water well drilling

vanderbadger

anyone know a reliable water driller who will work clare area. or has anyone had drilling done lately, how did it work out, was it expensive. I ve heard stories about alot of cowboys when it comes to drilling..

F.D

We have just finished drilling a well on a 40 acre block of land to have water there for cattle,
The local man who devined and drilled the well told us before we started it could be 300ft before we hit water, it ended up at 250 ft, dont know the exact price yet but i think he was quoting 8 euro a foot drilling and 12 euro lined, in the drilling he only hit 12ft of rock the rest was sand,
its a lot of expence but it should pay off
The reason we went for this man is he drilled wells for us in the past and is very reliable and honest and done a lot of work in the area, other companys dont even have someone to devine for water I'm in offaly so i dont know if he'll travel down to clare

vanderbadger

so will the 12 euro cover the drilling and the lining? thought it would be worse to be honest..still i suppose you have to put a pump in after, will you go with some type of storage tank or just pipe it stright to troughs etc?

vcsggl

vanderbadger wrote: »

anyone know a reliable water driller who will work clare area. or has anyone had drilling done lately, how did it work out, was it expensive. I ve heard stories about alot of cowboys when it comes to drilling..

I had a well drilled about 3 years ago by Tom Briody - based in Kells but will travel almost anywhere in the country. Did an excellent job and quoted me two prices - one if I paid "privately" and the other of it was alocal council grant funded project. Did an excellent job, great well, unlimited water. Briody's also did a well for a neighbour of mine and again - very pleased with the outcome. Interestingly when the drilling team came I asked them about the best site to drill - several neighbours had told me of " agreat diviner" who would come out and tell me where to drill! The drilling team said that the diviners were always right because no matter where you drill in Ireland you will eventually get water - it's just a matter of how deep you go! Needless to say I didn't bother with a diviner and we hit water at 130 feet. I don't rememeber the exact cost but it's so much per foot plus the pump, pressure vessel and well head - which is basically just a concrete pit with a steel cover. I think the whole thing came to about 800 Euros. Briody's do an annual inspection and service for the pump and pressure vessel for about 60 euros. I had thew water tested by a laboratory in Oldcastle ( Co. Cavan) and it was absoultely clean and oure - slightly high iron and manganese but I think that's the case almost everywhere in the Midlands/North.

George

bk1991

we have wel 25 foot but water goes dry odd time .heard of some sort of council grant if you are away from mains and havnt an adiquit water supply .what is this grant for ?


bk1991

snowman707

Lenihan's Well Drilling Ltd
Kinnard Glin Co. Limerick
(068)34116
(086)2560466

these guys have imported gear from america and are well trusted , and will cover all co. clare

F.D

vanderbadger wrote: »

so will the 12 euro cover the drilling and the lining? thought it would be worse to be honest..still i suppose you have to put a pump in after, will you go with some type of storage tank or just pipe it stright to troughs etc?

Yea 12 was a rough guide, as regards pumping we got a guide price of 1300 for a submersible pump plumped and wired, i would say straight to troughs we will put in big enough ones to carry some bit of reserve
What sort of quotes have you got so far ?

reilig

vcsggl wrote: »

I had a well drilled about 3 years ago by Tom Briody - based in Kells but will travel almost anywhere in the country. Did an excellent job and quoted me two prices - one if I paid "privately" and the other of it was alocal council grant funded project. Did an excellent job, great well, unlimited water. Briody's also did a well for a neighbour of mine and again - very pleased with the outcome. Interestingly when the drilling team came I asked them about the best site to drill - several neighbours had told me of " agreat diviner" who would come out and tell me where to drill! The drilling team said that the diviners were always right because no matter where you drill in Ireland you will eventually get water - it's just a matter of how deep you go! Needless to say I didn't bother with a diviner and we hit water at 130 feet. I don't rememeber the exact cost but it's so much per foot plus the pump, pressure vessel and well head - which is basically just a concrete pit with a steel cover. I think the whole thing came to about 800 Euros. Briody's do an annual inspection and service for the pump and pressure vessel for about 60 euros. I had thew water tested by a laboratory in Oldcastle ( Co. Cavan) and it was absoultely clean and oure - slightly high iron and manganese but I think that's the case almost everywhere in the Midlands/North.

