What You Dont See! Discolored Well Water & Why it's Happening to Your Well.
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Do You Have Discolored Well Water?
This video will show you a very common issue & why it happens. Typically Well Water becomes Discolored or muddy after heavy amounts of Rain Fall, but the water would be Clear during a period of no rain. Filtration can fix the water quality, but the source (The Well) is still contaminated. The Key is to Fix the Well so you don't have to spend money on filters that will require maintenance. Well Liners are highly successful in fixing the problem with surface water leaching into your drinking water.
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I don’t know why I watch these videos as I don’t even have a well… but damn I enjoy them!!
Had a plumber guy that Lowe's sent to my house wanted to charge me $2500 to swap out my well pump but i had to get the pump and everything else as well as prep the area including pull the pump. Im a disabled older woman. All he told me about what to purchase was "get a 1 hp 2 wire submersible pump, if you get a 3 wire get the box too". I had a 3 wire originally and knew nothing else of the well, it's the first time i had any problem with it, other than replacing the pressure switch a few years back, since i bought the place. I went straight to TH-cam and found your channel to give me an idea of what i needed to get and thought if i gotta do all that i might as well do it myself. Needless to say that guy will never get my business, my son works for a grading co and borrowed the crane and between he, his wife and myself we got the job done. Went with the same thing i had .
That’s crazy expensive! I replaced one for a friend last year and his son helped me and pulling it out and going and getting the replacement took about five hours by the time we turned the new one on and I know I was cheap but I charged him 350 labor
I considered expanding my spring water tank from 500g to 2500g.
The contractor gave me a rough price of $4k. He said it would take longer than a 12-hour day, so it would be two days. He broke down the costs: labor, machine costs, and materials. I did not do it as it was not worth it to me.
This was one of the first jobs he quoted me. Since I understood his costs, I have had him out several times for 1 and 2 day jobs. It was because of his openness and the way he finishes jobs that he comes out twice a year for a day project. (He slips me between his bigger jobs, so I get a better rate, but I only get a 2 or 3 day notice.)
Always GREAT to watch someone who knows exactly what he is doing AND that he enjoys his work!! That’s worth its weight in gold!!
The way you say cement, makes it sound like seamen...had me chuckle there.
You are the man!
Great work man!!! Love the way you layout the truth to the customer so that they’ll be informed as to the process…very honest work
I've always installed a pitless adapter on the well casing below the frost line or at a depht regulated by lical plumbing codes.
Yes!
Love your videos , I always think I’m going to watch for a minute and go to something else, but I always stay to the end .so educational.
we up north in ny use all metal casing 6 in welded lengths
Texas, its like a whole other country! 🤠👍
In areas where I live in SC, lots of wells aren't but about 25feet, very high water table, some areas on my property most times of the year, water only about two feet below surface. In other words,lots of people around here are drinking surface water.
Crazy how people do things differently in different places. Here in Maine we always use 1" black polyethylene and pitiless adapter at least 6 feet deep.
Only time I see a cap like that is an old well someone has in the basement
But you are in Maine where you have what some people call a “frost line”. Where I live, most people have never heard of a frost line and our wells are always capped above ground like this video.
I'm still surprised there isn't a pitless adapter if there is a chance of freezing. You aren't adding that much to the cost of the well, but you never have to think about the outside portion of the well.
Instead of a weld blob restricting travel along the thread of that bolt thread, use a nylok nut at the end.
I work in environmental consulting and I just cringed a little when the bolts on the sanitary seal cap came out. I’m glad you were able to recover it. I do a lot of groundwater remediation systems with downhole Grundfos pumps.
Makes me wonder what the bentonite seal looks like above the screen.
High quality video, as always. This is great info to have.
Thanks for the video.
I subscribed to your channel, so the ratio of watched to those who subscribed may have dropped .1%!
The only thing I don't like are the commercials I can't skip, especially the ones that are in a language I don't speak or understand.
enjoyed the video, Make sure you do one of the installing the liner, that will be interesting to watch. Also as a business owner it's nice to see someone that really knows their business and can explain it to the customer without throwing the other guy under the bus. That would have been very easy for you to do. I like that you made it clear what he needed to resolve his problem but at the same time made it clear he got what he paid for. So many people try to make someone else look bad thinking it's making them look better. Nice JOB!!!
Keep up the good work man!
Love your video's and showing what you do. I've never met anyone locally who does groundwater wells and similar.
