WATCH THIS BEFORE WASTING THOUSANDS💰 ON A WATER WELL

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@scottbaruth9041 Жыл бұрын

If you do drill a well, and if it's a reasonable depth, around 100 ft like mine, don't be afraid of having them punch and pack the well and go away. It is super easy to rent a walk behind trench machine, drop and set the pump, build your well house, and put hydrants anywhere you want, parts cost, and your labor only. I paid $2,700 for them to do a 94ft well, and about the same amount to set 5 hydrants and build a well house, electricity, and all required parts about 6 years ago. Also, you can trench electricity out to your garden while you have the trencher, and that comes in handy for electric fence chargers or radio to keep deer away at night. Plus... once you do it, you have all the repair knowledge and confidence required to maintain it yourself.

@tannerfarmstead Жыл бұрын

I’ve had a mother friend of mine tell me to the do the rest of the work myself just like you are saying. It feels intimidating but I know I can make it happen

@terryjohnson6392 Жыл бұрын

Morning i do rain water catching i got a 55 gallon food grade tank it works well for me.

@tannerfarmstead Жыл бұрын

Rainwater catchment is awesome and we all need to be doing more of it

@rogergreaves9690 6 ай бұрын

@@tannerfarmstead Its illegal in some western states. Colorado for one.

@GokuIRL 4 ай бұрын

Lol government doesn't want you to have water from the sky? Lol 😢😂😂

@beckytanner2345 Жыл бұрын

Water is a must!

@BryanGibbs-nh9uq 9 ай бұрын

When is the best time to dig a well? I am in the process of hiring a well driller this week. However, the permits may not be issued until in a week or two. I live in a cold weather environment, and there were two snow days this year.

@tannerfarmstead 5 ай бұрын

I don’t know if there is an exact “best time” to drill a well. I’d assume it’s probably best to drill outside of winter

@BryanGibbs-nh9uq 5 ай бұрын

@@tannerfarmstead thanks. I got a 60' in February.

@rogergreaves9690 10 ай бұрын

Well, we're on municipal. 20 acres, cattle. We do try to irrigate some pasture. We use about 750,000 gallons at a cost of ~$1200 a year. Which seems cheap to a former Californian. However, our municipal system is run by a board that selects its replacement members so is not representative of the owners/customers. They own 4 wells: 3, 16 inch and one 8 inch and have 1/4 million gallon reservoir, boost pumps and backup generators. Sounds like a lot of production and it is. Reliable it is not. Three times a month the system will fail. Only happens when one of us is in the shower. One of the 16 inch wells is new and half the reservoir was built at the same time. $1.6 million which breaks down to $6800 per parcel. We own two parcels. Did we get to vote on that? no. Is it a bond that will pay off over 20 years or so? no. It's a "Local Improvement District, a lien against the property which has to be satisfied before you can sell, refi, even pay off your mortgage because you can't record a title against a property with a lien on it. They drilled that most recent hole even though one of the existing 16 inch wells is unused. It's inconveniently located. So, rather than use it and negotiate with the property owners across who's property they would need to run pipe, they abandoned it, after spending a bunch of money to buy it. We're over the Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer so water is a near done deal but it's 570 feet down there. It wouldn't be cheap for a land owner but if it got me out of paying those liens (it won't) and got me away from the goofball water board, I'd be tempted to do it.

@rogergreaves9690 10 ай бұрын

In short, each of my liens is as much as your hole. We don't even have service to the second parcel but we pay $18 a month for the "privilege" of having their pipe within 300' of our property line. To connect would be $12,000 plus the cost of a meter, pipe, valves and labor to do the connection and that just gets the water onto the property. All other plumbing is on top of that.

@dao8805 6 ай бұрын

@@rogergreaves9690 You have my empathy. Just reading about this is scary. All these boards, be it HOA's, sewer or water districts, lake improvement districts, etc. are major predatory infringements on private property rights and I despise all of it. In MN, municipal water and sewer bills are sky high and fixed rate for sewer so I am paying as much for my single person household as my neighbors with a household of eight people. If you get behind on the sewer bill, the penalty is 10% per month, plus $50 - $140 each time they decide to certify it to your real estate taxes. It escalates really fast and a homeowner could potentially lose their home over huge water and sewer bills that they can't pay and have been certified to their taxes. So much for "owning" our own property. In reality, we have long term leases.

@DanielCruz-wt2rh 3 ай бұрын

If I'm looking to have a 1 and 1/2 acre property, do you think it's worth it to install a well or should I just go the rain catcher route?

@tannerfarmstead 3 ай бұрын

Up to you. Do you know if you are somewhat close to a water table? If you are near a creek or stream and at lower elevation then you may have a shot at hitting good water. It’s just a gamble tho in my opinion. If I had to do it all over I’d do rainwater catchment tanks. You can even do the tanks in the ground which obviously cost more money con create tanks in the ground will last forever

@momi2knd Жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks for the info. So glad my well is already in place. We were considering putting a second one on the back of our property to make watering easier, but I get good pressure and tasty water from my current well and may just work with that. Off to goggle other water ideas for gardens not near the house😂

@tannerfarmstead Жыл бұрын

Lol. Yea it’s definitely a nice plus if your home already has a well drilled!

@BaptistJoshua Жыл бұрын

Add water catchment to your roofing, if the roofing is metal.

@nateitscake88 5 ай бұрын

Rainwater has too many containments, good job going with well.

@GokuIRL 4 ай бұрын

No it doesn't

@joemorris2357 2 ай бұрын

Contaminants?

@nateitscake88 2 ай бұрын

Yes, it does but please do the research and fact check for yourself. Rainwater can carry bacteria, parasites, viruses, and chemicals that could make you sick, and it has been linked to disease outbreaks. The risk of getting sick from rainwater may be different depending on your location, how frequently it rains, the season, and how you collect and store the rainwater.

@beemikeme 9 күн бұрын

The solution is to run the rainwater through a reverse osmosis filter.

@billiedoumbia21 Жыл бұрын

$68ft in Colorado. Have to be anywhere from 600-1200 ft to hit a good vein. We just paid $66,800 for ours. Will definitely be doing rain water catchments as well.

@tannerfarmstead Жыл бұрын

Wow. That’s crazy expensive. Thanks for sharing the prices in your state.

@lorenamorfin5946 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing. What state are located?

@BaptistJoshua Жыл бұрын

You should get someone to dowse for water first, as they can find the best water location to tap. It is not weird or dark. It is science.

@dao8805 6 ай бұрын

I was wondering about that. It seems like a good idea.

@BaptistJoshua 6 ай бұрын

@@dao8805 So far, I cannot get it to work, but Christian men in my family did it. My Great Uncle thought it was fake, until a friend had him try it. He found a water pipe. It is apparently connected to electromagnetism, as it can also be used to find electrical lines. Engineer775 uses it.

@BaptistJoshua 6 ай бұрын

@@dao8805 @dao8805 So far, I cannot get it to work, but Christian men in my family did it. My Great Uncle thought it was fake, until a friend had him try it. He found a water pipe. It is apparently connected to electromagnetism, as it can also be used to find electrical lines. Engineer775 uses it.