2" hose high powered compressor?
mra95662 3 months ago
@mra95662 You made a crude venturi, which is essentially the principle behind the pumping action here, yes. But no, a larger hose wouldn't help much beyond a certain point (about half-inch). The drill's orifices are only so large and they won't take but a certain amount of air. Beyond about 100-110 PSI, there is no real changes in speed/power.
HowToDrillAWell 3 months ago
@HowToDrillAWell
What happens when you hit large rocks? In Washington State, there are rocks everywhere when you dig.
whyerp 2 months ago
@whyerp We can drill through rock, but it is slow. But the worst kind of rocks are large round boulders, even big rigs have trouble with those; so if you have a lot of that, I wouldn't recommend drilling your own well.
HowToDrillAWell 2 months ago
what is the smallest comprossor to use With this ?
TheHania123 1 month ago
@TheHania123 16 CFM @ 90 PSI is required, more is better up to about 25 CFM, beyond which it doesn't matter.
HowToDrillAWell 1 month ago
Interested if anyone has success using this for geothermal? Drilling makes geothermal cost prohibitive. You may have solved that problem. Please keep us informed. You may be onto something huge here.
mra95662 3 months ago
@mra95662 I only hear back from a very small percentage of customers; I do have several who intended to do it, and one sent back pictures of successful holes, but the conclusion of the geothermal end of it I never heard. You can see the pictures on my website, click on "photo gallery" and then "Drew From Kansas".
HowToDrillAWell 3 months ago
@HowToDrillAWell
You could try it and possibly expand your bussiness to that area as well...
nmkostic 1 month ago
that looks easy. I came looking for this because I am interested in geothermal heat exchange. I was told I need 3 150 ft. holes and to call a well driller that wants $35 per ft. of depth. Obviously this cost makes the seemingly good idea of a geothermal heat pump that costs no more than a regular electric heat pump or gas furnace, cost prohibitive. Have you heard of anyone using this drill for the vertical loop installation ?
mra95662 3 months ago
@mra95662 Yes, I've heard of several people who were going to do that.
HowToDrillAWell 3 months ago
i find it very difficult to follow your explanation of how this process actually works because you seem to begin your narrative "on-the-run" as if you have already given us an understanding of your equipment and it's function. Would it be possible for you to offer a WRITTEN explanation of what's going on here? You seem feel that your are speaking to someone who already knows a good deal about the tools and the process. I find it very interesting and would lkie to know more about it. Thank you.
grifflesnaffle 3 months ago 2
@grifflesnaffle There is a lengthy written explanation available on my website, where this video is primarily featured; you can view it at HowToDrillAWell(dot)com. Let me know if you have questions after that :)
HowToDrillAWell 3 months ago
How would this kit function in AZ?
3monsters014 4 months ago
I am in sacramento California I want to consider your kit. I though worry that what if I get unstoppable water flowing as a fountain, how do I stop this water then? Do you know any solution if situation will go this way? Please tell anything you know on the subject. I think we are below the sea level here in sacramento.
vitaminfeeder 4 months ago
@vitaminfeeder Artesian (flowing) wells are very rare. When they do happen, they just flow for a little while and then when the pressure has dropped they stop flowing. Exceptions to this are very, very rare.
Sacramento is not below sea level. It is at 25' above sea level. I don't know about the area around it. Regardless, I would not worry about artesian wells that are unstoppable.
HowToDrillAWell 4 months ago
Again, the depth to the water is not the important consideration if you are using it for drinking water. Its the quality of the water which you seem to admit in suggesting the water be tested. Sure, drillers get paid on a per foot basis, but that doesnt necessarily mean they are lieing to you when they tell you, you need to go deeper for quality water or better yield of the aquifer.
RealityTV55 7 months ago
@myrainywoods Pressurized water is not required, the amount needed can be carried in several 55 gallon drums, provided you can refill them on a daily basis.
HowToDrillAWell 7 months ago
@zroller84 My next-door neighbors were told by drillers they had to go 600'. They paid many thousands of dollars to do so. I have more water than I can possibly use at 88' (including irrigating fields, farming, and multi-family usage). Customers across the world have many similar stories to tell. Bottom line - don't assume you have to go 700' deep to get water.
HowToDrillAWell 7 months ago
@zroller84 There are very few wells in the country that need to be drilled deeper than 100' to find water. No home well drilling rig can drill past 300', but 90% of the country finds water at less than 50' so deep wells are very seldom necessary. Well drillers generally exaggerate the depth needed to reach water because they get paid by the foot. The deeper they "have" to go, the more money they make.
HowToDrillAWell 7 months ago
@HowToDrillAWell Not entirely true, here in north TX. you would be VERY lucky to find water at 50 ft. most house wells I drill are a couple hundred feet deep at least, city wells are a couple thousand and no we dont get paid by the foot lol, and if you did find water at 50 foot you would be luck to get 5 gpm
brentdavis2490 7 months ago
@brentdavis2490 I can't speak to how you charge, but every well driller I've ever spoken with or heard about charges by the foot of depth.
HowToDrillAWell 7 months ago
@HowToDrillAWell I am a geologist. Finding water and finding water worth pumping are two different things. Also the use of the water is an important consideration. If it is just for irrigation, then a surficial aquifer may be good enough. But even in that case you could have iron in the water that stains driveways and buildings that may make you want to go deeper. If its for drinking water, you dont really want to be in the surficial aquifer.
RealityTV55 7 months ago
@RealityTV55 I am not a geologist, but I have thousands of customers, many of whom report back how deep they go, the vast majority of them hit water at less than 50'. I have never talked to a single person using my system who didn't find water at less than 100'. And nearly all of them are told by professional well drillers that they "have" to go hundreds of feet to get water. That is where I get my information. Well drillers, as I said, have a vested interest in going as deep as they can.
HowToDrillAWell 7 months ago
@HowToDrillAWell uummmm well,, just because you hit water at 50 or 100 feet doesnt mean you want to drink that water or shower in it,,,,, it might be ok,, depending where you are,, but all over the place, water at that depth is still full of nitrates and other crap from runoff from farms and cities etc,,, you have to test that water, and should do it often the aquifers further down at hundreds of feet usually have water that been better filtered because its deeper,, so there you are
ikambor 6 months ago
@ikambor As my very next comment stated "you should always have it tested before you use ANY water, especially before drinking."
While some shallower water is contaminated, the vast majority is safe. On the other hand, deeper water isn't always better; deeper water may encounter pockets of salt or iron or sulfur that make the deeper water undrinkable. In many cases the shallower water is better.
HowToDrillAWell 6 months ago
And it is true that sometimes shallower water quality isn't always as good as deeper wells. But then again, often it is better than deeper wells. Deeper is not necessarily better quality water as you drill into layers with high sulphur, calcium, etc. Some layers are better than others.
The mineral content of water is not necessarily better the deeper you go - as a geologist, you should know that. And you should always have it tested before you use ANY water, especially before drinking.
HowToDrillAWell 7 months ago
And finally, bear in mind that your grandparents probably had (and possibly, still have) a shallow, hand-dug well which supplied all their needs from that "surficial" water. 75-100 years ago, that was the #1 source of water. Aquifers have dropped, but not so much that water still can't be reached in less than 100' in every place anyone has actually drilled with my system.
HowToDrillAWell 7 months ago
i have a well on property that no longer workling. .. i.e. dirt, etc has caved it in.. no local company want to try to repair- - - --do you think its easier to go in at first locaiton or start over??
psanders1975 8 months ago
@psanders1975 It depends on how deep you are, and how hard the soil is to drill through. I.E., if you're 100' deep and have lots of rock, by all means try to fix it. On the other hand, if you're 40' deep in sand, start over, it's not worth the hassle.
However, in either case you should consider the air-powered water pump on my website; it's a cheaper solution and will suck out sand and silt that caved into the well and might restore it to good working order for less than 100$.
