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Nick, the only issue you may have is one we had on one we drilled. The water was plentiful but milky. We eere assured it would clear but I believe it never did
What filter are you guys using?
lucky b####, we are very efficient at changing elements !Ours isn’t and limescale free
As above looking to put in a bore hole for several houses.anyone had any costs for full installation please
Nick...
I think our boring cost about £7000. Dug to 110mEnquired about this last year and was quoted £5,000/day all in and that would get you to around 80m. Runs into the next day and its another £5,000 and so on. That was all pumps, liners etc.
The problem is that once you've started you are basically committed to until you hit water.
I think our boring cost about £7000. Dug to 110m
Took about 2.5 days but the compressor did brake down.
Apex drilling based South Wales, but travel nationwide
depends on how much water you use, we used a dowser, told us where, and depth, spot on, in the first instance, we just used the pump, on a time clock, to pump water to a resovoir, fed by a spring, that wasn't suppling enough water.Enquired about this last year and was quoted £5,000/day all in and that would get you to around 80m. Runs into the next day and its another £5,000 and so on. That was all pumps, liners etc.
The problem is that once you've started you are basically committed to until you hit water.
Yes borehole has a good payback. Unfortunately the liner in mine has collapsed preventing a pump being dropped, only just managed to extract a new pump that was wedged when we tried to replace the old one. Potentially looking to drill a new one, could have done without this atm.depends on how much water you use, we used a dowser, told us where, and depth, spot on, in the first instance, we just used the pump, on a time clock, to pump water to a resovoir, fed by a spring, that wasn't suppling enough water.
Dead simple, and used all the exsisting pipework, since then, we have 'powered' up the system, to fields above the reservoir. A word of caution, if you are on a gravity fed system, the increase in pressure, tends to blow a fitting or 2 !
Cost wise, quickest pay back of anything else we have done, but we are dairy. Look at your bills, add up how much you pay for water, and compare with the cost of b/hole.
How much water do you use ? What are you filtering out
Ours, to take out Iron & Manganese, for 17 cu m day are big cylinders that back flush automatically every night, Never need touching
Havn`t needed to touch them yet pumping since july `14The bore hole people we use says there is nothing you can do to clean them other than the automatic back flush
Do you service yours in anyway to stop them clogging up over time