Drilling a Water Well from Start to Finish

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The best way to provide clean water for your rural home is having a well drilled. We were able to film the entire process of our new well being drilled about 50 feet from our new house.
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[@ccjensen4670]

I found that two layers of 2x8 boards crisscrossed to form a square and caped with 1 1/4" plywood and a rope handle worked great for leveling pads. I learned on cable tools in 1972 and acquired a Portadrill 10 TG..later ran nothing but GEFCO 30K air and mud combos. Retired and sold out 8 years ago...company is now 101 years old😅

[@MRHEAT20]

Great review and I’m glad the well diggers didn’t mind you filming them 🍻

[@RigginFarm]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@zebra6551]

Awesome, inspiring.

[@RigginFarm]

Thanks. We're trying to live responsibly and be self-sufficient.

[@fredyochoa7566]

Nice!

[@RigginFarm]

It’s a pretty neat process

[@Flowing23]

hi, thank you for posting this vid. did they line the shaft with pvc all the way down? ty

[@RigginFarm]

Yes, they put about 100 ft of PVC down the hole.

[@OneDrinkThreeBars]

Love seeing things getting done (especially when I can just watch instead of being involved, lol) Have you thought of doing time lapse videos of some of the work? That would be super satisfying to watch! Your Pixel 5 should have that capability with the native camera app. I have made them with my Pixel 3a.

[@RigginFarm]

We'll definitely do some time lapse videos in the future. The car is usually fully loaded when heading to the farm, and a tripod is the last thing on my mind to bring. Once we're living on the farm (hopefully it'll happen at some point!) it'll be nice to walk out the front door to get started rather than packing up then driving an hour and 15 minutes each way. This process has been so frustrating with delays around every corner. The well was drilled a week ago, and they still haven't come out to install the pump. Not that it would do much without power. The power company said they would be out by now. We called this past Friday and they said the connection hasn't even been scheduled yet, because there are still jobs ahead of us. How does that even make sense?!

[@OneDrinkThreeBars]

@@RigginFarm I hope so too! I love that you're still taking time to document the whole thing. Moving sucks anyway. When I bought my house (which was an existing house that already had electricity and all that established) people kept asking me if I was "excited." I was like "Um...no, I'm more annoyed and anxious all the time, and wondering what kind of issue I'll find in this house next." It's not all picking out furniture and buying little decorations! Also, I can imagine establishing a new house and having to set up utilities from scratch is a JOB anyway, especially these days. I don't wanna sound like a broken record, but it is truly difficult to find good help. I used to think I might want to have a house built someday, but it really seems like a lot of stressful work.

[@RigginFarm]

This experience has been way more stressful than I could have ever imagined. We've wasted thousands of dollars on plants and the equipment to grow them that we thought we could start at our current home and transplant to the farm, but a garden without water isn't very effective and killed pretty much everything. We'd been promised so many times a move-in time frame that kept getting pushed back further and further. That's just scratching the surface. We'll have paid at least $3,000 in interest only payments on our construction loan on top of the amount that was built into the loan and added to the principal. The loan will convert to a standard loan once we can move, and the interest rate will drop significantly. We plan on building another house on our property in another 10-15 years, but at least we'll only be a few thousand feet away next time and won't be in a hurry to move. This process has been tough during an already crazy time in the world. One day our patience will be rewarded.

[@seanvanbeek2872]

You in georgia ? I just went though all the same stuff in georgia all done and totally worth it

[@RigginFarm]

We are in north Georgia. Building a new home on raw land is quite the experience. The peace and quiet is really nice. We're looking forward to growing our farm and being self-sufficient in the near future!

[@lukedawg357SIG]

I don't know how I missed this video I need to call them also and get a price the other one I emailed said 15k to 22k for everything

[@RigginFarm]

All the companies are charging about that much depending on final depth, and they’re also going to put you on a waitlist list that’s 8-10 months out.

[@shecook62]

How did you decide where to drill for water? It seems you chose to drill on a slope. Just curious. Ty

[@RigginFarm]

We chose a location that wasn't going to interfere with our farming plans.

