Notes: I was trying to make this a much shorter version so that people can see how easy it really is. As you watch me pushing the 40 foot section of 1 inch pipe down, you’ll notice that it actually goes through a hard layer of clay. Also, there is a 2 inch casing that the 1 inch well pipe goes down through. You just can’t see it in this short version. I really hope everyone enjoys the video and please comment with any questions or tips you might have for other viewers! Thanks, Chuck
TAKES MORE THAN 10 MIN TO DIG THE HOLE AND YOU'RE DEPENDING ON THE PUMP WHICH IS ELECTRIC, UH, WHATCHA GOING TO DO WHEN THERE IS NO ELECTRICITY? THAT WELL WILL NOT DRAW WATER. OUCH. TC
SHOULDN'T BE DRINKING THAT WATER TILL TESTED!!! JUST BECAUSE IT LOOKS CLEAR, DOES NOT MEAN ITS DRINKABLE!!! COME ON, YOU CAN GET PEOPLE SICK OR KILLED. GEEZ
THANKS CHUCK, I am learning a great deal from you, thanks to you I was able to jet a three inch well casing in at 40feet a couple months ago, with no problems and the water quality is great,, by the I am all the way up north here in the Canadian Prairies,, I cant begin to thank you enough,,!!I look forward to doing a zoom chat with you soon, ,CHEERS my friend!!!!God bless you!!!The only thing i did differently was to build me a platform about six and a half feet high to stand on and I still brought the ladder up there with me for the extra height!!
Love your videos. My passion is digging in the dirt and working with water. Lived in 3 houses and installed 2 yard drains then found your videos and improved the drainage on my 3rd home. Going to install my well this fall. Love your comment that, "if you think you can do it then you can". YES you CAN.
Chuck, you are the most positive annd upbeat TH-camr I’ve ever seen. Your videos convinced me I could drill my own well and today I did it. I only got 31 feet before I hit rock I couldn’t go through but I got water! Just wanted to thank you, love your videos and your positivity.
Chuck: I too drill 25 foot shallow wells in FL using the HF 2 inch pump ......(200 and still counting).....I use two 1.25 inch drill pipes ...one 15 foot ...one 10 foot... connected with quick disconnects "Banjo 125A Polypropylene Cam & Groove male / female Fittings". Start with 15 footer.....jet down to 14 feet...disconnect top water manifold ....attach 10 footer.....reconnect water manifold.......jet down to 25 feet....... shut off pump....pull up drill pipes and "QUICKLY" drop down a 5 foot well point previously welded to 20 feet of 1.25 pipe. Total time from start to finish 12 minutes per well...... Normally, I drill 3 wells and use a 1 HP Sta rite HNE jet pump (22 GPM 50 PSI) to convert from city water (14GPM 50 PSI) to well water for lawn irrigation.
@docketdog. What slot size are you using for your well point? Do you need to install a filter to filter out all of the sand that comes into your well point? Thanks
@bill granade, do you have a problem with iron in the water causing staining of the house, driveway, etc? I am in NE Florida and am concerned about this issue. Don't know how deep you need to go to avoid the iron, and if it can be drilled by this method...
Sorry for the late reply.....the normal slots on the Home Depot and Lowes sand points are 10/1000 standard.....I don't recommend filters ......as a 2 inch TRUE sugar sand (250 mesh) filter will fill up on and require cleaning every 4 hours ....after about 6 months of lawn watering your system should be sugar sand free.@@stormlight1553
This is so awesome! I just bought some vacant land in Palatka. I'm going to do this as soon as I get my power pole installed! Thank you! I love your channel!
Hi gentleman ☺️ l am happy to see you helping lots of people to do lot of things by themselves through your humanitarian efforts to help people that maybe in need of this kind of help that needed dearly.l am wondering if you would kindly help me with the fittings and complete packing and instructions.l which I will certainly appreciate it.l have been watching for a very long time maybe even over 2years.l happened to believe you are a humanitarian willing to help everyone that needs this needs this kind of ability that they lacking.l am looking forward to hearing from you.thank you and may God bless you for helping the world as a whole . the world needs more people like you.and again l thank you and salute you for your help to the humanity
Hi. Im assuming your in GA or FL account of the palmettos. Can you drink water from a shallow well? Bathe? Or do you have to go super deep? Great video. Thank for sharing.
