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Anyone drill a well lately?
jimdeere
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How much does it cost? We moved here 30 years ago and the well cost ~$5500. 320 ft. deep.
I'm sure it's 3 or 4 times that, now.
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The biggest increase on cost is the steel casing. I have a friend who is a well driller and he said that his casing cost went up almost 4X in the last year and a half or so. Seems to have settled down a bit though.
Haven't kept up with pricing over the years since I quit drilling . Much depends on where you are and the type of drilling. Hard Rock is going to cost more than drilling in sand/ clay etc. You paid almost $17.00 a foot 30 years ago. Suspect it is closer to $ 40.00 now
Not sure around here.Last time I asked 15.00 per foot
Note, hard rock drilling is cheaper, no well casing cost.
JD, do you have any caverns around you area? Cost more to drill there too.
Depends on where
Depends on how deep
Depends on casing depth required
Depends on static level
Depends on flow
Depends on seal
Depends on liner
Depends on cap type
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Well well well very deep subject, do you live on a hill ,small mountain, very deep Hole you have there, did it go dry
The company i drilled for was in the tidewater area of VA. And northeastern coastal plain s of NC. Very little to no rock formations to worry with unless drilling thru bedrock . Admit that I know little about hard Rock drilling , always figured it was more work hence more money .
It cost as much to drill a dry hole as a good one. Don
Yes it does and you can miss the vein by inches.
Local FD drilled one to 390 feet, 2gpm, went another 20 feet and hit 70gpm.
They use it to keep a 10,000 tank topped off
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Jim, can they frack the existing well?
They can blast a dry well but might not work.
Not far from here they shot off 2 cases of dynamite in a dry well, 1,000 feet, still a dry well.
Steel casing?
My well is 505 feet deep. The first 25 feet in dirt, the rest through solid rock The 25 feet in the dirt is cased with heavy gauge 6 inch PVC. It has worked well for 25 years.
In what condition would you use steel casing?
Not sure but they use mostly galvanized steel around here.
I will as the well driller next time I see him, next day or 2.
Had a new well drilled last year. They used plastic all the way. 149' and $6200 complete
A co-worker of mine had a well drilled and they got a good flow volume at a certain depth and decided to go another 15 feet for a good water pocket and punched through a void and lost it all.
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"A co-worker of mine had a well drilled and they got a good flow volume at a certain depth and decided to go another 15 feet for a good water pocket and punched through a void and lost it all."
That's interesting. MY guys were at 450 feet in solid rock, and dry as a bone. The well driller guys were getting nervous, and so was I. Then at 465 feet they hit a gusher at 37 gpm!
The guy said he would go another 50 feet deep to assure some storage. I was afraid they would hit a void and the water would go bye bye, thankfully it didn't happen.
Just pour 10 feet of concrete in the hole and your are back to the good flow?
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Slinger, I gave you a promote for that.
Local driller here charges 17.00 per foot then adds cost of casing, approximately10.00 per foot.
He uses a special grade of pvc 80% of the time, uses galvanized for deeper wells due to greater pump weight.