Glad to see the old man opening up to the camera!

@h2omechanic

28 күн бұрын

One day the videos & memories will be all I have left, so I feel it's necessary to get him in on the action

@BWIL2515

28 күн бұрын

You're absolutely right not just you also grandkids there will be a time when you get to hand the business off anyways thanks for the videos have always had a curiosity of well drilling​@@h2omechanic

Your dad talking more would be nice, a video explaining the complete process from planning/ permits to turning the pump on would be cool. I really like your videos

I have a well but I'm not into drilling wells but something about y'all doing it and explaining it the way you do. I'm always happy when you release a new video

Here in NW Florida, well screen is not optional, it is required for the sand and gravel aquifer.

I like the idea of the gravel in the casing, how do you know that the center pipe is centered inside the casing.??? If it's not centered won't sand work it's way into the inner pipe ?? Just a thought...

You have taught me alot about how a well works. Thank you.

Thank you, Phil, for all your time, effort, and energy...filming and producing these videos. Indeed, you shoulder the load of 3 jobs. More to the point, you bear the burden required to do the work, and homeowners like me reap the valuable benefits. Again, thank you. Kudos to you, your Dad, and your crew. Cheers.

My Dad and his partner were in the domestic (4 & 6-inch casing) and irrigation well, 16-inch casing! drilling business in the 1960's and 1970's. In South Dakota we always had to put a screen at the bottom of the well casing and then gravel pack with gravel. You need the right kind of gravel to make it work.

@2wwwilly

29 күн бұрын

yah more solid & sure ..😂😂

Any videos you do is great, something about just watching the whole operation go is just satisfying to watch. Always look forward to your videos

It is always great to have someone at the supply house that has been in the field. They are more knowledgeable than someone that has been brought in from high school to be nothing more than a parts locator. I am a field tech in HVAC and I have more knowledge than those guys from high school and they learn more from me. I even have to locate parts on the web when the supply houses say they can't get the part. I usually find my part in some obscure corner of the web of a business that lists it and are surprised they still had it and willing to sell it for less if they can move the last 2 or 3 they will have left in the box. I always thought screen liner was bigger slots with cheese cloth over it. Thanks for the info.

I’ve seen that pipe before but never knew what it was for, Learn something new everyday.

I know you probably won't get other comments. I've been drilling Wells up in Northeast Nebraska. And we do this way all the time, I have to drill a hole. You have to put the casing in. Will we stick a cap on the bottom? It seems to save a lot of problems. I just thought maybe I would mention it.

Higher volume irrigation , and commercial wells use a 12” to 16” casing with the screened sections only in a good aquifer and then gravel packed which acts as a filter and to keep the the screen centered I used wooden spacers wired around the screen about ever 15 ft to insure a even gravel pack. When gravel packing construct a device to meter a constant flow of gravel pack at a slow rate to prevent bridging and voids, on larger 16” wells 350+ deep would use many tandem truck loads using a 28” drill bit thus a large gravel pack area between 28” drill hole and 16” casing. When the well was started it was non stop to finish of gravel pack, no stopping at night, sometimes 25 hour operations. I enjoy your channel, good job

I would love to see well system troubleshooting and repairs!

I worked for a a drilling co. twenty years here in west Tm. Slotted screen is all we used. Whether PVC or metal. We have very little rock formation here, nearly all sand, gravel and clay. Keep up the good work. I enjoy the videos. l

I really enjoy your videos and learning something new every time. Especially in this one, I had no idea that the screened wells in sandy soils sometimes.

We usually put in 200 foot of perf pipe and then put in gravel up to100 foot and then cement to the surface.

Great video. Really interesting

I have learn so much over the years! You guys rock! Thanks for all the information.

Nice. I have a 6 inch 40 ft well with a stainless screen in the bottom. Sand and gravel geology in north central Wisconsin makes 15 gal / min.

