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Lots of activity today as we had the foundation sealers on-site (left side of photo) in addition to the well drillers (on the right) who continued looking for a better flow of water.
A fair amount of water had seeped into the well overnight and the drillers estimated the flow to be about 1 gallon/minute. They decided to continue drilling (having stopped last night at 580 ft) in hopes of finding more water deeper down. The slurry coming up out of the well is the pulverized granite we are drilling through, mixed with the little bit of water they encounter, making a concrete-like muck.
After hitting 740 ft with out finding much additional water, the crew had reached the limit of this rig. In reality, the odds of hitting water below 600 ft are pretty slim anyway. In this picture, the crew has already pulled all 740 ft of drill stem back out of the well and are seen pulling the drill bit section out of the hole. The only thing left to do at this point is pour grout around the well casing to seal out any ground water that is less than 21 ft deep and to cap the well.
At this point their work is done and the drilling rig is heading down the driveway. Another crew will come in a few days and install a pump at the bottom of the well.
This picture shows the capped well and the official plate that says the well is 740 ft deep and produces a flow of 1 gallon/minute. We would liked to have gotten a better flow, but 1 gallon/min is still 1440 gallons/day. This is more than enough for the average home that uses several hundred gallons of water a day.
While the well was being completed, the foundation sealers also moved on with their work. The first step consisted of spraying a smelly, tar-like goo on the foundation wall.
Then sheets of a spongy, fiberglass-like material were cut to size and stuck to the black goo. After installing a drain section at the bottom of the wall (not seen in this picture), they were done for the day too.
Lots of activity today as we had the foundation sealers on-site (left side of photo) in addition to the well drillers (on the right) who continued looking for a better flow of water.
A fair amount of water had seeped into the well overnight and the drillers estimated the flow to be about 1 gallon/minute. They decided to continue drilling (having stopped last night at 580 ft) in hopes of finding more water deeper down. The slurry coming up out of the well is the pulverized granite we are drilling through, mixed with the little bit of water they encounter, making a concrete-like muck.
After hitting 740 ft with out finding much additional water, the crew had reached the limit of this rig. In reality, the odds of hitting water below 600 ft are pretty slim anyway. In this picture, the crew has already pulled all 740 ft of drill stem back out of the well and are seen pulling the drill bit section out of the hole. The only thing left to do at this point is pour grout around the well casing to seal out any ground water that is less than 21 ft deep and to cap the well.
At this point their work is done and the drilling rig is heading down the driveway. Another crew will come in a few days and install a pump at the bottom of the well.
This picture shows the capped well and the official plate that says the well is 740 ft deep and produces a flow of 1 gallon/minute. We would liked to have gotten a better flow, but 1 gallon/min is still 1440 gallons/day. This is more than enough for the average home that uses several hundred gallons of water a day.
While the well was being completed, the foundation sealers also moved on with their work. The first step consisted of spraying a smelly, tar-like goo on the foundation wall.
Then sheets of a spongy, fiberglass-like material were cut to size and stuck to the black goo. After installing a drain section at the bottom of the wall (not seen in this picture), they were done for the day too.
1 comment:
we also had a similar experience with the well. They hit no water until 425 ft. Then they got 30gpm!
We thought we would have to locate a new well at 350 ft. Good thing they kept drilling. Beautiful house
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