Chuck, where is the video on how to install the casing? Also, how do I know when I am deep enough? Is the casing suppose to be the same depth as the pipe or does the pipe go lower then the casing?
The main question I have with no gravel around the strainer pipe in the bottom of the well how long will it last? I would like to hear from somebody who has had one like this in the ground for a while.
I think I’m going to try this myself. I live in coastal North Carolina with the same soil type. I want to have a well near my pond to give it extra water while it is so dry. I think it would help my fish and introduce some oxygen as well. Thank you!
Hey we run an audio room on everything land with some land bankers we were talking about wells and i found you we would love to have you on one day explaining your expert advice on diy wells in Florida
This is SO helpful! Thank you! Thinking of doing this, I'm in NW Florida. Any clue how deep I'd need to dig? I'm in Panama City, about 15 minutes from the bay.
Does the check valve need to be at the bottom end of the pipe? If it can be at the top, then you can use a well point, (instead of switching pipes and hoping the casing don't collapse) as your jet, and go down as deep as the sand layer will allow.
I have a question, you already found water at 3ft only using a pole digger... But, will you always found water, lets say, at 40-60ft regardless of the terrain? at least, to get a couple gallons every day? I´m asking this, because i´ve been watching you for a while from Mexico, and i want to get one for myself on my backyard, but i have no idea about the depth the water is on my backyard... so i´m curious before spending the money to get all that, or has anyone else have any idea? Love your videos man
Get yourself some dowsing rods or make some out a a metal coat hanger and som plastic straws and check for water with them. Here’s the thing that everyone gets freaked out about dowsing rods they think it’s some supernatural thing, but it’s just science. Everything has a vibration/magnetic field and waters is really strong which is why it moves the dowsing rods. If the water is too beep for the dowsing rods to work there are ways to look up on line where the water table is in your area and how deep. Hope that helps.
Do you think this method would work for deep depths that require a submersible or convertible pump in the final install? I need to go 40-60 feet i think. Ive done 20 with a auger but im definitely looking for something more effective at deeper depths.
I am wondering the same thing. You need a wider bore in order to sink at least a 4" pipe that a submersible pump will fit in. Also you are sinking a permanent casing as you go, filter section first. I am kind of wondering how deep you can go with this. I am game to try... But I need at least 130 ft, not sure if it's realistic..
@thehillsidegardener3961 I am having a miserable time with this project. I am losing so much sleep and using so much time. My 2 inch pipe is stuck at 31 feet. I probably should have started with 4 inch pipe so that my 2 inch pipe didn't get stuck. Anyway. My water is 40-50 feet down. This weekend I am going to say fuck it and sink as much 1 inch pipe as possible down my 2 inch pipe. This guy in the video sunk 1 inch pipe 40 feet the ground all by itself. If I can get the same results, I will be at 70 feet and I'll be able to pump up the water with an air hose. Look up air lift pumps for weels.
@@flecktards3126 Yeah, maybe sometime you just have to call it quits. I have just discovered we in fact have to go down over 600 ft to reach a proper confined aquifer and that's not gonna happen with this method so probably you have to decide how deep is good enough to provide at least an acceptable volume and quality of water.
How deep does the green pipe have to go? And what is the purpose of the green pipe? And does the check valve go on the 1st skinny pipe or the 2nd skinny pipe ? And how do you know to use 40feet of pipe? Thanks in advance
Hello Chuck, I love your videos. I installed a french drain using a Zoeller pump to keep my yard dry thanks to your videos. I have a question, Is it okay to do the well next to the house or does it need to be a certain distance from the house?
Have you had any experience making wells with manual pumps? I have animals on a part of my property that I have to carry water out to, and I’d like something like this out there.
