FAQs About Our Water Well Drilling System

[eyewarnedyou]

Wow.....looking at you is like looking at me 30 years ago. They say that everyone has a double, and I think I just bumped into mine. No joke....

[HowToDrillAWell]

@eyewarnedyou Well, I hope I get even more suave and debonair as I age... :)

[Begbucks]

I can't believe that you actually charge someone $550 for basically pumping air thru the pipe into the ground!! But if you did manage to strike a gusher would this be a Spring like natural spring water & would one have to employ filters &/or caustic chemicals?

[HowToDrillAWell]

@Begbucks This powered using an air drill, not just air going into a pipe. With this, we can drill through clay, even rock - something not possible by "basically pumping air through the pipe into the ground". Wells are very rarely springs (artesian), usually you have to use a pump to pull water out of the ground; and no, chemicals are rarely needed, most water is drinkable as is, but test it first. Many free test kits are available online.

[Begbucks]

@HowToDrillAWell You know I should be engaged in "Water Well Drilling for Dummies" but since I skipped those passages, I'm the all the wiser on these posts lol. Thanks for the tips & timely response. You know; We normally go to a Spring to bottle our own some 29 miles RT & have been at it for some 29 years. I really getting tired of it every 19 days on cue but won't ingest anything touted as "FDA safe" from the tap.

[ladygrace1023]

I hope OSHA is not on You Tube.

[123kkambiz]

@ladygrace1023 lot of laugh, you made me laugh, this video or set up is very peremature, secondly one can not drill stones or rock with ch a high speed, the drill bit should be carbide tipped whicher can drill rocks, (cylindrical type carbid drillbit which uses water to cool the carbide tips, thirdly h e has to make arrangement for sending the tool down the water whole along with of thater supply to send mud and broken sand out well, also he has to solve the problem of air which will gush out

[123kkambiz]

@ladygrace1023 lot of laugh, you made me laugh, this video or set up is very peremature, secondly one can not drill stones or rock with ch a high speed, the drill bit should be carbide tipped whicher can drill rocks, (cylindrical type carbid drillbit which uses water to cool the carbide tips, thirdly h e has to make arrangement for sending the tool down the water whole along with of thater supply to send mud and broken sand out well, also he has to solve the problem of air which will gush out

[waterwart]

uh? About that drill.....you aon't gunna be able to lay that thing over on a hole 10 feet down,like you did just then in thu videu.

[HowToDrillAWell]

@waterwart Of course not. I have drilled 210' wells with this system, through several rocks. This is just to show you that the drill, when it hits a rock, keeps grinding and working. It's to show the power, not to demonstrate the way a rock is drilled.

[Miguel1994000000]

Hey, I would do this but I'm afraid I touch some high tension cables. When my neighbourhood was built they burried them somewhere.

I'm afraid too that I drill someones water pipes.

How to the big companys deal with this?

[HowToDrillAWell]

@Miguel1994000000 There are usually signs around saying "Call before you dig" with a telephone number; then you just call the company who owns the cables and they come out for free and find and flag the cables/water pipes/etc. Occasionally you'll have to call a few different companies, but sometimes one does it all.

[mightym451]

I just got quoted $26,000 for a 150' well. I'm considering spending the $500 plus some time on this kit to attempt it myself. Wish there were more customer reviews around the web.

[HowToDrillAWell]

@mightym451 There are many reviews on my website, many with pictures; just go to the website (HowToDrillAWell (dot) com) and click on "Photo Gallery". And if you have any doubts at all, I recommend you buy the plans and DVD first - 29.95 - which tell you how to do everything, including building the kit; and if you then decide to buy a kit, the price of the plans is refunded off the top, so you have very little risk and know exactly how everything works before you buy a kit :)

[HowToDrillAWell]

Yes, it's all for sale on my website, HowTodrillAWell (dot) com. Check it out!

[fernandogatoita]

I'm in Brazil and would like to know how to do a bit of this, because I'm wanting to make a well and found interesting your process. I wonder if you sell a scheme or project of this borer and how to do what is the price.

[drdave771]

HAhah you have got to be kidding me. Gee how are you going to put casing in and grout the hole. This is foolish. I have drilled hundreds of wells using bucyrus erie 22W and Cyclone Rotary rigs, your telling me that little thing is going to drill better than my 500 hp rotary? Come on.....