George

Tom Briody did 2 wells for us and 1 for a neighbour over 30 years ago. Never had a day's bother with them. he definitely knows his stuff.

vanderbadger

thanks for info, this Tom Briody sounds reliable so, emailed them and they sned back a basic price list, didnt enquire off anyone else yet

morning delight

vanderbadger wrote: »

thanks for info, this Tom Briody sounds reliable so, emailed them and they sned back a basic price list, didnt enquire off anyone else yet

Hi Van
I'm in the banner too and interested in this too. I just heard from a neighbour this am that another neighbour of mine put a new well in a few months ago and is very happy with it. I'll make some enquiries and let you know.

Tora Bora

Speaking of wells, I have an old unused and pretty much closed in spring water well on the land. Gave it a cleaning out lately, and it looks better. Nice steady flow of water there. What would be the best method of getting it up to a good usable volume standard, if you know what I mean. Would it be ok just dig it out with a digger, in order to be able to sink a precast tank or something like that? I'm just a little concerned that too much rooting might divert the flow of the spring!!

Any ideas?

Username John

Tora Bora wrote: »

Speaking of wells, I have an old unused and pretty much closed in spring water well on the land. Gave it a cleaning out lately, and it looks better. Nice steady flow of water there. What would be the best method of getting it up to a good usable volume standard, if you know what I mean. Would it be ok just dig it out with a digger, in order to be able to sink a precast tank or something like that? I'm just a little concerned that too much rooting might divert the flow of the spring!!

Any ideas?

We re-opened an old well like this years ago at home.

We dug it out with a digger, put in some concrete pipes, around 4ft or 5 ft wide and plenty of hardcore all round em. Not sure what height the pipes were, but its maybe 12 / 15 ft deep or so.

There was never a huge draw on this well, but it worked fine for us. There didnt seem to be any issues re divert / losing the spring with the digging.

vanderbadger

morning delight wrote: »

Hi Van
I'm in the banner too and interested in this too. I just heard from a neighbour this am that another neighbour of mine put a new well in a few months ago and is very happy with it. I'll make some enquiries and let you know.

sound, would be intereted to hear

vanderbadger

think it going to come in at just over 10 euro a ft to drill and line well

palo

I got Lenihan's three years ago two hundred feet of drilling, got Newcastlewest electrical to put in the pump 1.5 hp and 200lt expansion tank. total came to 5,000 got the vat back for the pump and tank also the well drilling. very happy with the two companys.

SARAH ANNE

Got a well bored two weks ago, water is very dirty when i say dirty i mean silty/clayey unusable. driller man said fit a filter but i believe that would not work, no reason given for silt/clay, ran pump for four straight days and no improvement, very unhappy any ideas? why is the water dirty.

vanderbadger

palo wrote: »

I got Lenihan's three years ago two hundred feet of drilling, got Newcastlewest electrical to put in the pump 1.5 hp and 200lt expansion tank. total came to 5,000 got the vat back for the pump and tank also the well drilling. very happy with the two companys.

oh didnt know you could claim VAT back on it

palo

I would say to anyone who is thinking of going drilling for a well not to get too carried away with the price per foot more than getting the right contractor to do the job. Any fool can come in and boar a hole for water and not go deep enough thats when it can get expensive. my best advice would be to go look at other jobs and speek with the farmer who have used whatever contractor you are thinking of getting.

vanderbadger

just to update
got the well drilled there the other day, found water but had to go to 400 ft!!!!
was looking dodgy for a bit , got a huge supply though it seems, its coming up from that depth and spilling around the place at an awfal rate without a pump!
its caused a bit of an issue with all the water, have had to make drain literally to carry it to river

Username John

vanderbadger wrote: »

just to update
got the well drilled there the other day, found water but had to go to 400 ft!!!!
was looking dodgy for a bit , got a huge supply though it seems, its coming up from that depth and spilling around the place at an awfal rate without a pump!
its caused a bit of an issue with all the water, have had to make drain literally to carry it to river

Good news that you have found water - I had to go to 400 feet as well, and while ours didnt spill over, the water level came very far up the well. Maybe to 10 - 20 feet from the top. However, when we started taking water from it - we found that the water level dropped very quickly. We havent fitted a proper pump yet, so no good trial yet.

