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Closing and sealing a well

  • 06-08-2013 10:40am
    #1
    Colm R
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 997 ✭✭✭


    I have some threads here about boring a new well, and I've decided to bite the bullet and go ahead with it. But now I'm left with the predicament of what to do with the old well when the new deep well is up and running.

    Its 20 feet deep, with circular well liners about 4 or 5 feet wide. To be perfectly honest, if I just covered it over, it would be just a worry for the rest of my life, so I prefer to close it in - kids will be curious and all that.

    Is there anything I should or should not put in to it. For example, I'm due to get another skip for rubble (concrecte blocks and stone). Could I possibly put this into it. What about garden waste?

    The refill rate of the well is very slow, hence the reason I'm boring a well. I could pump it out, so is there anything I could do to seal the bottom of it or do I need to even do this.


    Basically, I want to get rid of what is a dangerous hole in the ground, but I want to do it safely, not pollute the water quality at that level or below that, and I'd like to do it for as cheaply as possible.


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  • #2
    sky6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,444 ✭✭✭sky6


    If you're happy with the position of the Well why not just get it bored deeper.

    There's no problem finding Water in Ireland. The Borer will tell you how much Water the well can deliver as he bores. So you might not have to go to deep.

    If you decide to go with a new Well you could get a Cap Welded on to the top of the old Well. Or a large Concrete Slab which the Council use on Storm Drains. about 4 inches thick and 30 inches wide.


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