First, the details: The home was built in 1964 and has a city water supply. The location is North Central Florida. In the back yard, there is a 9" diameter steel pipe coming out of the ground 24" that is threaded on the inside. There is no pump attached, but there is evidence of a pump's having been there as there is electricity there.
The problem: The pipe goes into the ground at least 12 feet. When I probe the hole with PVC piping, it goes 12 feet down and then hits something solid.
So I guess my question is how do I go about making it so I can pump water out of this thing again? If I assume that there are just hardened soil/sand/sediments there, then it seems the fence-post-pipe-pounding method would help me break through. If this is the case, then I have a question relating to the whole screen thing -- do I attach the screen to the first length of pipe so that it does the pounding? If so, wouldn't that damage it?
The other assumption I could make, however, is that the thing has been capped with cement. If this is this indeed the case, then how would I make the well active again? I have a hard time believing that the thing is capped because why would they not have filled the entire pipe to the top? Secondly, I filled the entire pipe with water and it drained all the way down to the bottom within a couple of minutes, which tells me that the bottom is more porous than one would expect cement to be. Of course, the pipe could be completely rusted all the way to the bottom, as well, but it is a pretty thick schedule.
The goal here is to run a pipe and attach a jet pump for the purposes of irrigation only. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanx in advance.
The problem: The pipe goes into the ground at least 12 feet. When I probe the hole with PVC piping, it goes 12 feet down and then hits something solid.
So I guess my question is how do I go about making it so I can pump water out of this thing again? If I assume that there are just hardened soil/sand/sediments there, then it seems the fence-post-pipe-pounding method would help me break through. If this is the case, then I have a question relating to the whole screen thing -- do I attach the screen to the first length of pipe so that it does the pounding? If so, wouldn't that damage it?
The other assumption I could make, however, is that the thing has been capped with cement. If this is this indeed the case, then how would I make the well active again? I have a hard time believing that the thing is capped because why would they not have filled the entire pipe to the top? Secondly, I filled the entire pipe with water and it drained all the way down to the bottom within a couple of minutes, which tells me that the bottom is more porous than one would expect cement to be. Of course, the pipe could be completely rusted all the way to the bottom, as well, but it is a pretty thick schedule.
The goal here is to run a pipe and attach a jet pump for the purposes of irrigation only. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanx in advance.