HI. LOVE YOUR VIDEOS AND I'M READY FOR THE SECOND EPISODE OF THIS WELL
Damn, but I love that you explain things so well! Wish more guys were like you & knowledgeable!
Hard to believe there’s places that are seeing wells THAT deep and he’s still getting rain water intrusion! 😮 Geez!
Will the well further need a shock treatment at the end to purify it, since so much intrusion & cloudiness has happened?
Thanks for making these vids. Learned so much. Just had well drilled. 50 gpm, basalt, solar pump going in.
Mulțumim!
Thanks for the video. Do you have a video explaining how you determine the amount of water that a well produces?
Interesting. My well is pretty shallow but still good to know.
I'm glad I watched Your videos, I would have taken the bolts out too!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I'm watching videos on deep well pumps because in a few hours I'll be attending to fix one for a friend. Never worked on water pumps so I'm getting a new education at 65 years old. So thanks for sharing... Carey in North Carolina...
Have a few people there to help you!.
Remember that if you lift it up & see that it's on pvc, do not pull it out like I do the black pipe or it will break. Pvc must be pulled straight up in 20ft sections bc its too ridged.
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I don't understand why the well cap mfg don't deform the bolts so they don't come out!
You want a way to remove the bolts. It looks like it's holding the rubber seal in place. You want that to be replaceable, unless you replace the entire cap.
They can use the ss deflon/ nylon seal nut .
@@arthurr8670 I'd take that inplace of having the parts drop in a well and jamming something up.
@@2wwwilly and they still can be removed and parts dropped in well by the uninformed person.
Hello..I have aquwstion..how do I check if my well pump is bad .
That earned a sub good stuff
Up here by me in NYS, i use caps that are held on with set scews on the side.
4th, having pump and hydrant put into my new well on Monday.
Hi I watch your videos from orange nsw Australia
Awesome
Vevor always pleasantly surprises me
Vevor has some good products - but they have their fair share of junk also. That well camera appears to be working out, and I have a Vevor chamber vacuum sealer that works great. But they also sell a stand-alone vacuum pump that doesn't work (see the HVAC Guy channel about that) and they sell a man cage that goes over pallet forks that is a lightweight piece of garbage (Good Works Tractors reviewed that gem).
With Vevor products, I take the approach of looking for review videos on TH-cam from folks that have had/used the product for a period of time before I decide to buy it.
Take care and God Bless.
Queensland Australia
I really enjoy your videos, you explain everything so well.
Have you tried to Rainx your well camera lens?
Might help with viewing.
I put rain X on the end of that camera lens. I had a huge improvement on mine when I hit it would rain. It keeps the water off the lens.
Reppin the AMA recycling sweatshirt lol. Cool to see local stuff with someone as popular as your channel!
It's actually my Diesel mechanics Hoodie lol. He left it at my shop a year ago. So I grabbed it lol
H20 you have some great video's, I enjoy watching your channel. Do you have any videos on how to relocate a well tank. Right now my brothers tank is under his cabin, he has to go into a crawl space to get to it. Looking to move it into a basement that was added into his cabin. So it would be a lot easier access. I have an idea what to do but not sure what materials I would need. Thanks if you could help. Keep up with the great video's
I just found your channel and enjoy how you explain what you're doing.
2 tips, if you smoke, please stop and the words "floor joists" is not "floor joistes". Maybe you hear ppl saying it in 2 syllables, but the word joists is ONE syllable. Please don't say joist-es.
Keep making your quality videos. Thanks
This would be a Great place to work as a Driller / welder/ pump Mechanic/ cdl driver etc etc etc.
you guys and your plastic well casing.
I’m in Perth Western Australia. You definitely drill a bit different to us in Western Australia
You reach New Zealand as well 😀 Cheers
Nice to have man’s best friends with ya isn’t it.
My JD 3320 had them, current Kioti CK4010 has them!
I have a 750' well pump at 600' with a 100' sleeve so I feel your pain!
I have a job for you, over here in Australia, all the best mate
Another way to keep the bottom plate from is to run the bolt through and weld a blob on the threads at the end of the bolt
I just "Trash" the end threads with whatever's handy, hammer & chisel, BIG pliers, jamb nuts...
There's nothing wrong with the design. The problem is the homeowner who thinks he should unscrew all four bolts all the way. Even as a newbie, years ago, I never made that mistake.
