water well dried up

hilloftara

hi after 3 yrs my well has dried up ,the guy that installed it says 12 mths guarantee ,joke ,looking it up on the internet a well should last 20 to 30 yrs,i paid 5 grand the first time and no way have i got that now ,i think he went down a couple of hundred ft the first time ,has this happened to anyone else ,any help would be welcome ...stresseddddddd

Billy Bunting

How do you know it is the well that has dried up ??

hilloftara

i have no water lol.i have a trickle coming into it ,so my pump is off at the moment when i turn it back on i have enough to fill the tank again and do a wash but then it goes again .i had the plumber out and talked to the guy that sunk the well and both have said the same thing well is going dry. only a years guarantee which i think is s***e.

mikemac

Has there been any new development in your area?
Like one off houses close by which will be using the water?

hilloftara

i am in the country down a laneway ,no water scheme,we all have wells ,my parents are beside me and their well runs my sisters house as well as there own ,i was wondering was there another way, someone said blasting to me , i need advice before i start going down the road to see what i can do before i spend money i dont have

hilloftara

sry meant to say my parents well is two fields away

draward

Pull the pipes up and see if the foot valve blocked, you will also see if the pipes are wet, then you will know.

hilloftara

have a diviner comin tomorrow nite to see is there water still there

Solnskaya

hilloftara wrote: »

have a diviner comin tomorrow nite to see is there water still there

Don't bother, just get a black cat and swing it anti-clockwise above your head while reciting the magna carta. This will give you the same results. Either:1. Plumbings adulterated-check pipes and foot valves, pump. 2.Wells too shallow, acquire friendly well drilling type person and go down another few hundred feet.

To look for a guarantee from a well driller is like asking for a warranty from a fortune teller - both have feck all idea about whats really going to happen. Well drillers drill holes in the ground. In as far as that goes they are usually very good, you pay x, they go down y meters. If the result is not Q litres of water, its got feck all to do with the driller, he can only drill where you point and will only drill as deep as your pocket. Deepen both, your well and how far your hand goes into your pocket. That or buy a lot of Evian.

mikemac

Forget your diviner.

Get the fitter to check it all over.

But if the water isn't there anymore then not much that can be done apart from getting some sort of survey

Solnskaya

The only way out is down.:) Blasting can help, but if the water is lying at a deep level where you are, you just have to drill till you hit it. Its very hit and miss, I sunk 2 wells, 50m apart, both VERY deep. One is a bimmer, ones crap. Twigs wont cut it, but deep holes ftw.