I enjoy the process. I see your busy. A follow up vid to see the end result would be great! Thanks for sharing 👍

Great videos just subscribed today from Ontario Canada thanks Robert

Great educational content . South of me about a hour the wells are 4” sand wells that operate on the same principle . Thanks again 👍👍

Worked with a driller years ago that would do mult stages of gravel to sand pack prior to the screen on big municipal wells 30 years later there still working well

Our well was only drilled to 75ish ft. with 35 ft. of screen at the bottom, static level is at about 30ish ft., producing about 15 gpm. Natural springs all around us.

Video idea for ya. The DTH the breakdown and how it functions 🤷🏼‍♂️

That was kool an seriously interesting

Every well I have seen in michigan has casing all the way down and a screen on the bottom held in with a k packer and if they are not using submersible a brimmer check will also be installed

Nice vid. Got a question. My well was dug 160’. Static level is 44’, max output is at 89’ at 8-10 gpm. How deep would u put the pump. Btw, I just bought some quality products from H2O mechanic, pump & wire.

@h2omechanic

29 күн бұрын

I'd set it at 100ft or 120ft max. The deeper you go, the more sediment issues you might face. If water enters at 89ft, setting the pump at 85ft would decrease sediment. But set it deeper to start with, if sediment is bad, you can pull it up as needed.

@clarktribe5695

29 күн бұрын

@@h2omechanic thanks

@BEANS-O-MATICtransmissions

29 күн бұрын

​@h2omechanic I have a 2 line jet pump system. The head is 48" below grade, (i live in the north east) i plan to switch to a submersible with a pitless adaper and bring the well cap above grade. There's only so long the galvanized pipe will last before it leaks from the inside out. Can you make a video on that conversion?

@abm2958

29 күн бұрын

@@h2omechanic I agree, 120 would be my depth.

Never heard of a screened well before. Nice job.

Thanks!

someone should make a funnel that fits over the 6" pipe so make adding the gravel easier

Thank you....

Good video!

That's great information! It isn't every day that we can see a well get screened. I've seen the slotted pipe before. After about 12 or so years, my well started to get some grit coming up. It was enough that I was needing to clean out the Rusco spin-down filter on the line to my geothermal heat pump every few days. My pump man took a length of that screen pipe about 5 or 6 feet long, slid a fine filter sock over it, tied the open end of the sock shut and secured the whole thing over my pump. That took care of about 99% of the grit that was coming into my filter. Take care and God Bless.

Love the awesome info you shared here. Love your videos and all your info you share

All wells here (the Netherlands) are screened. At the bottom comes a cap , only when the last meter or so is clay i don t use a cap , clay will close the bottom . Seems you didn t use a bottomcap , but you have 3 sections of normal pipe at the bottom , that will work Common slotted pipes are vertically slotted , gives a stronger pipe so you don t have to be so carefull . I m slotting my own pipe , a 125mm pipe with 0,5 mm slotts

That's a great idea! Then regular filters. How about clearing out a blocked or dirty well, and improve flow before deciding to frack. You might have done that.

Did I miss an explanation but wouldn't the sand eventually fill in the space between the filter pipe and the liner. Great videos btw ..ohhh, congrats on paying off the mortgage, it's a great feeling isn't it :-).

Cool 😎

Most of our wells were 600 foot of 8 10 and 12 welded casing 200 hundred foot of perf . Gravel within one hundred foot ad one hundred foot a concrete seal .

Not being a driller, I would think that slotted pipe creates a bit of a restriction and as a result the gpm of the well would decrease. What percentage of gpm do you loose when using slotted pipe? Would also be interesting to know what the end gpm is when the pump gets installed. Thanks

That’s what they do in my area. Most of our water is in wet sand. Most don’t go into the rock here

Video idea: Do you guys add special filters for iron / magnesium, etc..? If so, can you show and explain that process?

In the Texas Panhandle, that is business as usual.

I'm surprised you don't have some kind of jerry-rigged funnel for pouring the gravel in. I'd presume that dropping a foot of 4 inch pipe with a cap on it to plug the well so gravel doesn't go down it, then dropping a 12 inch to 6 inch reducer for air ducts on it would make your lives a lot easier in the rare situation where this occurs. Those duct reducers are like 15 dollars, and I'd assume you've got some scrap PVC segments around for the temporary plug on the main well pipe. If a jerry-rigged tool like that saves even 15 minutes of labor once, that pays for itself, and it looks like it'd save you more than that. If you want to go extra lazy, get a vibrator for concrete or something similar and you'll be able to buzz the stuff down the funnel faster than one guy can slice open bags and pour.