Hey, im currently working on this method. What kinda of water usage to returns are you getting with this? I was moving really quick at first but i just did a run where i only got 3 feet out of 100 gallons of water. I do not have a well and i do not want to deplete my rain water so ive been driving to the lake and filling 55 gallon drums with water. Is it better to have the water jetting out the top of the pipe or down bottom out the sides? I also have a hard time wiggling the pipe down and operating the jet. Should i focus more on working the pipe or the jet? And also. My discharge pipe is the 2 inch hose to 1 inch pvc but i still feel like i am going through water way too quickly. My 100 gallons of water was gone in less than 60 seconds. I see youre able to pump water for 15 minutes? Anyway. Just looking for all rhe advice you can give me lol. I'm trying to jet down 2.5 inch pipe in hopes of either because able to run a submersible or airlift pump. But yeah? Any advice?
Also. Hypothetically, how far do you think I could jet the 1 inch pipe down? Indefinitely? Because if I do an air compressor pump I don't need a larger diameter pipe but I do have to go deeper. For an air compressor pump to work my lift can only be half of my depth. So I think if my water is at 30-60 feet, then I'd have to sink 40-80 feet down.
@@mikeschmidt3382 I’m pretty sure that I mentioned towards the end of the video that I believe it would work and Clay and also if someone would try it send me a comment let me know how well it works. But I really think it would work well
My soil is clay and I am talking with a man who is looking in to helping me use your method. I know Father God wants me to have clean water and I know I came across your videos because Father knew my heart has been weary from the crud filled water I been having to suffer with for the last 10 years. The quality of the community well has just plummeted. Now the great plan of getting a well with out all the high costs!! No one needs a 8 inch casing!!! Peace
You look like your somewhere around Florida way? from the vegetation, so the water table is pretty close to the surface in many places and good sandy soils which act as like natural filters for clean/clear water.
Notes:
I was trying to make this a much shorter version so that people can see how easy it really is.
As you watch me pushing the 40 foot section of 1 inch pipe down, you’ll notice that it actually goes through a hard layer of clay.
Also, there is a 2 inch casing that the 1 inch well pipe goes down through. You just can’t see it in this short version.
I really hope everyone enjoys the video and please comment with any questions or tips you might have for other viewers!
Thanks,
Chuck
TAKES MORE THAN 10 MIN TO DIG THE HOLE AND YOU'RE DEPENDING ON THE PUMP WHICH IS ELECTRIC, UH, WHATCHA GOING TO DO WHEN THERE IS NO ELECTRICITY? THAT WELL WILL NOT DRAW WATER. OUCH. TC
SHOULDN'T BE DRINKING THAT WATER TILL TESTED!!! JUST BECAUSE IT LOOKS CLEAR, DOES NOT MEAN ITS DRINKABLE!!! COME ON, YOU CAN GET PEOPLE SICK OR KILLED. GEEZ
THANKS CHUCK, I am learning a great deal from you, thanks to you I was able to jet a three inch well casing in at 40feet a couple months ago, with no problems and the water quality is great,, by the I am all the way up north here in the Canadian Prairies,, I cant begin to thank you enough,,!!I look forward to doing a zoom chat with you soon, ,CHEERS my friend!!!!God bless you!!!The only thing i did differently was to build me a platform about six and a half feet high to stand on and I still brought the ladder up there with me for the extra height!!
@@wheepingwillow24u17 the pumps gas not electric 😂 and testing the water is easy. This really sounds like it’s not for you at all.
@@wheepingwillow24u17 hand pumps don’t need electricity and most people will run a gas generator to run a pump for remote gardening etc
Love your videos. My passion is digging in the dirt and working with water. Lived in 3 houses and installed 2 yard drains then found your videos and improved the drainage on my 3rd home. Going to install my well this fall. Love your comment that, "if you think you can do it then you can". YES you CAN.
