Drilling a borehole/ Finding the water

eugenedoc1

I got a company in yesterday to drill a well on our site.
They went down 150mtrs and didnt find a drop.
The guy said he would organise a company to come next week and blast the rock at the bottom in the hope of opening the earth and hopefully find water.
Anyone heard/had this done before?
He did say there was a 90% chance it would work

sydthebeat

do you mean 150 feet??

eugenedoc1

ok. yes. feet.

eugenedoc1

Anyone know a reputable diviner in the north west region

smashey

Still not hit water yet?

Threads merged.

eugenedoc1

Lookin for answers smashey, to help lift the depression
You could fill a dry well with my tears at the moment!!

smashey

Has he gone below 150 ft yet?

eugenedoc1

He went to 150 feet and left it at that.packed up and went home.
His son rang and said they couldnt get water but could try with the explosives next week.

bbam

I have a friend who bored 3 holes and only found a "slow" supply of water... The company recommended explosives, it worked great... and aparrently it was quite a sight being done !!

There was some water present and I think they had bored about 350 feet first..

Cheers..
BAM

eugenedoc1

Thanks Bam, having any sort of water flow to start with im sure was an added bonus. any idea how much they charged for the explosives?

muffler

eugenedoc1 wrote: »

Anyone know a reputable diviner in the north west region

What area are you in?

eugenedoc1

building in kilmacrennan

muffler

eugenedoc1 wrote: »

building in kilmacrennan

I know a couple of water diviners in the Finn valley area but its doubtful if they would travel to Kilmacrennan though. smashey may be able to get a name or two for you.

smashey

eugenedoc1 wrote: »

building in kilmacrennan

muffler wrote: »

I know a couple of water diviners in the Finn valley area but its doubtful if they would travel to Kilmacrennan though. smashey may be able to get a name or two for you.

Making enquiries now.

smashey

Pm sent.

eugenedoc1

Thanks smashey,
Thats the man i got to drill the well in the first place!!!:D.
Everyone says he knows what he's doing.
He's to ring me next week and let me know what he thinks should be done.
People are tellin me its too wet to use a diviner and its better to wait until mid summer when the land is dry!(another gamble).

sunnysoutheast

water diviner? - shouldn't this be in the paranormal forum

the land'll never be dry if we get another summer like last year's!

SSE

smashey

eugenedoc1 wrote: »

Thanks smashey,
Thats the man i got to drill the well in the first place!!!:D.
Everyone says he knows what he's doing.
He's to ring me next week and let me know what he thinks should be done.
People are tellin me its too wet to use a diviner and its better to wait until mid summer when the land is dry!(another gamble).

Damn.:D

bbam

eugenedoc1 wrote: »

Thanks Bam, having any sort of water flow to start with im sure was an added bonus. any idea how much they charged for the explosives?

I think €1500 or €1800...

eugenedoc1

bbam wrote: »

I think €1500 or €1800...

:eek:Dear god .It can only get better!

hiscan

i had a well bored last november,they drilled 380 ft and it cost 3200 euro,they just fitted the pump two weeks ago i didnt get the bill for that yet
the water is perfect by the way

gummibear

hi all,
quick question. meeting man tomorrow to get quote for drilling well for water on site. what is the average cost i should be expecting per ft. etc? have no idea so sont want to get fleeced! cheers

Villain

€9 euro a foot in Carlow including lining

gummibear

Cheers. In west waterford so sholdn't be much different hopefully. ta:)

eugenedoc1

got the well blasted. Now have water. quantity and quality not known as yet.
Cost was 9 euros per feet. Lining 4.50 euros per feet. The guy gave me a price for a pump submersable ,1300 euro +vat. sourced one myself for 750 +vat. Anyone know where i could pick up a top pump whould be greatful:D

Villain

Do you mean a Vessel?

13.50 a foot is robbery imo, where are you based?

muffler

Villain wrote: »

where are you based?

He's in the North west region.

Villain

Thats a crazy difference to Carlow, I actually got mine for €8 a foot 3 months ago and the same company did it for €9 a foot last week for a relation.

eugenedoc1

Villain wrote: »

Do you mean a Vessel?

13.50 a foot is robbery imo, where are you based?

400 feet well at 9euro per foot.
They lined 10 feet of it at 4.50 per foot
Like i said im lookin for a good( 1 horsepower )submersible well pump

Villain

Ah my apologies thats good value, but 400 feet is pretty deep, will 1HP be enough? I have a 1HP for mine and its 220 feet, now I know a .75HP would have done, but you might want to check that 1HP will be enough.

My local building merchants sells pumps so I'm sure if you ring a few in your area someone will sell them.

eugenedoc1

no worries,
The local guys reckon 1 hp would do the business. No idea myself. Read somewhere too much power isnt a good thing either. thanks anyway

gummibear

Hi lads,
met the well-man and he quoted
€8 per ft + €6.50 per ft for steel lining for first 15 ft. or so.
recommended €2.50 per ft. for plastic well screen after that
.75HP submersible pump and 80lt. pressure vessel for €1100.
reckons 180 ft should do the job as he has drilled a fair few wells in the area and that's the average depth.
Am happy with that!
Now if the rain would just go away and we could start on the footings.......:mad: