I Drilled a 40-Foot Well in My Backyard in Under 1 Hour
Caleb Greer — Off-Grid Water & Power
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I Drilled a 40-Foot Well in My Backyard in Under 1 Hour
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Caleb Greer — Off-Grid Water & Power
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I drilled a forty-foot well in my backyard in under one hour using a mud pump from Harbor Freight, PVC pipe, and water pressure. No drilling rig, no special equipment. In this video I walk you through the entire jetting method step by step — how the pump reducer trick quadruples your water pressure, the complete materials list with costs, cutting teeth into the casing, the full drilling process through sand, peat moss, and clay, how to know when you've hit the water table, installing the well point and check valve, well development with the surging technique, and sealing the casing to prevent contamination. I also cover the pressure washer alternative for heavy clay, running two pumps in series, common problems and fixes, and how this compares to the sand point driving method I showed in a previous video. Total cost was under four hundred dollars.
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