Bobby Keeland via EV wrote:
I have no idea of how much it cost to drill a 100 ft or more well through
clay soil. I do agree that a vertical pipe would probably be more effective
than a horizontal pipe. We had a water well drilled in southwest Missouri
some years ago. With casing but no pump that was $8,000.
Yeah, it's pretty expensive. I wonder if you can rent well drilling rigs?
After getting a high price quote, a cheap/inventive friend of mine
decided to drill it himself. At first, he just kept pounding on lengths
of well casing with a sledgehammer. That got old fast. Then he pumped
water down the pipe to wash away the material as he pounded some more.
That got him down 20-30 feet. Then he got a drill bit intended for well
drilling, and rigged up a really long pipe so he could spin in from the
top with an electric motor. That got him down to about 60-70 feet, which
was good enough where he lived. I think it cost him a few hundred
dollars, but took him 2-3 months.
Lee Hart
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