Well under the water with their own hands

An individual water well device has become popular among private house owners. Its presence provides a lot of advantages, the most important of which is the uninterrupted provision of quality water and its use for household and drinking purposes.

As a rule, the drilling process is entrusted to qualified specialists. Performance of work requires accuracy, and an error during well installation can lead to structural failure or contamination of the source. But if there is a possibility of renting equipment, and you have the necessary knowledge, then you can make a well under the water with your own hands.

How to choose a site for a well

Of course, it is necessary to drill the mine where there is a closely located water horizon. Therefore, geological research is indispensable. For technical needs will be suitable moisture from the water pipe. Drinking water is taken at a depth of at least 50 m. The quality of the liquid is determined by carrying out appropriate chemical and bacterial analyzes.

It is necessary to comply with several conditions:

• the water source should be located at a distance of not less than 20 m from the septic tank and no closer than 4 m from the structures of the house;
• place should be available for the entrance of equipment in case of repair work.

What materials are needed

For drilling with your own hands, you will need a slightly modified garden drill with special lengthening knees. On the edges for better passage through the soil are welded additional incisors. This is a good place for files sharply edged around the edges.

In addition, you need:

• asbestos-cement and plastic pipes as casing strings;
• caissons to protect the mine from dirt and freezing in winter, in which additional units are placed: filters, relays and others.

Water Well Drilling Methods

The most convenient for creating a source of water supply is a drill hole or an Abyssinian well. It refers to small diameter wells, the depth of which does not exceed 20 m. Water is extracted from it using a pumping station or a hand pump. When constructing a well, needles do not need complicated equipment, only a special tip at the end of the pipe and a load to drive a pile into the ground.

Other options:

1. Auger drilling. A simple and inexpensive way to work with small installations, based on the use of a screw (auger). The disadvantage of this method is the ability to perform only on soft and dry soils.
2. Rotary method. It consists in using a drill pile with a special shaft with a tip - a chisel rotating inside. The crushed rock is removed from the mine by washing out with drilling fluid. This is the most common way to create a well.
3. Shock Drilling. This option is very laborious and slow, but also of the highest quality. The wells made by this technology will serve more than 50 years. The aquifer is effectively opened by using a heavy shell to crush rocks. The only drawback is the high price of work.

How to make a well hole

First, the top layer of soil are auger method. Drilling is carried out until the quicksand begins - a mixture of water, sand, earth, and clay.

A spear-shaped tip is lowered into the recess, onto which a pipe with a coupling is pre-screwed.

For immersion of the structure into the ground, a “drive-in woman” is used - a special steel pig. Insert a pipe with a collar into the center of the load. Pile driving continues until they reach the water carrier. As the riser penetrates the soil, new sections are screwed to it.

Checking the achievement of the desired level of water. It is periodically poured into the pipe. If it starts to leave quickly, the aquifer is found. The pipe is lowered by another 0.5–1 m. When the water mirror rises a meter above the tip, the washing solution is pumped inside. This will clean the filter from clay and sand.

Additional filtration is created by pouring marble chips or small gravel into the well. It is necessary to prevent the silting process while using the source.

Outside around the main pipe, the ground should be compacted and concreted so that pollution from above does not fall into clean well water.

At the end of the pipe is fixed vacuum pump, which will raise the liquid. The first dirty suspension must be pumped out until the clear water goes.

If the well is subsequently used intermittently, then after each breakdown its productivity will have to be restored. To do this, flush the filter and remove the stagnant contaminated suspension.

The service life of the well may be different. It depends on the intensity of its operation and on the accuracy of the arrangement. The determining factor in the price and quality of the water well is the selected drilling technology and depth of installation.

Dear readers, it is very important for us to know your opinion about the information received. We will be glad to learn about your personal experience in drilling wells in the garden plot in the comments to the article.

Video

After watching the video, you will learn how the well is being drilled under water.