Chuck, you are the most positive annd upbeat TH-camr I’ve ever seen. Your videos convinced me I could drill my own well and today I did it. I only got 31 feet before I hit rock I couldn’t go through but I got water! Just wanted to thank you, love your videos and your positivity.
Thanks 🙏 👍👍
Chuck:
I too drill 25 foot shallow wells in FL using the HF 2 inch pump ......(200 and still counting).....I use two 1.25 inch drill pipes ...one 15 foot ...one 10 foot... connected with quick disconnects "Banjo 125A Polypropylene Cam & Groove male / female Fittings". Start with 15 footer.....jet down to 14 feet...disconnect top water manifold ....attach 10 footer.....reconnect water manifold.......jet down to 25 feet....... shut off pump....pull up drill pipes and "QUICKLY" drop down a 5 foot well point previously welded to 20 feet of 1.25 pipe. Total time from start to finish 12 minutes per well......
Normally, I drill 3 wells and use a 1 HP Sta rite HNE jet pump (22 GPM 50 PSI) to convert from city water (14GPM 50 PSI) to well water for lawn irrigation.
@docketdog. What slot size are you using for your well point? Do you need to install a filter to filter out all of the sand that comes into your well point? Thanks
@bill granade, do you have a problem with iron in the water causing staining of the house, driveway, etc? I am in NE Florida and am concerned about this issue. Don't know how deep you need to go to avoid the iron, and if it can be drilled by this method...
Bill I need your help! I tried this but can't seem to make it work. First I hit water but it's just not enough.
My 30 years of 25 foot shallow wells in Florida have been 95% free of iron. @@reodds
Sorry for the late reply.....the normal slots on the Home Depot and Lowes sand points are 10/1000 standard.....I don't recommend filters ......as a 2 inch TRUE sugar sand (250 mesh) filter will fill up on and require cleaning every 4 hours ....after about 6 months of lawn watering your system should be sugar sand free.@@stormlight1553
This is so awesome! I just bought some vacant land in Palatka. I'm going to do this as soon as I get my power pole installed! Thank you! I love your channel!
Hi gentleman ☺️ l am happy to see you helping lots of people to do lot of things by themselves through your humanitarian efforts to help people that maybe in need of this kind of help that needed dearly.l am wondering if you would kindly help me with the fittings and complete packing and instructions.l which I will certainly appreciate it.l have been watching for a very long time maybe even over 2years.l happened to believe you are a humanitarian willing to help everyone that needs this needs this kind of ability that they lacking.l am looking forward to hearing from you.thank you and may God bless you for helping the world as a whole . the world needs more people like you.and again l thank you and salute you for your help to the humanity
Hi. Im assuming your in GA or FL account of the palmettos. Can you drink water from a shallow well? Bathe? Or do you have to go super deep? Great video. Thank for sharing.
Chuck, where is the video on how to install the casing? Also, how do I know when I am deep enough? Is the casing suppose to be the same depth as the pipe or does the pipe go lower then the casing?
That is one good thing about Florida, water everywhere.
I'm in area with clay I'll let you know in couple weeks bud God Bless an thanks for sharing In Jesus name 🙏
you make me happy, you have a very friendly smile too.
Is your 40' pipe thinwall or schedule 40?
Fantastic video .. thanks very much
The main question I have with no gravel around the strainer pipe in the bottom of the well how long will it last? I would like to hear from somebody who has had one like this in the ground for a while.
I think I’m going to try this myself. I live in coastal North Carolina with the same soil type. I want to have a well near my pond to give it extra water while it is so dry. I think it would help my fish and introduce some oxygen as well. Thank you!
Did it work? I live in coastal NC too?
Best of luck trying that in Western North Carolina red clay.
Hey we run an audio room on everything land with some land bankers we were talking about wells and i found you we would love to have you on one day explaining your expert advice on diy wells in Florida
This is SO helpful! Thank you! Thinking of doing this, I'm in NW Florida. Any clue how deep I'd need to dig? I'm in Panama City, about 15 minutes from the bay.
So did you sink a 3 or 4" down there already....and can you use the trash pump to sink the 3" or 4"?
