Hydro-Fracing A Water Well, Cleaning Out Aquifers with High Pressure to Increase Flow Rate Into Well

[@josephkober3324]

I used an old well driller in my area that has had a very succesfull buisiness for years in western Pa. He has both rottary and cable tool rigs. He told me he always uses the cable tool rig to develop the water pocket in the aquafer because the rotary drill pluggs up the aquafer. He told me over half of his business if reastablishing failed water wells drilled with rotary drills. He drilled mine at 250ft in 1995 . Cased it to 100ft with steel casing then dropped a plastic casing inside of the steel with a seal between the 2 casings and drilled holes in the sides of the bottom 2 plastic casing pipe lengths to prevent cave ins on tbe pump. I use it to fill swimming pool , house supply , barn supply. No iron at all and no issues.

[@Mainebigmike]

Thought of jump in and say I admire your work ethics and since I found the first video I've seen of you in impressed with your knowledge and get it done right attitude. I would hire you in a second if you were near me. However in in Maine and have had my own issues when my well off and on for a few months. Next of luck to you and your crew and keep up your great attitude. I don't know you but you make me proud to know that there are people like you still out there. Thank you for the videos and the education. Mike

[@CindyRae]

I absolutely love your work ethic. Your parents did a very good job raising you. End result is that you are a hard working honest dude. Love it.

[@jasonharper2601]

n ot sure why your channel poped up as a recommended video. now i am enjoying and learning thank you

[@dustysrandom5079]

What’d it pump after frack? Love the James Pumphrey “mo powa”

[@tomstrum6259]

Very informative video....Those relatively Low pressure fluctuations seem kinda strange....As you know, being in Close proximity to all that metal during a rain, lightning can seemingly Strike unpredictably & everyone have a Bad day....A lightning risk Mitigation technique is Tune an AM radio (Car, truck etc) at either end of tuning range to a vacant Dead spot with lots of smooth Hiss listening for erratic timed loud Crackles....You will instantly Hear, at light speed, any Inter-cloud pre-Lightning discharges within a few miles or more....Kinda like a handy effective "Early Warning lightning Detector" of sorts.....Takin blind sketchy Risks with lightning strike aint worth it....

[@toddlucas9408]

Nice budday. Work up here in northeast for my old mans drilling company. Since 1970 used someone else to frack our wells. It’s time to build our own. Finding a pump seems to be hard atm.

[@h2omechanic]

Contact Wheatley. Our setup is simple! Old car engine, I'd use a Toyota sr22 nowadays. Trans to a 8to1 pulley. Belt drive. 3 piston pump. & 200ft of hydrolic line for the packer.

[@toddlucas9408]

@@h2omechanic I see that hose for down the hole. Never thought of that. Mint. Ya itching to get going on a frack rig. I’ll give them a ring. I see one on eBay just the pump. 28k

[@turbowarp]

Our county has a 2 or 5 acre (don't remember) minimum for a house to have its own well with septic. Some rural subdivisions have neighborhood water wells or even private water companies.

[@jasonhansen6632]

They sell bigger versions of that pump system on iron planet auction site, 15K psi up to 40K psi with diesel engines used in gas and oil fracking, you can find pretty good deals on them when the big companies are done with them. I want a 30K unit to convert to a hydroblasting unit. Its pricey the hose and gun kits start at $10-15K each Gardner-Denver make the pump units

[@mikeneill6400]

I have two wells on my property that are about 100’ apart. Can I still frack?

[@alanlevine3984]

Wish you guys were near me. I need a good well service. This hammering is driving me looney.

[@edwardhumbert7789]

I have a 30” concrete sleeve well which I measured about 60 ‘ to the bottom but I think there could be several feet of sludge build up since the well was dug in 1959. How can I clean the sludge out of it?

[@ECOTecJeff83]

wait did i read that right you guys are in lynchburg right?

[@serenab5572]

I just had my well hydrofracked i have an old well in the back yard in close proximity about 70 feet to the other well. I heard you say the water will leave my current well and go to the old well?!? 😮

[@piyushpatel5342]

how much will this service cost for 100 ft deep well? thanks

[@degmar]

Can you hydro-frack in limestone?

[@hornetboy3694]

Awesome Some video thank you

[@Dimka2]

what is that hose wheel guide that is on side of the well casing? is there a place you could buy one of those? also do they sell pitless adapter wrenches? our wells look completety different then your guys, we got metal top casing and pvp liner and some pitless adapter thingy

[@johannesels5288]

Did you post the peak prosperity and bbc videos under your hydro-fracking playlist?

[@h2omechanic]

Thanks for letting me know. I don't know how a random Vid can be put in my Playlist. It's the second time that's happened.