3/4 is likely used as a false money saving function. In my area in older houses it would not be uncommon to find 1/2 inch to the house in older houses built pre-code. Many people did their own construction. The mind set was--if water comes out of the faucet in the house---all is good and we ain't spending no more money!!
I find plenty of those cost saving measures around our poorly built house. Just got done removing a kitchen sink slip ptrap from the shower. I presume it was an extra that they had lying around.
My husband and I are having an issue with our well and we both agreed that we would love to have you inspect and work on our well but unfortunately we live in Ohio. Excellent content🫡🤌🏾
Wet air from the well will enter the metal splice box and corrode the connections. The problem should be on the driller, They can set up the drill rig and remove the casing and re bore the concrete seal out.
Up in NH I've only seen metal casing all the way to ground level. Is PVC used just for cost savings?
Regarding the 3/4” diameter pex tubing from well to house. Can you send a steel cable through the line, connect it to a tubing cutter, split the existing tubing and follow it with 1” diameter pe tubing? This method is commonly used to update lead service connections to water mains.
Dude you have been such a big help to me as a service plumber! Is there any way that you could do a video on testing the condition electrical insulation of the submersible wire and motor windings down the well casing, after you disconnect the wires running underground from the house, with a multimeter or megger? It would be nice to be able to tell my customers that either A: you’ve got a problem with the submersible wire, or B: you’ve got a problem with the pump motor itself. Is there a number, say in ohms, that I should be looking for… like if it’s below 1.5 ohms your pump or cable has (or is going bad). Teach us you ways professor!
Simply use a clamp style amp meter. If you have 240v at the well head & 0 amps, it's a broken wire. If you get amps above 9.5-16 then it's a bad pump.
If you get 7 amps & 240v & no water, then its broken pipe down the hole. If you get 3.5amps, (low) then the pump splines are stripped out.
I never do it any other way.
I’m about an hour and a half north of you. I live in a Town that starts with an “L” and ends with “burg” can I start referring you to some of my customers?
@@robtheisen5844 that's a little too far for me.
Hello Sir. Live in California. Like your show. So me know what you do Plus hoke lot more! Started at 15 on oil rigs. Spent 22.5 yearsdoing everything you could do to a hole in the ground. From 0’ to 26,000’ and bank to 0’ . I started with abandoned wells drilled, cable pounded in 1910”s We cut down /pulled over the last ten standing wood derrick’ in Kern Co. got my first Rig as a driller/operator in in 1978. Double Ideco drive in 220ft derrick 225,000 pull. 40,000 pound draw works 1’ line 6line blocks three man crew that just the start less than three years at 18 a position like that in 1970’s oh 64 now retired!
Is is possible for a pump the break the casing of a well? When the pump stops there is a loud water hammer. Also, when the pump starts, i think it wiggles a lot in the well, hitting and smashing the walls. What do you think? Thank you!
Watching from the island of Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean sea.
Do you ever use pitless adapters for the plumbing connections on the wells there?
Only when asked by customer.
State law requires water sample port at well head. Install a pitless then requires me to install a yard hydrant. Just more expensive. If I drive 4 hours north, all wells become pitless.
@@h2omechanic , it's good to see you're feeling better. You mentioned "state law" which made me think about code & inspection. I wondered, you suggest that whoever ran the supply piping from the pump to the house undersized it & I would agree but I would've thought this would be regulated by code. So how can it pass an inspection with undersized piping or is this more about "minimum to meet code" versus "ideal"? Btw great to see Mandy and Ginger! ^_^
In the north we use 1-piece well head caps and all hardware is on the Outside diameter of the well head. No chance of any bolts falling down the well. Can 1 piece caps be used in the southern states too?
It's interesting to see well systems in other areas.
I have never seen yellow water. Just red iron algae and black manganese. Water camera do you use ?
Every time I have to run a camera we have to pull the whole set out.
Vevor sells this camera on there site. I have a Video on the camera on my channel. Well pump q&a playlist
Hey I got a situation here in North Carolina I got a deep well pump that sits down in the aquifer it's sleeved for 70 ft it opens up into the aquifer I have a broken sleeve and I'm trying to pull my well pump out I've lost two well pumps in the third one is stuck now are the two that I lost that fell are they gone because of it being an aquifer and second question how do I fix the broken sleeve please SOS.