[@garyhoward3123]

Nice job. What does a well this depth and with the PVC casing cost in 2021? Thanks

[@RigginFarm]

Ours was included in the construction loan, and they never gave us the invoice despite our requests. I wish they would have so we could tell you.

[@garyhoward3123]

@@RigginFarm Understand. Thanks for the reply.

[@blueonblackpowerstroke513]

@@garyhoward3123 Currently PVC casing runs $20.00 a foot. Steel is $24.

[@abm2958]

Most are 7k to 10k around here with a submersible pump completed. Most are under 200 feet.

[@Joe-ip2ky]

At first you drill for how many feet before you put in the 6,5 inches cvc pipe ? How long of cvc pipe you put into the hole ? Once the cvc pipe is down there do you keep drilling until you hit bedrock and water ? Does all the mud produced by the drilling get out of the hole when drilling or there’s a kind of compression around the hole where mud stick ?

[@RigginFarm]

We don’t really know much about the process. Everything we know is what we learned while filming the drilling.

[@ittheschnellshow9599]

Are drilling company was started in 1915 schnell well drilling and is still going today I done it for 25 years now and still going

[@dirttrackdevil1149]

Is it a good career I went to welding school and welded for about 3 months at a job, I was making decent money but they laid me off I haven't been able to find a welding job for almost a year and a half, been doing odd stuff like mowing ect, I have 2 kids and a wife, I found a job hiring a rig hand close to me and I was really looking for another long term career something to replace welding I'm looking for more of a trade/career not just a job something to take pride in and retire from, not afraid of getting muddy, greasy or working outside or heavy lifting. Just wondering if this a good path for me. Any advice you can give would be most helpful please and thank you.

[@ittheschnellshow9599]

@@dirttrackdevil1149 if you don’t mind getting messy and dirty and the hard work that goes with it and you like it then I would give it a try me personally I’m used to it and would do all the time so I would give it a try you may come to like it

[@RigginFarm]

That’s awesome

[@abm2958]

@@dirttrackdevil1149 It's good work if you don't mind being outside and dirty.

[@leishawalker5916]

What state was that well dug ? Just a ballpark as to how much did it cost ?

[@RigginFarm]

We’re in Georgia. It was rolled into our construction loan, and they never gave us an itemized breakdown despite many requests.

[@leishawalker5916]

@@RigginFarm I have very low water pressure even on a good day. Thanks

[@abm2958]

@@leishawalker5916 That's a pump, switch, or tank issue.

[@berhamlatif7457]

How's the yield of the well, almost two years passed...🙏🏻👍🏻❤️

[@RigginFarm]

We still have plenty of water.

[@caroledmonds112]

That casing isn't installed or sealed properly.

[@RigginFarm]

They came back out to finish the job at a later time

[@codypeck9125]

Does anyone know how much a well drilling rig costs? Like the cost of the actual truck + rig.

[@RigginFarm]

That would be interesting to know

[@abm2958]

You could buy a used modern style rotary rig with a water truck and basic setup for 250k, if you bought new it would be 700k or more.

[@h2omechanic]

That's a Schramm 450WS, same rig I run. New rig is $900k now. A used rig & water truck with all the proper tooling would run you about 700k to get started.

[@codypeck9125]

@@h2omechanic Wow - I didn't realize they were that expensive. How many drilled wells would it take to recoup your rig investment? And how long might a rig last?

[@parkergriffin7546]

@@codypeck9125 In idaho it costs around 100$ per foot. After casing, sanitary seal, screen, cap, drive shoe, and drilling permit.

[@fattone166]

It's not a 'shaft', it's drill rod.

[@RigginFarm]

Thanks for clarifying

[@parkergriffin7546]

Ground stabilizer😂

[@anthonyramos9766]

Why not drill on foam? And no divertere

[@RigginFarm]

We only have clay soil to drill into. We’re not sure how drilling into foam would produce more water than an aquifer.

[@sammyguy]

They are called drill rods not shafts

[@RigginFarm]

Thanks for clarifying. Clearly, I’m not an expert.

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[@RigginFarm]

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[@RigginFarm]

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[@polecat1337]

no hard hats. not smart

[@RigginFarm]

Most people in Georgia believe they're invincible, and that's why we have so many accidents.