hey everyone... our house in S FL is on a well. We love it and want to stay on well water. But our well stopped functioning a while ago... seems our galvanized steel pipe finally rusted through (its probably 40 years old!)
Anyways, I cant get a permit to have a new well drilled b/c the city will want to put me on city water (probably $2000). And even if I could find someone to come out and drill the well, they'd have a problem getting any equipment back there, and it would still end up costing me (about $1500).
So I'm thinking about giving it shot myself with a well point, some pipe, a sledgehammer, and 3 or 4 friends. If it doesn't work, i figure the worst I'm out is about $250 bucks in materials and a Saturday afternoon.
The whole process seems pretty straighforward except:
And guys, please, any other advice you can give me would be appreciated.
aram
Anyways, I cant get a permit to have a new well drilled b/c the city will want to put me on city water (probably $2000). And even if I could find someone to come out and drill the well, they'd have a problem getting any equipment back there, and it would still end up costing me (about $1500).
So I'm thinking about giving it shot myself with a well point, some pipe, a sledgehammer, and 3 or 4 friends. If it doesn't work, i figure the worst I'm out is about $250 bucks in materials and a Saturday afternoon.
The whole process seems pretty straighforward except:
How do I know when I've hammered the thing deep enough?
And guys, please, any other advice you can give me would be appreciated.
aram