Comments on: The Lost Art Of Digging or Drilling A Water Well https://prepperswill.com/the-lost-art-of-digging-or-drilling-a-water-well/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-lost-art-of-digging-or-drilling-a-water-well We have the will to outlast everything! Preppers Since 2014! Sun, 08 Sep 2019 16:36:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Mic Roland https://prepperswill.com/the-lost-art-of-digging-or-drilling-a-water-well/#comment-55799 Tue, 13 Aug 2019 20:37:57 +0000 http://prepperswill.com/?p=9404#comment-55799 One of the perks of my current house is that it has a “dug” well. Since it is a shallow well, I could put a simple hand pump on the cap. I opted not to put on a foot valve to keep the water in the pipe just below the first valve. Instead, as the vacuum lets go, the water falls back down. The normally-empty pipe makes it freeze proof in the winter. This means having to prime the pump for each session but knowing that, I keep a bottle of water from the last pumping handy.

A manually-pumped well is a real peace-of-mind prep.

]]> By: D from Michigan https://prepperswill.com/the-lost-art-of-digging-or-drilling-a-water-well/#comment-55797 Tue, 13 Aug 2019 19:44:37 +0000 http://prepperswill.com/?p=9404#comment-55797 When drilling with a Sand Point, it is VERY important to ROTATE the pipe as it is being driven.
Hit the top with the Bell, then using a pipe wrench, twist the pipe 1/4 turn or so. Do this EACH TIME you hit the top. This method keeps the point drilling STRAIGHT DOWN, preventing it from drilling off at an odd angle, at which the pipe or the actual point may snap and become lost. Needing to start over with a new point. . .

If you fill the pipe with water, and keep filling as you drill, WATCH the water level. When it SUCKS down, and is gone, YOU HAVE HIT WATER.

Secure the pipe with a chain, or some rope as you are drilling. If you hit a cavern, the whole mess may drop down out of sight. With a chain wrapped around, you won’t lose your pipe and point.

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