With that much water coming up - would there be any danger of 'drying' someone elses well? Or is that not really how it all works...

vanderbadger

Username John wrote: »

Good news that you have found water - I had to go to 400 feet as well, and while ours didnt spill over, the water level came very far up the well. Maybe to 10 - 20 feet from the top. However, when we started taking water from it - we found that the water level dropped very quickly. We havent fitted a proper pump yet, so no good trial yet.

With that much water coming up - would there be any danger of 'drying' someone elses well? Or is that not really how it all works...

ya you would wonder where all the water was going before, dont know now to be honest, there is a strong smell of sulphur since the water started coming, did you have that?

Username John

vanderbadger wrote: »

ya you would wonder where all the water was going before, dont know now to be honest, there is a strong smell of sulphur since the water started coming, did you have that?

No, we didnt have any smell of sulphur, thanks be to God, cos tis primarily the well for the house...
We need to get it tested all right though, been meaning to do that now for a long while :eek:

vanderbadger

Username John wrote: »

No, we didnt have any smell of sulphur, thanks be to God, cos tis primarily the well for the house...
We need to get it tested all right though, been meaning to do that now for a long while :eek:

ya well i would be hoping to use in house as well, its absolutely crystal clear but definately smells, I was reading that pumping air into the water will kill the smell, anyway suppose i would need to get it tested as well

Username John

vanderbadger wrote: »

ya well i would be hoping to use in house as well, its absolutely crystal clear but definately smells, I was reading that pumping air into the water will kill the smell, anyway suppose i would need to get it tested as well

Would there be any way you could use an old well for the house? (I assume there is an old well) My in-laws had sulphur water, and it wasnt nice. For washing, or drinking or a bit... Now - they didnt do anything about treating it, so maybe it is possible to fix.

vanderbadger

vanderbadger wrote: »

ya well i would be hoping to use in house as well, its absolutely crystal clear but definately smells, I was reading that pumping air into the water will kill the smell, anyway suppose i would need to get it tested as well

well i have mains water but have been anxious to get rid of it for years and with water metering and all that..anyway I have one of those reverse osmosis filters for drinking water etc in house whether that would have effect i couldnt say, if it keeps coming like this im inclined to think i wouldnt need a pump but i have a chap going to take a look so will see what he says

Username John

Never heard of "reverse osmosis filters" must google em... One thing I would say is dont forget about showers in the house, washing yerself in water that smells likes eggs isnt great... Sorry

If I was you, and if you cant fix the sulphur issue (there may be a very quick and easy fix now, I dunno) stay on the mains water for the house...

Whatever you do - best o luck with it... its always good to have water

5live

We drilled a well 3 years ago after a 2 year wait. Solid limestone 350 ft and in and out in 36 hours. Total cost for drilling and pump 7800. And half ton of lime free!!!! I think you can add an ultravoilet bulb with electric meter to keep track of when the bulb has to be replaced for about E900 if anybody has coilform problems but no idea what to do about sulpher

vcsggl

vanderbadger wrote: »

ya well i would be hoping to use in house as well, its absolutely crystal clear but definately smells, I was reading that pumping air into the water will kill the smell, anyway suppose i would need to get it tested as well

I had our water tested by Oldcastle Laboratories - in Oldcastle, Co. Cavan. Very helpful folk. Most of the water in mid - north Ireland has a high Iron and Manganese content and there is usualy a Sulphur smell that goes with the mineral content. It's not particularly harmful and the sulphur smell goes when you boil the water i.e. for tea, cooking etc. The critical thing is the biological content - Oldcastle found that our water was 100% free from any microorganisms and that's what's really important. You can get rid of the Iron/Manganese/Sulphur by installing an oxidising filter system between the pressure vessel and your supply but they are quite expensive. Oldecastle will advise just what level of clean-up you might need once they've tested the water. Must admit that I haven't bothered with the filter at all and so far were all alive and well!