HowToDrillAWell 8 months ago
how do you power the tip of the drill
albertsneijMD 8 months ago
@albertsneijMD It is powered by air; we use a large air compressor to turn the drill at the bottom. You can see more details of the process at the website, HowToDrillAWell (dot) com.
HowToDrillAWell 8 months ago
if you really wanna learn how to drill a well check out akvo or emas
great foundation working 3rd world countries doing a lot of great things and really show how they do what they do very detailed and they make it easy to do and understand
dramey03 9 months ago
Nice invention but is kind of useless. That tiny well it will have a low capacity of water. Few liters of water per day .
ovidiu299 11 months ago
@ovidiu299 We have 4" casing in there, which is what most residential wells use, including those by professional well drillers. I run my house, farm, irrigation all off of one of these wells; in fact, it's only a 2" well and I've never, ever run out of water and many days I've pumped 2000 gallons per day . Many customers all over the world do the same, so it's hardly "useless".
HowToDrillAWell 11 months ago 7
@HowToDrillAWell That's impressive. I got a 1m (diameter) and 10m deep well and his capacity is 600-1000 liters per day, in the drought months. So i thought that tiny well has a lower capacity. Besides, wells need to be clean every 10-20 years, or the well will fill with mud. Can you clean your well with your machine? ....or need another well. What is the maxim deep you can reach with that drill ?
ovidiu299 11 months ago
@ovidiu299 Capacity is less about the size of the well casing than about the strength of the aquifer - how much water there is underground. In that particular well, it is 210' (65 meters) deep. And that is the deepest I've ever gone. A well that is made correctly shouldn't need cleaned very often, but when it does, yes, we can clean it out using the same principle.
HowToDrillAWell 11 months ago
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mmmgirlUcrazzzy 10 months ago
@ovidiu299 haha owned retard fat
atomrocketcar 9 months ago
DUDE! Did I see DUCT TAPE holding that drill bit onto that pvc pipe dude?
waterwart 11 months ago
@waterwart No, duct tape is just there to streamline the rope, air hose, and drill head so it doesn't get snagged on things and to keep water/air from leaking out the holes.
HowToDrillAWell 11 months ago
QUESTION:What happens if you hit a thick layer of rock while you are drilling?Can you break it?
XXXStraightEdgerXXX 1 year ago
@XXXStraightEdgerXXX We can drill rock; it just takes time. I have a customer in Alabama who drilled through 30 inches of granite; took 18 hours, but, that's still impressive. On the other hand, in sand we might drill up to 20' per hour, so you can see it slows down a lot, but it's not a well-stopper.
HowToDrillAWell 1 year ago
@HowToDrillAWell that doesn't make sense. the water table is located in sedimentary rocks. typically, you would not have to drill through granite to get to the water table.
fcbahamutzero 11 months ago
@fcbahamutzero In well drilling, there is very little that is "typical". There are often granite ledges, outcroppings, or just plain boulders between the driller and the water.
HowToDrillAWell 11 months ago
@HowToDrillAWell you are right about that. it just depends where you are drilling at. all layers of sediment are not created equal
fcbahamutzero 11 months ago
Very good. clever
plumberx 1 year ago
maybe if i could lie down and do it but sitting looks like hard work.
hempseed57 1 year ago
@hempseed57 ha lol
ronhanish 1 year ago
Lots of comments, questions and answers over a pretty long period of time. Did not read all of them, but plenty. WHERE ARE THE CUSTOMERS RETURNING TO CLAIM SUCCESS WITH THIS???? No support, no reviews?
IdahoViewing 1 year ago
@IdahoViewing Visit my website, HowToDrillAWell (dot) com. On the left, click on "photo gallery". There you can see pictures and comments by many successful customers - even though the vast majority just send an Email to me, or move on with their lives and don't send anything at all.