I recently saw a short video showing the pump and all hose being blown out of the well. I would like to see a video explaining that

13:50 watch the well pipe moving and shifting. so strange to watch.

Do some solar systems in water pumping

Didn’t even know that was a thing!😅

Hello Phillip, I appreciate the videos. On this well, if I understand correctly, the solid pipe at the bottom is simply a foundation for the screen to set on. Where do you set the pump? Another thing that I don't quite understand. In drilling, exactly how do you know when you hit water?

@h2omechanic

29 күн бұрын

The 6" pipe blocks out the upper dirt & goes into Bedrock. Hitting water we notice it by the sound of the hammer, the percussion changes for a few seconds, then the flow increases away from the water water/cuttings. In this case the pump will go at 100ft near the bottom of the screen

Just wondering did yall put a cap on the end of the first piece (bottom) of the casing?

so will that gravel plug over years?

I have a quick question regarding wells over in the states. What happens if you drill a well say to 300’ @ 20GPM But you make a mistake and the well gets damaged. Which makes it unusable! Does that mean the client has to pay for a new well to be bored? The question made more sense in my head than being put to text. The reason I asked is because it you drill and the well is no good, then the client has to pay for the new well to be dug eg well is producing less than 3GPH?

Can you enlarge a well that is pre existing. My well is a 2" casing that uses a jet pump and was wondering if it could be enlarged

Whats happening to show you when you hit water at the various levels? You are pushing water down there for your drill bit from another source right? How do you read your drill bit feedback?

How close to the coast was this job? Thanks for the good video!

What did well drillers do before this type of pipe?If they ran into this situation.

@h2omechanic

28 күн бұрын

Use a saw blade & cut slits into regular casing.

Do you do any work in NC? I am just over the line outside gasburg and am in need of well drilled. In process of building house now

I might’ve missed it, but did you put a cap on the bottom one?

Were yall close to the coast for this one?

I have a 2 line jet pump system. The head is 48" below grade, (i live in the north east) i plan to switch to a submersible with a pitless adaper and bring the well cap above grade. There's only so long the galvanized pipe will last before it leaks from the inside out. Can you make a video on that conversion?

Ghost Town Living is looking for help running water up from a mine 900ft below ground in his latest video...

00:07:40 Does the bell get primed?

How do you know that the water coming from 55' to 80' ?

It looks like all the rock was dumped on one side of the pipe. Shouldn’t you pull the pipe more to center and pour rock all around it?

Good video. More importantly, how’s your dog getting on?

🤙👍

How much water will it make?

That's west Tenn. sorry folks

Hey man i got an issue going on. We have city water now, BUT we abandoned a cistern and 2 wells. NO pumps in either well or cistern. I just noticed my cistern is taking on water from the heavy rains. You can see where it goes into the ground at a high rate. When they abandoned the cistern they took off the casing and well seal. They closed it with a concrete paver the 3x3 or 4x4 broken in 2. through the years it flopped around in the dirt and moved. i got it all dug up now. Whats your best advice on sealing this FOR GOOD.

@h2omechanic

16 күн бұрын

Hey, I read your message, it's hard to picture honestly. My recommendation is that if they aren't in use, I'd fill them with dirt or cement or a mixture of both.

@Keith_Mikell

16 күн бұрын

@@h2omechanic No money for that. we live in the sticks. im just gonna go with the bowl glued into the top unless i can get a donut and glue some 6" SDR, bring it to surface and cap.

@Keith_Mikell

16 күн бұрын

@@h2omechanic Thank you for the response man. much love to helping others. I know you get paid for your knowledge and skill so i respect that man. i sent my email if you want a photo

But you're not centering the screen gravel is only on one side

We do steel pipe and perforate it after. More durable but it's an expensive tool

Isn’t that used for leach line also

If that pipe is delicate why was he standing on the pipe strand afterward. If it is that delicate they think it will break lifting it off the ground