[@keithjurena9319]

The well held 500 PSI? That is over 250 feet of water. Any subsidence in the area? You mentioned back flow had sediment, did you use a trash pump to clear it?

[@Sylvan_dB]

how do you figure 250ft? Maybe 1000ft?

[@poseypapusdiazfamily4630]

How much is hydro fracking on aprox average?

[@78MANOFSTEEL]

How much do you charge to frack the well? And where u located? Ur the most knowledgeable guy I’ve watched regarding wells…amazing to learn from you watching ur videos.. what state and city you in?

[@h2omechanic]

Located in Virginia. We frack for $2800-$3200. Depending on distance and a few variables

[@eric91780]

So what kind of production did they end up getting after that?

[@h2omechanic]

Estimated 4 GPM during testing next day

[@richiesun9676]

​@@h2omechanicwhat was the flow rate before the fracking?

[@Babalon48]

Nice improvement. (Start of the video I think he said it tested ~1.5gpm at installation.)

[@jasonhansen6632]

On two hole site, you gotta drop two frac heads and just run one pump

[@josephsaucedo8691]

In California it's not to often we help other company's there like compition. People never understand how it works they think there paying from water to be in a well and stay there for ever. Not the way it works. People don't work for free water or no water.🌊👍👌✌️💯

[@hunterm.172]

From watching your videos I’ve learned within the first couple minutes of this video that they didn’t do their wiring the best that they could have and they only used one ss clamp on the well to pipe instead of two 🧐 lol

[@turbowarp]

Save that $2.79 for the extra SS clamp. 😂

[@hunterm.172]

@@turbowarp Since you broke it down now I understand that would be too much money to waste haha

[@Keith_Mikell]

and they used those stupid clamps instead of rubber tape.

[@byronbyron864]

So you told us that it was only a gallon and a half per minute before,,,,,,, SO what was the result gallons per minute after fracking. ?

[@JoseOrtiz-zb7gq]

Awesome

[@kingtut5923]

Lke you said the trees have to go

[@dominicm2175]

No Powa Baby !

[@giuseppepandolfo4815]

What is the average cost of fracking a well?

[@h2omechanic]

2800-3500. Depending upon distance traveled & depth of pump

[@giuseppepandolfo4815]

Thank you, enjoying your videos learning a lot . I’m retired here in Panama the country of panama . Nobody here doing fracking and yet plenty of wells out here.

[@jasonharper2601]

as someone who worked around loud equipment. USE HEARING PROTECTION!!. I am 49 and have been hearing impaired since my late 20's. life is difficult being hearing impaired

[@winstonwalton5899]

You in rock or sandstone or unconsolidated?

[@h2omechanic]

Granite (I've been taught it's one of the few formations that can withstand the packer pressure) Some areas we can't frack due to soft rock

[@gordb4343]

Did it help or not

[@h2omechanic]

It was up to the other drilling company to do the pump test. Typically no news is good news. If it didn't work, I would have been informed about it.

[@winstonortega6941]

@@h2omechanic what was the cost range for this service?

[@h2omechanic]

@@winstonortega6941 $2400-$4000 Depending on distance traveled & if the pump is still in the well.

[@dietricholguin4851]

I just had a well drilled. The well driller said he drilled to 620’. He then put the well pump at 500’. So that’s leaving 120’ to the bottom of the well. Is that normal on setting the pump?

[@h2omechanic]

Yes, that seems like a normal setup. Never set a pump on bottom or near. Plus pumps struggle to lift past 500ft

[@ThumperKJFK]

✌👍

[@saltybuckeye]

stop jumping off them trucks climb down like an old man or will be walking like an old man by the time you're 40.

[@h2omechanic]

I'm 34 and am at the beginning stages of that unfortunately 😔 . I'm 3rd generation, been full time since I was 17.

[@Lfs1891]

If I jump down now at 41 , I give myself a concussion..

[@zenithperigee7442]

@@h2omechanic , 34... I remember that age, the strength, vigor & resilience, where did time go... Still, there's no time like the present to begin taking better care of your joints. Obviously strengthening and flexibility exercises help along with a proper diet of protein etc., after all the muscles/ligaments help support the bones and joints. I had tried a glucosamine/chondroitin supplement for a short time to help with some of the aches and pains. But doing like @Salty Buckeye suggested helped the most. Just take it easier on those joints whilst remaining active, good footwear is important and apart from hereditary degenerative conditions, you should heal up. Enjoy the videos btw, it's an interesting aspect of wells I never knew about. My dad's old place actually had a well large enough you could fall into but it was capped after it was determined to be "contaminated". The shallow well we used all of those years was less than 100'. It would only begin to "run dry" when mom was doing laundry in the separate utility building.

[@kingtut5923]

Mike speak up ???????