HowToDrillAWell 1 year ago
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really bad vid. its a good idea but the shorts and nasty sandals, really?? try jeans, boots, eye protection, gloves, some better lighting, explain your item on a table.... so many things wrong with the presentation....
pelu1331 1 year ago
looks like u where drilling in a park lol
suicide5389 1 year ago
I just don't see it being very effective, through clay and soft formations maybe, but not in the shales. You get 50 to 100 feet of pipe attatched to that down the hole it's going to be heavy and how do you keep the hole strait? If you run any length of casing it's going to be too heavy to hold getting that set down the hole, without some kind of derrick or tripod. I run a full size cable rig in my area and I can say that might make it the first 20ft if your lucky and that would be it.
andrewsengineering 1 year ago
@andrewsengineering We can drill rock, it is just slow. .5-2" an hour is typical. I have customers who've drilled through several feet of granite - it just takes time. We use PVC casing, as many well drillers do, not steel. Further, the pipe we use actually has negative weight since the air in the pipe acts against the water in the hole to make the pipe bouyant most of the time.
HowToDrillAWell 1 year ago
hi im in venezuela and i'd like to buy one of this but i have a question: can i drill a 6" well in my yard if i have no electricty
alexDphillips 1 year ago
@alexDphillips Yes, but we usually drill a 4" well since that's all most people need and it is much easier for several reasons. Most compressors that we use are gas or diesel powered so that electricity is not needed.
HowToDrillAWell 1 year ago
@alexDphillips The question shouldn't be "Can I drill with out Electricity," it should be how the fuck am I getting on to the internet with NO electricity?
brizzx32 1 year ago 4
Well I tell ya one thing this idea might be good for, and that is a well in your pond. If you wanted to make sure you had a constant flow of water coming into the pond and did not want to go to the expense of paying a well digger.
netmoney 1 year ago
cool
lsailor 1 year ago
That ia a great way to make a giant pot hole.
ManTheBush 1 year ago 3
I tried this once, but when I started sucking up Chinese Baby's I had to stop.
DBSpy1 1 year ago 48
@DBSpy1 Wow you'res o cool, how do you come up with these witty jokes?
brutus64 1 year ago
@brutus64 They just come to me,I think it's because I took the red pill for allergies,not the blue one. Its always been like that,I guess i should be on TV,thank you for the kind words.
DBSpy1 10 months ago
@DBSpy1 LOL you dug your way to China!?
MjrDario 10 months ago
@DBSpy1 Hahahaha too fukn funny!
kookaburrakookaburra 4 months ago
very usefull info
Abbashaji1 1 year ago
or you could just go and drink nice, cold, not muddy water from your sink and avoid getting fines and other shit from drinking dirty water
MrPilago808 1 year ago
@MrPilago808 The reason that I would like to drill my own well is because the water from the sink IS NOT CLEAN. There are terrible things like heavy metals and antibiotics in the municipal water In Germany, the tap water is considered "toilet water"....used for washing your hands and flushing the toilet...NOT for drinking. Sodium Fluoride that is added to municipal water is BAD BAD BAD for you. Naturally occurring Fluoride is not. I would drill my own well and then distill or RO it.
forestfaganfilm 4 months ago
52 feet in a week?????
wow i can push 40 ft in 30 mins just useing pvc pipe and water
IvIast3er 1 year ago
@IvIast3er I'm sure you can... but not through clay and rock like that well was. Through pure sand I can drill up to 20' an hour - and that's a hole big enough to drop a 4" pump in.
HowToDrillAWell 1 year ago
@HowToDrillAWell i got trough clay no problem
now the rock....lol thats the end
IvIast3er 1 year ago
@HowToDrillAWell I SAY LIKE THIS WITH ALL THE JOBS LEAVING HELL I RATHER LEARN THIS TO MAKE MONEY DAM WORKING FOR THE SYSTEM.THANK FOR THE VID
STLEO1 1 year ago
week or so to drill well.... how many hours a day of drilling are you basing this on.
coachgeo 1 year ago
@coachgeo well, the well in this video was 52 feet, 40 hours, through a lot of thin layers of rock and clay. But if you can't allow a long week, don't try, because things could go wrong.