Do you list what I need to get to start water drilling a well
very good project
Does the check valve need to be at the bottom end of the pipe? If it can be at the top, then you can use a well point, (instead of switching pipes and hoping the casing don't collapse) as your jet, and go down as deep as the sand layer will allow.
Nice. Job
I have a question, you already found water at 3ft only using a pole digger... But, will you always found water, lets say, at 40-60ft regardless of the terrain? at least, to get a couple gallons every day? I´m asking this, because i´ve been watching you for a while from Mexico, and i want to get one for myself on my backyard, but i have no idea about the depth the water is on my backyard... so i´m curious before spending the money to get all that, or has anyone else have any idea?
Love your videos man
Get yourself some dowsing rods or make some out a a metal coat hanger and som plastic straws and check for water with them. Here’s the thing that everyone gets freaked out about dowsing rods they think it’s some supernatural thing, but it’s just science. Everything has a vibration/magnetic field and waters is really strong which is why it moves the dowsing rods. If the water is too beep for the dowsing rods to work there are ways to look up on line where the water table is in your area and how deep. Hope that helps.
Wow! That’s great! Should there be any concern about creating a sinkhole?
No! It’s below the peat moss hard pan
😅😅😊😊
Hi, thnx for demo so well displayed however u never showed us the 1" pipe
Good video I’m surprised you didn’t burn the pump up
And what keeps the tip from clogging or the well pump....is there not filters on the pump?
What kind of glue did you use. Is it important to use threaded connections on the mud pump. 19:04
Great video but looks like you used a well point instead of the black foot valve?
Good job
Great video, very informative! Thank you.
Hey I like you video I ready for star my how many foot 3 inch pipe I need inside in the ground I need 10 / 20/o more
Love the videos. Here in GA like FL permits are required to put in wells. How do you get around that? Hopefully I can also use the same method.
no permit is required for wells 2" or less in diameter in FL.
Why did you use the 3" and a 1" on previous drillining well, and you use only 1" on this well?
Do you think this method would work for deep depths that require a submersible or convertible pump in the final install? I need to go 40-60 feet i think. Ive done 20 with a auger but im definitely looking for something more effective at deeper depths.
I am wondering the same thing. You need a wider bore in order to sink at least a 4" pipe that a submersible pump will fit in. Also you are sinking a permanent casing as you go, filter section first. I am kind of wondering how deep you can go with this. I am game to try... But I need at least 130 ft, not sure if it's realistic..
@thehillsidegardener3961 I am having a miserable time with this project. I am losing so much sleep and using so much time. My 2 inch pipe is stuck at 31 feet. I probably should have started with 4 inch pipe so that my 2 inch pipe didn't get stuck. Anyway. My water is 40-50 feet down. This weekend I am going to say fuck it and sink as much 1 inch pipe as possible down my 2 inch pipe. This guy in the video sunk 1 inch pipe 40 feet the ground all by itself. If I can get the same results, I will be at 70 feet and I'll be able to pump up the water with an air hose. Look up air lift pumps for weels.
@@thehillsidegardener3961 they do make 2 inch submersible pumps
@@flecktards3126 Yeah, maybe sometime you just have to call it quits. I have just discovered we in fact have to go down over 600 ft to reach a proper confined aquifer and that's not gonna happen with this method so probably you have to decide how deep is good enough to provide at least an acceptable volume and quality of water.
Does this get you through the layer of hard pan? I live in Jacksonville FL and that is what people are telling me is the tough part to get through.
How deep does the green pipe have to go? And what is the purpose of the green pipe? And does the check valve go on the 1st skinny pipe or the 2nd skinny pipe ? And how do you know to use 40feet of pipe?
Thanks in advance
Hello Chuck, I love your videos. I installed a french drain using a Zoeller pump to keep my yard dry thanks to your videos. I have a question, Is it okay to do the well next to the house or does it need to be a certain distance from the house?
Inside the house is fine. Just make sure that you are at least 50 to 75 feet away from any septic drain field.