[HowToDrillAWell]

@drdave771 No one said it will drill better. I'm quite sure you can drill faster and farther. But your rig costs what, 10s, 100s of thousands of dollars? And you charge people what, 2,000 - 10,000$ per well? This rig costs 500$. So, many people are happy to settle for it to take a bit longer.

Mine weighs seven pounds and can go into backyards you can't get into, and be shipped to far countries where you could never go. You can see pictures from some of these successful wells at my website.

[DMagers]

I like it when you say "This is very dangerous, so never under any circumstances try this at home". You are trying to get all of us to do just that by selling us plans, information and supplies. Isn't it true you will have to start drilling at ground level at some point just like you just demonstrated? LOL when you try to show us how easily the drill will dig through rock. I don't think you can flex your drill to the side like that while it's in a hole. Boy it sure went through that stone,Not

[HowToDrillAWell]

@DMagers No, the first four feet are dug by post-hole digger precisely so you don't have to do this. And no one said it cut through concrete like butter - but it does go through it. The point was to show how powerfully the drill grinds on the rock, not to show that I could drill through it in 10 seconds - something not even a 100,000$ truck-mounted rig could have done.

[AquariaNetTV]

I need to dig a well about 400 ft.

[HowToDrillAWell]

@AquariaNetTV No home well drilling system can go past 300'. With mine, technically, it might be possible to go deeper, but the time entailed would probably be quite prohibitive. I have gone 210' here, myself, but never farther than that. That said, it is highly doubtful that wells NEED to be drilled that deep in your area; I run into this all over the country.

[HowToDrillAWell]

@HowToDrillAWell Bear in mind that well drillers get paid by the foot. It is to their best interests to dig as deep as they can get away with, whether you need that or not. What I would do is find some neighbors with a well in your area, and ask to drop a float (a lightly-weighted pill bottle tied to a string works nicely) into their well and see where the *first* water is. That will give you an idea of how deep you might actually *need* to go to get your well drilled.

[casualtiesofpunk]

or you can just get a DTHH and get around 500' in just a few hours depending on formation. this way its also M.O.E standards and cased.

[HowToDrillAWell]

@casualtiesofpunk True, at a cost of 5000$-50,000$ depending on where you live.

[casualtiesofpunk]

@HowToDrillAWell I more so say depending on the crew and geology. A good crew can do a few jobs in a day and therefore can charge less to attract more business. an unorganised crew well.. the opposite. With your method 1) is hydro-fracking possible and safe? and do you run any casing? If you do use casing upload a video of how you do it, I am curious of how you would do it.

[HowToDrillAWell]

@casualtiesofpunk If it were so cheap, no one would be looking for an alternative and yet thousands and thousands are :) I personally know a man in my area who was quoted 8,000$ for a 25' well through sand!

We do not hydrofrack, nor does any home drilling rig, and it is scarcely ever necessary to get plenty of water. And yes, we case, details are available on the plans/DVD set.

[casualtiesofpunk]

@HowToDrillAWell wow 8 grand for a 25'. Around here for a 50' 9" well cased and screened the rate is 2 grand. what a rip off that guy must be.

[andrewsengineering]

@HowToDrillAWell $8,000 for a 25' well is way too high. I just finished an 80' well for a guy for just under $2,000.

[gfc56]

Those sandels dont offer much protection. I suggest you wear steel toed boots next time.

[kd5gua]

how do you draw water up a well pipe farther than what 14psi will push it?

[HowToDrillAWell]

@kd5gua We don't "draw" water, we push it with air. If you're deeper, you just need more PSI to counteract the weight of the water head, if you can get any bubble to come out at the bottom end of the pump it will go up and push water ahead of it and leave a vacuum behind it.

[skateboy159]

how deep have u drilled with this?

[HowToDrillAWell]

@skateboy159 I have used this well to drill holes to 210', 196', and 175' in three different holes. I see no reason why this system couldn't be used to go deeper, but I've never done it. Generally we recommend that on your first well you stick to under 100' so that you can gain experience in a shallower well before progressing to a deeper one, but that may not be an option for you depending on where you live.

[diagorioso]

i wouldnt listen to any of these assholes! its a great idea! like you said its quick easy and cheap! Up here for thinking! ignorant wankers!