HowToDrillAWell 1 year ago
So far your system and others use water. Yours less so. buttt.... if I had water...... I would not need a well. Closest water to where I would be drilling is about half a mile away. I can do rain water collection maybe to get things started. How many 55 gal drums of water do you think I would need for this?
coachgeo 1 year ago
@coachgeo - ok... just read about a years worth of the comments on this vid. You say a 55 gal drum of water might do it.
did I read that right?
coachgeo 1 year ago
@coachgeo No, 55 gallon drums - six per day. As a rule of thumb, depending on several factors.
HowToDrillAWell 1 year ago
@coachgeo Generally, you need 6- 55 gallon drums available per day. you may you all, you may not, but it's a good rule of thumb. A lot depends on how long it takes you and how sandy your soil is.
HowToDrillAWell 1 year ago
@HowToDrillAWell ok....six, 55gal drums... hmmmm..... ok... guess maybeI can wear a snorkle out sunroof, do sealed doors of my VW and fill it full of water. That might be equal to six 55gal drums :D.
Guess my cost just trippled for the do it yourself job. will have to rent a truck with a lift gate to haul drums or a tote daily.
Will just go back to planing for rain water collection ONLY for a while till I can figure some way to haul water. Only have my own water needs; no family.
coachgeo 1 year ago
QUICK CLOSE THE BOP SHE'S TAKING A KICK!
happygameshow 1 year ago
that mustache is fierce. cool vid.
CSI671 1 year ago 34
@CSI671 lol
carveawoodeneye 1 year ago
You May Have To Work A Little Harder And Spend Some Money On A Rig When You Hit A Rock, But How the Heck Do You Get The Casing In After?
helmetfire150pilot 1 year ago
@helmetfire150pilot We can drill rocks, but it is slow. So hitting a rock doesn't mean you have to give up. Also, the work involved in this system is less than any other home well drilling system on the market. You can see a detailed list of frequently asked questions at my website (see link in the video info) - to put the casing down, we simply pull out the drill and lower the casing into the hole.
HowToDrillAWell 1 year ago
@HowToDrillAWell The casing went in for me with some work but it does go in. I used 2 air compressors with a y to achieve the 16cfms at 90psi.
kajin911 1 year ago
@blackhole522 hahahahahha
scramp3 1 year ago
so how does this little drill bore out a 6plus inch hole to get the casing down to the base of the well??? i'd be curious to either see how that's done or a detailed explanation. I'm really interested!! Does the video you sell have detailed instructions on how to get the diameter sufficient for 6 inch casings. thanks
uwrasta 1 year ago
thats a big back yard there...
nexxtech911 1 year ago
it's one thing to drill a hole, totally another to put a caseing in. 20 foot lengths of 6 inch iron pipe is not light, or 4 inch for that matter.
jacktheripped 1 year ago
@jacktheripped oh, hahahahah PVC caseing? When we had our 8.6 earthquake I wonder how many pieces it would be in....
jacktheripped 1 year ago
@jacktheripped True, which is why we use PVC as many well drillers do. It is much easier to work with, and is "light" :)
HowToDrillAWell 1 year ago
That's quite a good system, Certianly in terms of the spoil removal, shame the big rig's don't have it as I currently get coated in the spoil.
You'd get problems over here with this system though, the grounds far too hard for this system, and most of the water is under soil level in courses in the bedrock. Plus In a Dry summer like this a shallow well would dry up.
Nice Setup though. I'd like to see the spoil removal setup built onto a larger Rotary percussion rig. theres demand for it.
ModTaf 1 year ago
Hooked to an air compressor?
knt3119 1 year ago
@knt3119 Yes, one supplying at least 16 CFM @ 90 PSI.
HowToDrillAWell 1 year ago
what size diameter is the casing you use? How do you screen the well?
xjdubber 1 year ago
@xjdubber We drill a 5.25" hole for 4" thinwall PVC casing. The wellscreen is made using a tool we provide in all our kits which you can view at our website.
HowToDrillAWell 1 year ago
Interesting idea, but illegal in North Carolina where we must use a registered driller. Plus, because of the geology here, only machine drills are capable of going the several hundred feet and breaking into bedrock to reach an aquifer.
