I just joined this site. I do a lot of DYI projects. Even if it cost more than having someone else do it. It seems to always takes a lot longer to complete. Nothing is more rewarding than doing it your self. Question, I had a 4' deep well installed. I had a well with a above the ground pump that was here when I brought the house a year ago. The well was appox: 125 ft deep. what I could get from it was clear good tasting water. The new 4" well is apox" 90 ft deep. It is the worse water anyone could get. It smells, and has put iron rust color everywhere. Great pressure and using it at this time for lawn sprinkler system. I think if the well was deeper maybe it would be better water,but no way to know. Can I drill the same well deeper? I looked into filter etc. but the cost can get way up there. Any ideas? Thanks, Farmer Tom stuck in the city.
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skspurling
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Welcome. As far as the well, I know from experiance when I was a kid, that you have to line your well to prevent it from picking up calcium and iron, as well as many other minerals. In the area I lived in as a kid, there were a lot of these cheaply drilled wells, where they did not put casing down far enough in the well. They would run okay for a few days and then the water would be as hard as could be imagined, and would stink something aweful. You need to talk to your local extention agent and ask them how far down they have to drill in your area. Then ask them how far down the well should be cased.
Briana03
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Hello & WELCOME to TBN!
I moved your thread to the Build-It Yourself Forum.
I moved your thread to the Build-It Yourself Forum.
BHD
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welcome,
most well drillers will not re drill a well, unless it is a very larger casing to Begin with,
and some would depend on what they used for or if they plugged the bottom of the well,
and the water from the upper level would still most likely get into the water being pumped, and you would not be able to put a sub pump to the bottom, as most would be to big for a 3" casing,
most well drillers will not re drill a well, unless it is a very larger casing to Begin with,
and some would depend on what they used for or if they plugged the bottom of the well,
and the water from the upper level would still most likely get into the water being pumped, and you would not be able to put a sub pump to the bottom, as most would be to big for a 3" casing,
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Tomshouse,
Welocme to TBN. Several questions:
1. You had/have good water from your 125' deep well - why did you abandon this well? Was it low producing or running dry?
2. What is the flow rate of your old well versus your new well?
3. What region of the country are you? FL and the south (or high water table areas) seem to have 4" wells thru sand where in the Northeast we have 6" wells thru granite..
4. What are your neighbors well depths - do they have good water? At what depth?
5. Do you have enough land to move a well to another area? I think if your neighbors (if in a 500-800' radius of your place) have good water you should be able to get good water too.
Welocme to TBN. Several questions:
1. You had/have good water from your 125' deep well - why did you abandon this well? Was it low producing or running dry?
2. What is the flow rate of your old well versus your new well?
3. What region of the country are you? FL and the south (or high water table areas) seem to have 4" wells thru sand where in the Northeast we have 6" wells thru granite..
4. What are your neighbors well depths - do they have good water? At what depth?
5. Do you have enough land to move a well to another area? I think if your neighbors (if in a 500-800' radius of your place) have good water you should be able to get good water too.
Thanks all, My well is a 4' and is 90 ft deep. I dont know how far the casting is. The well I had at 125ft was an old well that the person I brought the house from knew nothing about. She never messed with it. The pipe coming up was bent over and trying to fix it I cracked the pipe at the first joint which was appox. 8ft down. I dug to the first joint by hand. After I hooked up the pump, which someone gave me, I just couldnt get the well to keep its prime. The people I talked to that live near me hit good water at 45 ft. and 125 ft. With a lot of work, my wife wanted me to have a new well put in. I am sorry I ever had it done. I was also thinking I had iron bactria. I havent had this tested yet. I have looked around for some way of filtering this well. At this point we are just using it for lawn and garden. We were hoping to use it in the home.
SSdoxie
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I put one of the Whirlpool central filter units in. Whirlpool Central Water Filtration System
Works great to remove sediments and some types of bacteria. Got mine at Lowes.
Works great to remove sediments and some types of bacteria. Got mine at Lowes.
Short Game
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Can you drop a submersible pump down the old hole? It's always easier to push water than to pull it. If you are sure you've sealed up the broken joint, and you still can't keep a prime, then the old pipe is probably rusted out somewhere below the new break. Good water is beyond price. I wish you nothing but good luck with this.
