I am looking at a new property that has a well dug not finished, it's 434 ft deep. Where I am wanting to put the house is "APPROXIMATELY" 500ft uphill a gain in elevation of roughly 80ft. I am a diesel mechanic welder and know NOTHING about wells and pumping water. Is this even doable and if so "reasonably" affordable? I don't want to pay 20k for a new well, since this was dug 2 years ago and capped. Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated. TIA
How far can well pump
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A pump is easily doable. But what do you mean the well is not finished?
There is no pump, no well house no nothing just well casing thats capped off
Casing is good. Usually means the well is finished. Couldn't imagine someone leaving it unfinished. Do you know anything about the well like how deep to water?
Yes as stated abive its 434 ft deep, and it was installed 2 years ago.
We need what is called the static water level. Makes a big difference if the water is 40' or 400' deep.
I don't know what the static water level is, how do I find that out?
I was told all I needed was a pump at well a expansion tank and in line pump approximately half way for the "uphill" part, is normal?
80' more up a hill is no different than the water level in the well being 80' deeper. You won't need an extra booster pump for just 80'. Just need to put in a well pump that will do an extra 80' on top of how deep it is to water in the well.
There are sophisticated and expensive ways to check the static water level. Or you can fill a water bottle about half way and drop it on a string until it floats. Measuring the string after it floats will tell you the static water level.
Also, the static water level should be on the drilling report.
There are sophisticated and expensive ways to check the static water level. Or you can fill a water bottle about half way and drop it on a string until it floats. Measuring the string after it floats will tell you the static water level.
Also, the static water level should be on the drilling report.
I ment 80' in elevation its approximately 5-600 ft in distance if that matters. I don't have the drill report the man that sold the land 2 years ago did the well he may have it, but I can do the water bottle test. If the well is 434ft deep I need 500ft of string to be safe correct? Like I said in original post I know nothing about wells and unfortunately been around them 50 years.
Distance doesn't add much if pipe is large enough. Look down the well with a mirror or flash light. You can probably see about how much string you will need.
If you have static water at 100 feet deep, for example, and another 80 feet up to the house and you need 60 psi at 10 gallons per minute at the house, you need a pump capable of producing at least 140 psi at 10gpm. Probably should add at least another 10% for friction loss. Once the numbers are figured out the pump installer can size the correct pump.
Should also be a record with the state or somebody to make sure they had permits and the well was completed properly. That record should also have the static water level.