Great video not sure why I am watching well videos but here I am
Watching holding a 2 yr old and tv in background but your audio could really use a mic
I know video and sound is secondary to the professionalism of talking to your client not the camera did make it tough to keep up with what your were saying
Great videos just small suggestion
Funny hearing you say, cement
I just got my well put in and the water is brownish color. Hadnt had time to actually let it run for wile yet due to working everyday late. Im let it run some this weekend to see if that clears it up
What's the process for sealing the bottom of a well casing during the installation of a new well? Is it somehow supposed to be glued to the stop of the rock bore hole to seal it from any such leakage as is shown in this video??
Do you have a video of you casing this well?
Dogs are cool all I need to see to subscribe
7:47 wow your voice sounds soooooo cool. I need to record some vocals and whatnot with that effect!
I read your comment at the 6:24 mark
caught me off guard 😂
And also the effect from his voice did sound cool!!
Like reverb in a small room
He was talking thru the well pipe, so I guess it would be:
*the depth of the well + the inner diameter of the pipe*
That would = the dimensions for the “room” of his reverberated voice
@@ohokayofficial You are the coolest person ever. Have you heard of the Cooper Time Cube? I think it was a reverb made by UREI from the 70s. It was a box with a 50 foot roll of garden hose that had a speaker on one side and a mic on the other. Kind of reminds me of the way this effect from this video is created. This though right here in this particular video is soooooo much more unique. Thanks for reminding me about it!
If I ever can afford the best home audio studio ever, you better believe it will have a well drilled someplace near by. :)
Amazing brother, respect. Free the tates.
Sounds like what im dealing with now, cept it started with a decent amount of sediment type stuff in the toilet tanks, which isnt really an issue anymore.
Why don’t you guys use a pit less adapter? You have a facet on top of a line coming out the well head. Do you not have a freezing problem?
I had my well hydrofracked 2 months ago I still have cloudy water 😢 any thoughts? Suggestions would greatly be appreciated.
I was running the well dry for the first month everyday. Put back in the filters a week ago, lots of sediment dark brown very dirty mud like filter.
I love your channel. I am in NJ and this is my first house with a well. The well is actually in my basement! I am confused, you said his pump pits down about 400 feet but his casing only goes ~ 70 feet. what is between end of casing and the pump? And how come casing isn't required all the way down to the pump? Thx for all your great content!!
the crack is at 70 ft any crack above the 400 may leak in ground water
They set casing down to bedrock , below that it's a rock casing.
⚠️ CORRECTION - “People’s Republic of New Jersey” and NOT “NJ”.
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(I grew up in Essex Fells and moved to Morris County years back)
One quick recommendation… I’m an electrical contractor and have a bunch of customers with wells.
Most of them were installed by the same well co. working for a developer.
They were all given Berkey Black gravity water filter units (I believe they are the “Royal Berkey” models).
There were apparently no contaminants detected but they all state that the drinking water tastes much better using the filter vs. without.
After seeing this and speaking with most of the residents, I bought one for my own home.
We have municipal water and it’s supposedly “tested & OK”, but it really smells horribly like chlorine.
The water is actually drinkable when using the Berkey filter. I think we got the larger model??
I never could drink the tap water here and used to buy spring water for drinking and cooking.
Now, I drink the water and love it!
Good luck. 👍🏼😀
I would hire you in Colorado
Great video and problem solving, I've had a well installed in the UK , but 150ft down and I get 5 gallon a minute, they put a 6inch perforated pipe at the bottom 30ft then a normal 6inch pipe on top, my question is why don't you guys do that
Your probably in a coastal region, the slotted casing is used in specific areas. Just not needed here bc we find water in rock, not sand
@H2o Mechanic thanks for your reply, we are on Cornwall, and your right they went through Granite
I love your videos, informative and easy to watch. However I have a small issue with you calling out the 3/4” supply pipe. The well plate says it’s a 2 gpm well. So why waste $ on a 1” or whatever to flow at 10-12 gpm when you’re not meant to flow more than 2? Perhaps they sized the pipe based on the rated flow and not on the ideal 10 gpm.
It creates unnecessary head pressure against the pump trying to force water thru that small pipe. 3/4" pex is cts which means it's actually smaller than typical 3/4" black roll & 3/4" pvc. Think of it as 1/2" pvc. Bc 1/2"pvc beside 3/4" pex look the same size. Pex is measured by cts (copper tubing size) . It works, but its really undersized. The pump here can provide probably 9-10gpm with proper plumbing
That PEX water feed looks totally unprofessional. Each PEX fitting further restricts the flow since the fittling is designed to go inside the pipe. Also, I'm pretty sure PEX is not supposed to be direct burried in the ground either.