Bedrock well water is not only cleaner and tastier, but if you can hit a confined aquifer, it could save you the need to install a pump. I think it's "well" worth it.
pfarnsworth84 1 year ago
@pfarnsworth84 State and local laws vary widely, but in many states it is illegal to drill a well for *someone else* without a license, but perfectly legal to drill your own well on your own property. You should always check before drilling.
As to your other comment, aquifer wells are often better, but almost never necessary to get good water. And artesian wells are extremely rare these days, and usually peter out after a few days as the pressure is equalized, so a pump is often still needed.
HowToDrillAWell 1 year ago
we pay 15 thousand dollars her in Texas for a well you can make a fortune with this simple invention . IT will make drilling rigs obsolete
thomasuras 1 year ago
looks awesome mate verry clever
diagorioso 1 year ago
Any suggestions for us folk here in Hawaii we have mostly rock to drill into, just please don t say move because its just not an option for us. We are trying to get off all the grids by year end. Would this work in lava rock or do you have an idea how to go about that. Aloha
mystichawaii 1 year ago
@mystichawaii we can drill rock, but it is slow. If it's lava rock like I saw in Guatemala (coarse, very light, porous, fairly soft) then I wouldn't think it would be a big problem. In hard rocks like granite we drill very slow, perhaps .5" an hour, while with sand we are up to 20 feet per hour. If it is the softer rock, then I would think you could go through it fairly quickly, compared to granite. Let me know if you have any other questions.
HowToDrillAWell 1 year ago
i think this kinda defeats the purpose , you already have water and your useing a drill of some sort ,maybe you should drill a well from scratch .
modockid 2 years ago
This doesn't require a local water supply. It does require water to drill, which can be hauled in 55 gallon drums for the drilling needs. This is drilled from scratch, and most well drilling systems require water to remove the tailings, only a few very labor intensive, very shallow, well systems can do without at least some water to start.
HowToDrillAWell 2 years ago
How straight do you get the holes? have you every had any geophysics / verticality performed on your holes?
websquid 2 years ago
The holes are not perfectly straight; we don't use steel casing, so a perfectly straight hole doesn't matter. The pump won't care :)
the plans we offer show you how to build (and the kit we sell comes with) a well point which will follow the hole even if it weaves quite a bit going down into the ground. The verticality is quite unimportant on a low-tech solution like this.
HowToDrillAWell 2 years ago
Just so you know don't get caught trying to drill your own well, most county s require permits, if you do get caught you could receive pretty substantial fines for doing so.
throwsparx 2 years ago 2
You should always check local laws, of course; but what is not commonly known is that while it is usually forbidden to drill a well for someone else without a license, it is often permitted to drill *your own well*. Many states don't even require permits. So check and see if yours does/doesn't.
HowToDrillAWell 2 years ago
Hi Love your site. Could you please send me information eg set up costs, what size compressor would you need. would I be able to buy from you the air drill and bits. If I can buy from you what is required this end to complete a transaction. Could you please reply asap We are desperate for water and we know water is there - about 80 feet deep. Our neigbours tell us that it cost them $14,000 aus we are not that well off.
Cheers Wayne
waynelidd 2 years ago
You need a compressor capable of supplying at least 16 CFM @ 90 PSI - which in Australia is about 500LPM @ 6 Bar. My international kit is 599$, which contains everything you must buy from me. You'll need about 100-300$ worth of pipe, tape, odds and ends like that. Then it's just the cost of the compressor or rental thereof and you're good to go. Those are prices in the US in US dollars, so I have no idea what it costs there, of course. 80 feet should present no particular difficulty.
HowToDrillAWell 2 years ago
You can see info on how to purchase on my website, which is linked in the "more info" page at the top-right corner of the screen. Contact me through Email if you have more questions :)
HowToDrillAWell 2 years ago
fill up the whole WHERE?
cockfight420 2 years ago
We fill up the hole with water which is how the drill manages to pump; both the settling chamber where I put the water in the video and the drilling hole itself is filled, so that the water that is ejected out of the top of the drill stem will make it recycle.
HowToDrillAWell 2 years ago
got a question how did you get the casing in the hole??????