George

dealerman

lenihans going doing a well for us next week e7 a foot to drill all the way e4 to line the well all the way and e7 for the steel pipe until he hits rock oh you have to add vat;)

marydeldunne

just came across this post now.. We got our well drilled with A&E Dunne, and we were very happy with the service. Well was 300 ft and we were very happy with them.. Im delighted to know that we wont have a bill when water charges come in. The quatily of the water is much better than the mains water locally too

viztopia

marydeldunne wrote: »

just came across this post now.. We got our well drilled with A&E Dunne, and we were very happy with the service. Well was 300 ft and we were very happy with them.. Im delighted to know that we wont have a bill when water charges come in. The quatily of the water is much better than the mains water locally too

How much did that set you back if you don't mind me asking?

cjpm

marydeldunne wrote: »

just came across this post now.. We got our well drilled with A&E Dunne, and we were very happy with the service. Well was 300 ft and we were very happy with them.. Im delighted to know that we wont have a bill when water charges come in. The quatily of the water is much better than the mains water locally too

Mary Del Dunne have you any links to A&E Dunne?? ;) It is your first post and all....

marydeldunne

The well cost us €3800 inc vat drilled and lined. That was earlier this year.

marydeldunne

cjpm wrote: »

Mary Del Dunne have you any links to A&E Dunne?? ;) It is your first post and all....

No, no links at all. I have posted on other pages just came across this page yesterday.

sarahstrikes

Has anyone had connection to a group scheme water in the last year or two for a new build. What has the overall cost been? My local council are also looking for a contractor control document. As we are building direct labour we are completely at a loss as to who this is. Is there specific water connection contractors to be hired and paid or is this our own contract who digs up the site/connection.
Sorry for my ignorance on this but I don't want to go down the route of connecting to the group scheme and it costing us thousands and giving us hassle, I'd much rather just drill a well. Obviously if it's cheaper to connect to the group scheme I would prefer do that but I can't seem to get any definitive costings or answers from anyone in our local council.

alps

You are using that frightening word council...if they get their claws on it instead of digging down 2 ft and inserting a 3/4 T piece and completing in an hour, you could have to get an engineer to assess the job, hire either traffic lights or 2 guys on stop/go boards...you would need a digger and driver, an engineer to oversee the days work and 2 guys to go in the hole to cut and join the pipe. If you have the misfortune of the pipe being a few feet deep you may have to get a shuttering crew to safety shutter the hole while the operatives are knee deep in it ..
You could realistically be paying 5 guys for a day yo connect to the pipe...if the council have their way...

Markcheese

The group water scheme shouldnt be the concern of the council... but digging up the road to get at the pipe may well be what they're on about, they'll want a contractor/ engineer or somebody (with insurance ) to be responsible for digging up and reinstating the road or verge...
You may be able to ask the group scheme who they use to do work on the system.. and use them .. worth a shot..

viztopia

i got connected to my local water scheme last year for the farm and it was very straight forward. it had to come accross the rod and they were able to dig on the verge of the road both sides and bring the pipe under the road. not sure how they did this but there was no digging up of the road and the holes on either side of the road were relativley small. they charged €1,500 for the connection and it is the same if they dont have to bring the water accross the road. i am not sure how much it is for house connection but i am almost sure it is more. i am a little sorry that i didnt drill for a well and i may do this eventually.
brother built a house down the road and also connectd to the scheme and county council are looking for money off him for local services etc of over €12k which includes water services when there is only a private scheme in the area!

sarahstrikes

alps wrote: »

You are using that frightening word council...if they get their claws on it instead of digging down 2 ft and inserting a 3/4 T piece and completing in an hour, you could have to get an engineer to assess the job, hire either traffic lights or 2 guys on stop/go boards...you would need a digger and driver, an engineer to oversee the days work and 2 guys to go in the hole to cut and join the pipe. If you have the misfortune of the pipe being a few feet deep you may have to get a shuttering crew to safety shutter the hole while the operatives are knee deep in it ..
You could realistically be paying 5 guys for a day yo connect to the pipe...if the council have their way...

That's exactly what I'm dreading, I'm nearly afraid to put in the application for fear i'd get a big bill for someone just coming to look at the job.

148multi

To connect to a water scheme you will first need to get a contractor with public liability insurance, the council have a list, the contractor could charge €1,500-2,000, then get a road opening license from council €1,500-2,000, no cutting of pipe, you get a self tapping collar that you clamp around the pipe. You then tighten the valve it cuts in to the mains. Some schemes won't let you do it yourself and others have been taken over by Irish water, you need to find out who you are dealing with first perhaps.