@@davebrunson125 You're right about it being a dry hole. The stated well capacity is 2 gpm, most of that water looks like it's being produced from overburden leaking into the bottom of the well casing. If he seals off the bottom of that casing, the well will produce little if any water. That is probably the reason the drillers didn't cement up the casing, they suspected it was a dry hole.
Example of a customer who doesn’t know W. T. F they’re doing and is shocked to hear a tech pointing out important things he’s doing wrong.
Hey H2O have you ever watched James Butler well and sewer services?
I have a house that has a well. On the cap it says the flow is 2.5 gallons a minute.
15 miles away, I lived at a rental that had to have the well re drilled. When they tested the well, the pump could only pump at 50 gallons a minute. The well flow was more than 50 gallons a minute.
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how is the depth of the casing determined? You said the casing is 60ft but well depth is 400ft.
LOL. Ginger looks like she is ready for a nap on the way home.
Why are plastic casings used instead of steel, and why not pit less adapters? Cost I imagine. We're way up north, I have only ever seen steal casings used here. If a sanitary top seal is used, the top of the well is either buried 4 feet or in a heated well house.
I just want to know, if you're well can freeze, why isn't a pitless adapter used in that area? We have water all year, don't worry about the well casing, or underground piping, even when the temperature goes negative. I understand you don't get that cold, but i feel like someone would pay extra not to have to deal with making sure the well doesn't freeze.
I noticed a lack of a union at the wellhead. I'm only familiar with wells in Florida. Ron W4BIN
Have a well that according to a well guy is about 50ftto where the pump is. My sediment filter and carbon filter all of a sudden filled up with sandy clay and the pump burned out. The well guy doesn't use a camera though he claims he has a couple and says he's never seen a broken or cracked casing. He replaced the pump then 2 days later it started pumping sandy mud again. I shut the power off and came a different company. They said its most likely a collapsed well and drilled a new one. So now I have 2 wells. 1 that works at 5 gal. Per minute and 1 that doesn't work. He also does not use a camera though he has them. ( doesn't make any sense to have them and not use them to me though ) what could be done to save the non-working well and is it possible to link both weeks together?
can you recase a 2" well I know they are getting out of date
Well drillers up here in Canada use steel pipe casing all the way. No plastic.
Not true here in Alberta many newer wells use plastic as it will not rust out.
@@roballan4944 it takes a long time for schedule 40 to rust out. I've pulled pumps out of wells 40 years old still in good shape that are steel casing. I'm in Ontario
@@roballan4944 I'm in B.C. and never, ever seen plastic. It's steel well casing only. It doesn't rust out; one of mine is over sixty years old and looks like new. I'm not saying plastic is a bad idea, but I would rather spend the money on steel.
Them are some good looking helpers riding in the back seat and floorboard… I bet they never want a day off..
Love these videos have you tried using scuba mask defog on ur lenses of the camera
It's the sun glare. Low in the winter.
In a climate that freezes I can’t believe that you are not required to use pitiless adapters and bury the water line below the frost line
What if he hooked up a ozone system in the well.would that clear it up.
Hey man, I really appreciate your videos and your content, I have learned a lot. However, I have a question and I hope you have an answer? My water pressure has dropped in the last few weeks. I went out and looked in the pump house, and the system has a 20-40 pressure switch. The bladder tank rings when I knock on it and no water comes out the Schrader valve. When I pressure tested the tank, it was at 62 psI. I know that's way out of spec for what the setting should be, but how have I lived here for five years and never had an issue with my water pressure? I reduced the air pressure in the tank to 18 PSI, but now the pump seems to short cycle and my pressure is less. Additionally, the water is coming out kind of dirty and cloudy. I took the cap off of the well casing and shined a light down inside. I did not see any water spraying from a crack in a pipe, nor did I hear any type of leak. Can you give me any suggestions as to on what's going on?
you will need to camera it just like was done here, you can rent one
Anything wrong with 1 inch PEX?
3:00 people do whatever they can with what ever they have. That means brains too.
The way that well is capped seems very strange to me. The wells I've had including my current home have a cap with black tubing running down the side against the casing. It goes about 4 feet deep then runs towards the house. No insulation or fake rock. Also 2 gal/min wells in my area aren't considered adequate for a home. They usually require a huge underground tank.