Well collapse

[greg oliver]

We have a dugwell that ran dry before I was born. A deeper well was drilled in the bottom and the whole thing was capped with a concrete slab. With constant rain lately the slab fell in taking an oil tank and a doghouse down with it. We fished all the stuff out and reset the tank and got the heat on yesterday. Today we got the slab out and reconnected the water. The 574 was a life saver Now i have to figure out how to fix the huge hole in the yard. It may be time for a new well.

47fivewindow I extended my casing with a length of PVC and a furnco as others have mentioned. Had a broken wire 2 years ago and had trouble pulling the pump a rock had pushed the furnco so I dug around it and reset it.

 

[wp6529]

47 five window told us yesterday that "Getting the pump up was very tight last time due to the rust." I think that most people want to be able to pull their pump when it quits, and that it would be worse than a "pressing issue" if rust had made it impossible to pull it.

But his pump has not quit and it seems his foundation and chimney are the more urgent issue to address. When the well pump does quit a nice new one in a nice new well is in order and the old can be abandoned in place if it is not removable and the old well sealed at that time. A bit of rusty metal pump abandoned at depth is not an issue any more than an old rusty well casing. Sealed from surface water intrusion is the only concern in retiring the well.

 

[showcrop]

But his pump has not quit and it seems his foundation and chimney are the more urgent issue to address. When the well pump does quit a nice new one in a nice new well is in order and the old can be abandoned in place if it is not removable and the old well sealed at that time. A bit of rusty metal pump abandoned at depth is not an issue any more than an old rusty well casing. Sealed from surface water intrusion is the only concern in retiring the well.

Well drillers don't often come the same day you call. Often they are booked a few weeks ahead. Many of us would consider being without water for weeks as a significant problem.

 

[buickanddeere]

In danger of death from suffocation/crushing ,when climbing into any hole. In particular a hole that has already collapsed .