[colin340]

that not power at all my grandfathers rig drops 2 ton 5 feet ever 10 sec

[HowToDrillAWell]

@colin340 granted, but then mine didn't cost 100,000$... :)

[driverain2]

@colin340 LAME ASS STATEMENT FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

[colin340]

@driverain2

its alll about watts

[xjdubber]

@colin340

Your father in law has a percusion rig which is and old crappy drilling method.

[patrickpugh2000]

Also, at what point would one know when to pump out the silt? Is the PVC pipe used as both a guide for the bit to travel straight? While drilling when does one pump water in to cool the bit and water the cuttings and then pump them out? Is this done alternately while drilling?

[patrickpugh2000]

How can one be sure that the well drilled using your tech does not end with a curved bore and another hole at my neighbor's end?

[HowToDrillAWell]

@patrickpugh2000 This is going to make a hole basically in the direction you point; it might weave a little bit but gravity and the rigidity of the pipe keep it going down.

[rdf7777]

LMAO pure genius pure genius how far did you get 2 inches.

[HowToDrillAWell]

This system has been used to drill 210', 196', and 175'.

[SeverEnergia]

You can buy piping from the oil fields (in canada).

I'm tempted to try it. :p

[jenkins17189]

well i am pretty sure most people out there would rather pay a little extra to have a well drilled the way it has been done for a long time and have it done right

[HowToDrillAWell]

Shallow, cheap, hand dug wells predate the "new" way by thousands of years. And sure, it's much faster and easier to spend 10,000$ to have a well drilled for you, but not everyone has that luxury.

This offers them, as it did me, an option to allow you to get good water affordably, and do it in a self-sustaining, self-reliant, low-impact way.

[IKLIPTIC]

@jenkins17189 So your saying that wells prior to todays technology and regulations and what is considered by you to be "Done Right" were in fact not good wells for thousands of years? I hope you did not seriously mean that. If you did mean that today it is done right and this mans way which was normal 100 and up years ago is not then your a complete moron. I guess the Romans and the Egyptians were all wrong as well and today its all done better lol. People make some stupid comments lol.

[jenkins17189]

i dont think that 4'' pvc is going to flex much. plus when you are putting the casing in the hole how are you going to hold it when you put the next peice on

[HowToDrillAWell]

I've done it. It flexes. Set up a hundred feet of 4" pipe together, then go pick it up in the middle. You'll have to get it 20' or better off the ground before the ends pick up. As to holding it, all the kits come with a well point which has a hole for a rope which you use to support the bottom piece, so by holding the rope (and lashing it around a tree or something, as necessary) the pipe can be lowered into the well without fear of it falling or the glue breaking.

[HowToDrillAWell]

This isn't a concept that I came up with last week; I spent over two years developing this, full time, to get myself a successful well. I've now shipped these to customers in over a dozen countries, and many people now have water who could not have possibly afforded it a few years ago, thanks to this system.

[jenkins17189]

also when your drilling what is preventing the bit from wanting to just drill in the path of less resistance and bending the whole way down the hole. i dont think that your 4 inch is going to be as flexible as what you are using to push your drill bit down the hole.

[HowToDrillAWell]

Well, the drill and expansion chamber assembly is rigid for the first 3 feet; that helps keep the hole straight. And the few misdirections that drill will still make tend to cancel one another out. And, unless you happen to hit the edge of a huge rock, you aren't going to have a sudden shift in the direction of the drill head, so the PVC 4" will follow it even if it weaves a bit. Plus we have a round well point that will bounce off the walls and follow the hole down.

[jenkins17189]

but if you were drilling a couple hundred feet then any slight angle will throw it off quit a bit wont it?

[HowToDrillAWell]

True, but the longer the distance, the easier the pipe can follow the angle.

[jenkins17189]

now would this be supported by the DEP, DEC, or health department? cause i know that a water well driller has to have a few permits before he can even think about drilling

[HowToDrillAWell]

Depends on state and local codes. In many states, including the one where I live, It is legal for you to drill your own well on your own property without government interference or permits being required. In other states, like Oregon, a state inspector has to be present for the casing/grouting of the well.

One of my customers from Oregon did that, and the well passed without any problems. You should always have well water tested before drinking it, and such tests are easily available online.