056868 2 years ago
When the depth desired is reached, the drill is removed and casing is immediately lowered; the hole is stabilized with drilling mud in most cases.
HowToDrillAWell 2 years ago
I made my water well another way... also by hand in my backyard. I put a video response to show my way!
rrronald1971 2 years ago
Do you have any customer testimonials or better still, video testimonials of people who have actually succeeded with using your kit? Thanks !!
HealthisWealthyes 2 years ago
You can see testimonials at my website (see link in the info section to the right of the video) which contains a link to many more feedback notes on my Ebay page. You can also see a video on youtube, see my other videos for "drilling a well in the snow" where one of my customers was drilling in the snow.
HowToDrillAWell 2 years ago
what if you get stuck?
budmike82 2 years ago
Getting stuck is rare if you follow the instructions; and virtually all "stuck" situations can be unstuck by following the protocols in the plans.
HowToDrillAWell 2 years ago
how far have you gotten down?? do you think you could go a mile or more?? pretty cool, i was wondering if this could be done, i guess it can lol. thanks for sharing this freely so people learn! thats what i do with my work too.
boxa888 2 years ago
I've gone as far as 210', and several wells nearly that deep. I think a mile is a bit... optimistic for a home well :)
HowToDrillAWell 2 years ago
thanks, my q. about compressor what is the lowest compressor need to run it (hp,cfm,psi,volume of tank L) thanks
TheHania123 2 years ago
It requires at least 16 CFM @ 90 PSI. Volume of the tank does not matter. HP to provide that much CFM is about 7.5.
HowToDrillAWell 2 years ago
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thank you for the reply. my qu. now how you know whene to stop driiling special the hole full of water! so you can not know if hit water or not!
TheHania123 2 years ago
thank you for the reply. my qu. now how you know whene to stop driiling special the hole full is of water! so you can not know if hit water or not!
TheHania123 2 years ago
It's difficult to say exactly; the best way is to ask your neighbors who have a well, if any, how deep their water level is, then pick a depth at least 20-30 feet below that as a target depth. Or if you want to be sure, go 40-50 feet deeper to be on the safe side. This point is also addressed in the plans in some detail, but generally, you may feel a change in the water temperature (suddenly colder) when you hit water,
HowToDrillAWell 2 years ago
you may notice a difference in the sand that might indicate water (discussed in the plans), but the surest way is to let it set overnight. The vast majority of wells can't be finished in a day, so when you go back to the well after it setting overnight, you'll be able to either see the water standing in the hole, or drop a float to it. It will almost always be standing at the depth of your groundwater. That's the best way to tell. There are a few other ideas in the plans, too.
HowToDrillAWell 2 years ago
Hi in my place we do not have big comprssor
so what I have to do !
TheHania123 2 years ago
Sorry, but this will only work with a large compressor. Most every place in the world has access to a large compressor, anyplace where concrete road work or hotels or large buildings are constructed, large air compressors can usually be found.
HowToDrillAWell 2 years ago
You certainly should check the laws in your own state; but make sure to make it clear that you're drilling your OWN well, not drilling one for someone else. In many states you are permitted to drill your own well on your own property without a license. But in the same state, drilling a well for someone ELSE would land you a fine.
HowToDrillAWell 2 years ago
that's illegal in the state of delaware, so check your local laws. if they catch you drilling a well in delaware, and you aren't certified, be pre-prepared for a big fine, and maybe even more, these days.
thatbastardson 2 years ago 3
Preperation is not sufficient?
sharpstems 2 years ago
@thatbastardson Who in their right mind would drink the water in delaware?just kidding ya , i guess its ok, i must have been thinking about mexico.lol
Hollrobb 1 year ago
@Hollrobb its actually great water, where I am. its colder than any tap water. im lovin it.
thatbastardson 1 year ago
@thatbastardson ,Thats great, Nothing better for ya then nice clean water. Take care,Rob
Hollrobb 1 year ago
@thatbastardson pre-prepared? Redundant much? lol
Chilvan 1 year ago
This method will not work where I am at, any oil rig driller will tell you, red clay, black chunk mud, white sugar sand, gray shale, more red clay, iron ore rock, more white sugar sand, then the water table, and average of 150-600 ft under the ground.
