Easy SHALLOW WELL DRILLING Howto DiY drill 25 ft shallow well

I know this is 3 years old but it seems leaving the 2 inch pipe in would be better, certainly easier. Thanks for the video!

Watching these videos make me want to attempt it again. This time I would use galvanized pipe and a jack hammer. I believe I could drive it down 40-50 ft. I could use 3/4” pvc and water beside it to clear the path and even make it easier.

A master plumber told me to NEVER EVER use Teflon tape on the suction side of a pumping system. The tape has a tendency to strip off the threads as you tighten the coupling leaving an opportunity for air induction at the joint. You will never know it has been compromised but will suffer from lack of draw and some cavitation at the pump and possibly loss of head above the foot valve. I experienced that very problem but didn't know it until I put in a pressure tank and all my joints on the suction side of the pump started dripping when the pump was not running. I busted it all apart and used some liquid pipe dope suitable for the application and have been bone dry ever since. Hopefully this little tip will help someone avoid the problems that I had.

If you use a six inch pipe with a T on the top, you can reclaim your water in a drum while you drill. Then you can add bentonite to your water to make "mud" which will lift your cutting out easier, and you'll be able to fit a 4" pipe down. When you put your 1" down the 4", you have room to dump pool filter sand around your screen and make your well last a lot longer. Pull the 4" pipe up to the top of your screen, and run hose water down the 4". Sand will settle and hold the pipe up. No need to pull any pipe out. Pour a bag of cement around the pipe at the top, and its fixed in place.

It always looks so easy on video. Here along the upper texas coast I hand drilled a couple of wells and lost a couple more trying. To start with the soil here is very hard clay with some small gravel after about five feet down. I tried the pvc with the notches in the end and it simply wore off the teeth. I had to take a steel 2" coupling and attach that to the end of the drill pipe. In my soil it takes all day to drill down 30' and if you stop the pipe moving it seizes up and you can't break it free. No removing it after drilling But with luck you can pull it up five or so feet to get your 1&1/4 pipe down below the end. The problem is at that level you're at the bottom range of most pumps so you get a very reduced flow. On mine it's four gallons or less per minute. You have to get at least a 2" line down with screen to use a jet pump to bring the water up in a higher volume. I needed more water to keep an acre and a quarter pond full and it tends to evaporate at a higher rate than four gallons a minute during dry summer months. On your pvc gluing you will have better connections if you use the cleaner on both pipe and coupling and let it dry for a couple of minutes and then apply the glue to both surfaces and put together quickly. Putting the glue over wet cleaner simply weakens the glue.

Thank you, your video is a proof of concept I have been thinking for awhile.

This was very helpful seeing each stage of this. It got confusing a couple of times but running back over it I think I have the steps down that I could do this. Really appreciate it any time someone takes time to video a project. I'm gonna try to tackle this before it gets hotter...in the 80's and 90's now. Oh well...pun intended. Jesus bless you much for your help.

Great vid! I’m giving this a shot this winter for some irrigation

When you are sinking the 2" pipe it would be easier to use two pipe wrenches facing the opposite directions so you can turn the pipe both ways without resetting a wrench. You can also lean on both of them to sink the pipe faster.

Nice vid! exactly what I want to do at my house for lawn and garden watering. Thank you!

Jerry Garcia! I missed you. Welcome back.

Nice that you have sand to go through. Good job!

Thanks for info, have a great day

Love this. Thank you

I like the pressure washer idea. I did mine with a standard garden hose. I was in water bearing sand at about 8’. I ended up with a 27’ well that has never run dry. It’s just irrigation but its clear and smells and tastes fine.

In a perfect world this works. Not in my world. Two pipe wrenches on each side you twist and turn.

That 1 inch slid down wonderfully.

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Great explanation I think I can do this thank you.

Thank you for the tutorial. My situation is a bit different as the site is 1500 feet away from any kind of vehicular access. And I will be cutting through serpentine rock and sandstone. The good news about the site is it is 400 feet above the house. I will be able to gravity feed to the house IF I hit a viable source of water. Wish me luck.