[jenkins17189]

how are you going to move your "bit" side to side when your 100 ft in the hole to drill through the rock?

[HowToDrillAWell]

Not quite sure I understand the question; the drill bit spins on its axis, so you don't need to "move" it when it's in the hole.

[jenkins17189]

but when you where drilling through the rock in the video you where rocking it back and forth to get it to drill through the rock

[HowToDrillAWell]

Ah, I see. No, I just did that to show how it bites. Rather than spend the time it would take to get the hole drilled down through this rock to fit the bit so that it would be in contact with the rock, I just bent the drill over to show how it bites when it's in contact.

This is concrete, too, which is harder than just about anything you'll find in the ground.

[056868]

no way in hell. what he doesnt tell you is that there is no way your going to fit a pump down such a narrow hole

[HowToDrillAWell]

The hole is 5.25" for 4" PVC casing. Most any pump on the market will fit in a 4" hole :)

[DavesTreeFarm]

I thought you used water under pressure to drill the well, but in the demo here your using air pressure. 15 psi vs 100+ psi?

[HowToDrillAWell]

No, my system does not require water pressure. See my other video for more fundamental info about how it drills. It requires 90 PSI of air pressure at the very minimum to drill a well with this system. Water is required, but not pressurized; it can be hauled in tanks and dumped in the hole on site.

[thatbastardson]

no way it will drill solid rock. most places dont have large sheets of solid rock though, without there being some kind of sand or clay in between.

[HowToDrillAWell]

Yeah, as I said it can drill rock, but if you have to drill through 150' of solid rock, ANY rig is going to take forever and be impractical.

[bonehead1902]

Yeah this is stupid it will never work where i live you dig 3 feet than you hit solid bed rock. it takes about 3 to 4 days to drill a well around here lol thats with a rig lol all this its good for is sand.

[Ramsfam1]

@thatbastardson Clearly you have never drilled or dug a hole in Texas. We are not short of any solid rock and we have plenty of if!

[fishcake1235]

Hay thanks for the vids their really Good :)

[teel6060]

Doesnt look like it even phases the rock! How long to drill through 1 foot of rock? 36 hours? 72?

???

[HowToDrillAWell]

It totally depends on the type of rock. You can't expect this to work as well as a commercial truck mounted rig; it simply doesn't have the torque. Generally an average of .5-2 inches an hour is typical for most types of rock. The rock shown was very hard, cured concrete which is as hard or harder than anything you'd encounter in the ground.

[HowToDrillAWell]

Yes, it does very well at cleaning out existing wells. Yes, it would do 90' of sediment no problem :)

[WoundedEgo]

I live on Sand Mountain in Alabama. If I dig one to three feet anywhere on my property I hit solid rock. I can see large boulders exposed in the valley next door.

I consulted with a local well digger. He said that there is water between the rocks and I would have to go 75-125 feet at $15 per foot.

Would your drill work in such a situation?

[HowToDrillAWell]

We don't drill anything with huge boulders well. Rock we can drill, but boulders are different since you often can't get a bite on them. So if you can get a well drilled that deep for that price, I'd say go for it :)

[middleofnowwhere]

i have a question. i have been living in a house that has a well for just over a year now. the first year was hard because the well stopped working for about 3 months. no well repair men would come to my place because of the area, so we had to borrow a hose from a neighbor for water.

3 months later, the water magically came back. it was running strong all winter, but now (the same time as last year to the week...) the well has stopped again.

we dont know what to do, where should we start

[WhiskeyyBreath]

what size well and how deep is it?

[HowToDrillAWell]

5.25" is the size of the bore, large enough for 4" thinwall casing, and the depth is up to you; I've drilled 210' but I recommend that people stick to under 100' on their first well if at all possible to gain experience before tackling a deeper well.

[HowToDrillAWell]

I know the risks - and admit it's stupid. Which is why noone else should do it! :)

[vyoufinder]

Dude, you made me cringe watching this. I like it when you say "This is very dangerous, so never under any circumstances try this at home." Haha, and you're wearing sandals, shorts, no goggles, nothing. Love it.

[manwiththewhities]

LOL I was thinking the same thing.

[antifascist1]

@vyoufinder Mustache is enough protection.