Thanks all. The water outflow stopped after it stopped raining. When it stopped the pipe sucked for a while as it drew the water down. Now its doing nothing. I plan to put some red die in the well to see where the water is going while in the sucking phase. Perhaps it is going into the old Haws refectories mine below. This would be good because then mine methane could come up. Free natural gas heat, I would like that. The is has kept me home and busy during the covid lock downs otherwise I would have set in front ot the TV and became depressed. Other than loosing 15 pounds while digging this was largely a waste of time and money. Perhaps I should
-----Original Message----- From: Frank Znidarsic <fznidar...@aol.com> To: vortex-l@eskimo.com <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Mon, Aug 3, 2020 10:35 am Subject: Fwd: [Vo]:Covid back yard well project progress report -----Original Message----- From: Frank Znidarsic <fznidar...@aol.com> To: mixent...@aussiebroadband.com.au <mixent...@aussiebroadband.com.au> Sent: Mon, Aug 3, 2020 10:33 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:Covid back yard well project progress report The house has been here for 70 years no collapse yet. I have found that the water only comes out when it has rained a lot. Its like a rain spout water coming out while raining and dry other times. I have not given up. I would like to use this water to water a garden net year. -----Original Message----- From: Robin <mixent...@aussiebroadband.com.au> To: Frank Znidarsic <fznidar...@aol.com> Sent: Sun, Aug 2, 2020 9:04 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Covid back yard well project progress report In reply to Frank Znidarsic's message of Mon, 3 Aug 2020 00:52:20 +0000 (UTC): Hi Frank, [snip] >I jack hammered down 6 feed then I drove a well point the rest of the way in >to 21 feet or more. At first I got this. >http://www.angelfire.com/scifi2/zpt/temp/sucks.mp4 > >Then a few feet deeper I got this. >http://www.angelfire.com/scifi2/zpt/temp/blows.mp4 You sure you haven't hit a water main? ...actually, sucking may be due to an underground stream running through a space that is larger than it is. As the water runs through it acts as a sort of vacuum pump. ...too much water...that's what taps are for. :)
