In homes where there is no Central water supply, borehole or well play a very important role, as they can solve the water problem once and for all. However, just to dig a well is not enough. In order to make the hole consistently gave the water, it requires to monitor and exercise some care. In this article we will tell you how to care for the well and what to do if you need her to clean.
Cleaning wells ↑
It so happens that when you purchase a well on the property already. In this case, you can save a lot of money, as the new hole punching is not necessary. Even if the well is clogged, you can clean the bore with your own hands or hire for this purpose professionals. Cleaning well your hands can occur in several ways.
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Bailer.
Bailer
With the help of this device the bore is cleaned mechanically. The bailer you can make your own or buy ready-made. It is not too expensive. To clean the wells, the bailer is lowered to the bottom and is lifted 40 cm, and then sharply drops down. The bailer itself is needed in order to collect from the bottom of the borehole mud and sand.
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Pump.
Vibration pump
Flushing the well with their hands may be performed with a device that is used for its normal operation. This requires a vibration pump. He sinks to the bottom of the well and pumps the dirty water. Sometimes the pumped liquid is required to stir up.
If the borehole equipment is a filter, after cleaning you need to replace it.
Many would like to have artesian wells on their land. Indeed, this makes sense, as the well gives water in abundance any time of year, the water itself is very clean and the pressure is so strong that not always need a pump. The only drawback of this well – its high cost. Cleaning a borehole pump will be most effective.
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The air pump for the well.
The device of the airlift
This method assumes that the well should be placed intake pipe. You’ll need an air compressor in order to serve in the lower part of the pipe with compressed air. The mixture of air and foam to make the water pressure at the tube bottom, whereby debris will be ejected from the well. However, the process should follow: in the well can result water, a water intake pipe itself swallows up the sand and other small debris.
Regardless of what your well is shallow or artesian well is with your hands it is possible to clean and warm.
How to protect the well from freezing? ↑
Water pipe must be below the freezing depth otherwise in cold months you can go without water. This rule is no exception for wells.
Caisson for wells
Therefore, to connect water pipes are often required caisson or insulation of the well. This allows you to avoid freezing pipes. Recently, however, invented a new way of dealing with this problem: to avoid the negative influence of low temperature, you will need an adapter for the well. With his hands it is quite possible to install.
This device has two parts, one of which is installed at the correct depth and connects with the water pipe, and the second is connected to the casing pipe of the pump. Of the adapter should be interconnected, thereby providing a solid water pipe that won’t freeze in the cold season. To install this adapter on both steel and plastic pipe.
Adapter
The adapter allows you to lower the submersible pump in the casing top, then the parts of the adapter together, and the water becomes a uniform system suitable for use. Since the adapter partially accounts for the weight of the pump and other equipment, and also addresses the inevitable vibration that will be exposed to the device during the operation process, if the borehole equipment is recommended to use a casing of steel. Although it is possible to install the adapter on the plastic pipe, but this option is considered less durable.
Mounted this device is quite simple. For this you will need to dig the well casing; very deep digging is not necessary. Then in the pipe hole was made in which one part of the adapter is mounted on the pipe. Then you need to put the cover closes the well. The adapter is necessary to connect a water pipe, and the second part adapter to connect the hose of the pump. After that, the pump is lowered into the well, and the parts of the adapter are connected.
Of course, you can not use the adapter, and the old fashioned way is simply to insulate well. Insulation of wells by the hands – the process is quite simple and fun.
The insulation you’d put on the stage of construction of wells, but it can be done later. For insulation you can use a variety of materials natural and artificial. For natural materials include sawdust. Sawdust or straw – warm enough, with every available material. If you aim to use peat and leaves. Before insulation it is necessary to prepare filings, to shoot down a special box to ensure that it was dry, that is to seal the wall. Otherwise, the insulation will rot. The box can be both wooden and concrete or brick.
Another common insulation material is mineral wool. This material holds heat very well, does not burn and does not rot. It is suitable for areas with harsh climates. Buy this insulation at any hardware store.
Mineral wool
Once you decide what to insulate, you will need to dig a trench around the well, the width of which should be from 1 meter to 1. 5 meters. In depth, it is desirable to dig two meters. After this you need to collect the box and lower it into the trench. This is done in the same way as the formwork for the Foundation. Before you fill the box with insulation, you need to ensure that there was always dry. It is advisable to paint the boards and process them, e.g., with mastic; can be covered with cellophane. After that, the box is filled with insulation.
The formwork for the well not necessarily to do with wood: you can use galvanized sheet steel. You can also fold a box, for example, made of brick.
The thickness of the insulation must be at least 40 cm should Not place the heater close to the well casing. There must be a passage for air which is ventilating the pipe.
If you place the heater so you get a kind of thermos, which is always one temperature. The heater must be placed on the depth of frost penetration. Can be done below this depth.
Insulated well, don’t forget about the cover: it also needs insulation. The size of the cover should be slightly larger than the casing.
If water became scarce or its quality became worse, can help deepen the well. This can be done independently. For this you will need to pump water by means of deep-well pump; note that deepen the well only three meters. It is possible to drill a little deeper, putting on drill installation drill bit narrower than it was originally. If the hole is a pipe, they will have to be removed temporarily.
The drill for wells
If you want to drill or deepen the well, you can make a rig yourself. The drill for wells with their hands is done as follows. You will need to drill directly: it can be manufactured with a steel pipe whose cross section is 100mm. The pipe will need to weld two paludica, thus creating a screw thread. At the other end of the pipe need to make a screw a screw. Its diameter should be 200 mm; enough for a few turns. To make the screw is sharp, it can be welded knives. They should be tilted 45 degrees to the ground.
To the drill is rotated, you can take a 1.5-meter long pipe, which is welded to the tee which should have an internal thread. The tee is attached to the rod. She should understand, and its length usually does not exceed 1.5 meters.
After this the drill you need to deepen into the ground. Turning it a few times, pull out and remove excess soil. The deepening has to reach a meter, then the rod elongates. Coupling the second fixed section of pipe. If your well will be more than 8 meters, you will need special stronga. Top design of the hole to ensure free running of the tube. For convenience and simplification of work winch is needed. The tower itself can be wood or metal. With this design you can make and deepening of wells.
Houses for wells
In order to improve their well and give it a nice look, you can build her a house. The improvement of the well with his hands is quite interesting. To build a house for a well with their hands can be made of any materials that are left after construction. For this fit, and the Board, and brick. Do not forget to do the hatch or door, in order to have access to the well for service or repair.
First and foremost you need to decide the material. If, for example, is a brick, you will need to pour a shallow concrete Foundation, then make four wall of bricks. The top can be equipped with a lid. You can make a hinged lid or purchased ready-made hatch. It is better to use the hatch plastic, as it is much lighter and easier to mount. It will be sufficient to insert a hatch in the left hole.
If you are going to build a house out of boards, they will need to pre-process from rotting and mildew, as well – all the same place with high dampness. To create a frame, you can use timber. For wells not required thick and heavy rail, as well because the house to the well will not carry any load and will serve for decorative purposes. Enough 4 timber thickness 40 mm. Timber you want to knock the square. From edging boards you can knock down the walls of the future house. For roof you can use boards that will need to be cover with roofing felt, or you can take a piece of corrugated sheets.
You’ll need to bring down the rafters for gable roof, with the difference that this will make them a reduced copy is proportional to the size of the house to the well. The house can be immediately warmed. Don’t forget to leave the door to service the wells. Most convenient to do it on the hinges. In order to well got thieves, can hang on the cabin lock.
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