Can you use solar energy to power a pump?
Yes
Have you had any experience making wells with manual pumps? I have animals on a part of my property that I have to carry water out to, and I’d like something like this out there.
How are you capping the well?
I have a 300ft well depth and 110ft static water level. In your opinion is that a good static water level ?
how do you know when you hit water?
man i dig your videos!
Hi I’m in Port Elisabeth South Africa wanne drill your way we in drought for 7 years now
How far down is the well point bottom?
The Check valve?
Hey, im currently working on this method. What kinda of water usage to returns are you getting with this? I was moving really quick at first but i just did a run where i only got 3 feet out of 100 gallons of water. I do not have a well and i do not want to deplete my rain water so ive been driving to the lake and filling 55 gallon drums with water. Is it better to have the water jetting out the top of the pipe or down bottom out the sides? I also have a hard time wiggling the pipe down and operating the jet. Should i focus more on working the pipe or the jet? And also. My discharge pipe is the 2 inch hose to 1 inch pvc but i still feel like i am going through water way too quickly. My 100 gallons of water was gone in less than 60 seconds. I see youre able to pump water for 15 minutes? Anyway. Just looking for all rhe advice you can give me lol. I'm trying to jet down 2.5 inch pipe in hopes of either because able to run a submersible or airlift pump. But yeah? Any advice?
Also. Hypothetically, how far do you think I could jet the 1 inch pipe down? Indefinitely? Because if I do an air compressor pump I don't need a larger diameter pipe but I do have to go deeper. For an air compressor pump to work my lift can only be half of my depth. So I think if my water is at 30-60 feet, then I'd have to sink 40-80 feet down.
Keep working you’ll get it
Whàt was the machine from harbor freight what does that do
Is this worth the expenses for a one time job though? Will I find multiple uses for all of this?
Absolutely!
And soil is different in Florida than Georgia. I’m not trying to be critical, just trying to understand.
I feel like I’d be fighting sucking up stones the whole way any method
@@mikeschmidt3382 it is different, I'm in Kansas lol
@@mikeschmidt3382 I’m pretty sure that I mentioned towards the end of the video that I believe it would work and Clay and also if someone would try it send me a comment let me know how well it works. But I really think it would work well
Do you use bentonite clay?
im in clay ..and it great till like 20 ft.. then it fights back too hard! cant go deeper with this methed
@@chrisstokley7687 bummer try again
When doing this setup, do u use pea gravel at all?
I think you should if you have seen this done. Chuck is busy I hope he will call I left a message.
Great if you have no rock or gravel.
My soil is clay and I am talking with a man who is looking in to helping me use your method. I know Father God
wants me to have clean water and I know I came across your videos because Father knew my heart has been weary from the crud filled water I been having to suffer with for the last 10 years. The quality of the community well has just plummeted. Now the great plan of getting a well with out all the high costs!! No one needs a 8 inch casing!!! Peace
You look like your somewhere around Florida way? from the vegetation, so the water table is pretty close to the surface in many places and good sandy soils which act as like natural filters for clean/clear water.
Does the 2" have slits for water entry?
Pipes with slits for water entry are called "well points." He uses 1" or 1.25". It comes like that when you buy it. :)
@@rays718 `If the 2" is run to the bottom of the well there is not anywhere for the water to enter the well bore?
1:03 Are those caterpillars?
where can I buy a complete well kit?
I would try Harbor freight. They carry that mud pump and well pumps. Then Lowe’s or Home Depot for the pipe
@@appledrains definitely
Yeah I got bedrock at 4 feet. Don't think this will get it.
Try it
As flimsy as that pipe is, how do you know you're drilling down and not sideways?
I think that’s why he does the 4” guide pipe first
Was this filmed in 1980?
On the video you did not show the use of the 4inches pipe
If I even want a well I have to dig more than 100ft down
What b******* yeah you're down in an area
What kind of glue did you use. Is it important to use threaded connections on the mud pump. 19:04