[AT] Off Topic: Well Drilling

[Mike]

  Those pitcher pumps are exactly what I was hoping to install, also a 
lot  of good advice from the well driller. I was able to locate the 
drillers report from when they put the well in at our house. Our well is 
only 54' deep and the static water level is listed at 14'6". I'm hoping 
that this means I won't have to drill much more than 20 ft or so to get 
a decent well. From reading the advice from the well driller, it's a 
little hard to tell whether he uses one or two pipes, one as the casing 
and a smaller one to connect to the well with a sand screen on the end 
of it, or just the outside casing for the well. Will have to do a little 
more reading as the time gets closer to do it. Thanks.

Mike M

On 3/13/2013 9:00 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> Mike this is the best advice I've seen on that site yet.  It's by a
> professional driller.
> http://drillyourownwell.com/Advice-from-a-real-well-driller.htm
> He fills in the details on how to know when you've hit water.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: charlie hill
> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 8:29 AM
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>
> Mike here are a couple of old style cast iron pitcher pumps.
>
> http://www.agrisupply.com/HEAVY-DUTY-TALL-CAST-IRON-PITCHER-PUMP/p/66844/&sid=&eid=/
>
> http://www.agrisupply.com/Hvy-Dty-Cast-Iron-Pitcher-Pump-Open-Spout/p/40132/&sid=&eid=/
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike
> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 7:47 PM
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> Subject: Re: [AT] Off Topic: Well Drilling
>
> Thanks Charlie, I spent some time looking at the videos, as I plan on
> doing something like that this spring. I wish it would have shown how to
> install a hand pump because that's what I would like to do. We have a
> pasture in front of our house that is too far for hoses, and hauling 5
> gallon buckets for the horses is a PIA.  It would also give me a source
> of water in case of a protracted power outage.
>
> Mike M
>
> On 3/12/2013 11:07 AM, charlie hill wrote:
>> A while back we talked about drilling our own shallow wells.
>> I happened across this web site this morning and there is some
>> great information in it that might be valuable to some in the group.
>>
>> http://drillyourownwell.com/
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