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How To Drill Your Own Water Well

I plan to have water in our barn which we finished renovating recently and have been exploring my options of either drilling a fresh well toward the back of the property near the barn or run a line from the existing well which will involve renting a trencher.

So are most of those I’ve consulted feel drilling another well will just mean tapping into the existing water basin and I’m better off running the additional line.

In any event, I thought I would share some of my research with you folks…

77 web pages and 49 videos entirely devoted to helping you drill your own well

You can drill your own shallow water well using PVC and household water hoses. It is a cheap and effective way to dig your own shallow water well. Water well drilling isn’t just for the pros with huge commercial drilling rigs. Digging a water well yourself is both interesting.

Related: Finding Where to Dig Your Well

Finding an underground water supply must be done before the drilling of a well can begin. Drilling a well is common when working with undeveloped property where a piped water supply or a spring cannot be reached. Digging a well is completed by boring a hole into the earth until the underground water table is reached. Piping is then lowered down to the water table. A pumping system is installed to bring the water to the surface.

Although the digging of the well is usually done by professionals, finding the water supply can be done by just about anyone… http://poormansurvivorblog.blogspot.com/2014/08/diy-well-location-digging-ways-to-cut.html