UGLandrum 2 years ago
I'm sure that's exactly what a well driller would tell you. How else can people be convinced to pay them $10,000+ for water, when they could do it themselves for a thousand or two?
But that doesn't necessarily make it what they say accurate. They don't know this system, and they get paid by the foot - the deeper they go, the more money they make.
But I have drilled through all of those things personally, and have drilled as far as 210' deep. I have customers who've drilled such strata, too.
HowToDrillAWell 2 years ago
@HowToDrillAWell Not all well drillers are like that and i've drilled wells that cost under 2 thousand.
andrewsengineering 1 year ago
@andrewsengineering No, I know that not all well drillers are like that, but I hear many, many horror stories about them from customers all the time. If well drillers provided wells at a fair price - and I consider 2000$ a fair price - then I would have no business. Obviously, my customers feel that most commercial wells are overpriced or I would not be able to sell these.
HowToDrillAWell 1 year ago
You said it will drill though rock. Is this true. Neighbours where I live have drilled 160 to 550 feet deep through rock to get towater. How practical is your method?
inthepresentraw 2 years ago
Well, yes it can drill through rock; but drilling through hundreds of feet of it would take so much time as to not be practical. However, you very likely don't need to go that deep to get water. Almost every well drilled by a professional is deeper than it needs to be, sometimes by a factor of ten, since they get paid by the foot.
What I'd do is ask a neighbor to let you drop a float into their well, and see where the FIRST water level is. That gives you a more accurate idea of where it is.
HowToDrillAWell 2 years ago
Then if it's a more reasonable level, (and 95% of people in the US find water at less than 100') contact me and we'll go from there :)
HowToDrillAWell 2 years ago
I tried to get to your link but it says it is no longer available..please help
MrToyman46 2 years ago
go to HowToDrillAWell(dot)com for my website.
HowToDrillAWell 2 years ago
how do you prevent the shaft from going off in whatever direction it wants to? PVC is rigid but only to a point steel guarantees a straight shaft, and why does the compressor need to be so big? other than that everything else makes sense.
TheDudeRulez09 2 years ago
The drill and expansion chamber assembly is rigid for the first 3 feet, which helps a lot. And though it will still wander a bit, the misdirections will tend to cancel one another out. And finally we use 4" thinwall PVC pipe which is relatively flexible so it will follow the hole even if it weaves a little bit. The compressor has to be so big because the air tool sucks a lot of power to run constantly.
HowToDrillAWell 2 years ago
where is your website to make a purchase?
SrMack001 2 years ago
The link is in the upper right hand corner of this page where you saw the video, in the information section. I can't type it here as youtube deletes comments with links in them.
HowToDrillAWell 2 years ago
It cuts a 5.25" hole for 4" thinwall PVC casing. When the drilling is done, we pull the drill and drop casing in.
HowToDrillAWell 2 years ago
thank you for the info im looking forward
to using you produced !!! keep up the good work ....
TheStarlightfox 2 years ago
using that how doing you get a 4'' or 6 ''
casing in there the hole looks small do you use a biger cuting bit ? i like your produced
TheStarlightfox 2 years ago
i don't understand... what is turning the bit? what is sucking the water and mud out?
dirtTdude 2 years ago
The bit is powered by a small air tool which runs off of a large compressor. The exhaust air from the drill going up the pipe creates a vacuum and pumps the water out.
HowToDrillAWell 2 years ago
As I'm posting this comment, I am haveing a well drilled in my front yard! I don't know how much this system costs, but for $5500 I get a professional well drilled with permits and a 15 year guarantee on everything! They hook it all up and it's safe to drink from. I'm a bit skeptical about doing it yourself.
kingKofD 2 years ago
well, if you wouldn't have the 5500 dollars to spent on one, you would at least try it mister skeptikal:-)
marcelisdirk 2 years ago
Very true!! :)
kingKofD 2 years ago