Borehole cost

[nick...]

As above looking to put in a bore hole for several houses.anyone had any costs for full installation please
Nick...

 

[quavers]

local guy charges about 3 grand plus filters and pump

 

[upnortheast]

Lots of variables. Depth, does it need lineing .how much water you need How much filtration it needs.
Ours was £15k. 70 m deep 20cu m day Filtration to take out excess Iron & Manganese Softener because its used for dairy washing
Drilling the hole is the cheap bit
Edit
Also UV filter to kill any nasties.
30 m steel liner 40m perferated liner. Pump sits at 30m

 

[Bald Rick]

As above looking to put in a bore hole for several houses.anyone had any costs for full installation please
Nick...

Generally the drillers charge a fee for travel and set up - varies depending on how far they have to come - another fee to sink the well to 65m, another fee for packing and proving the well, another fee for testing the water sample and a final fee for any purification requirements
If they need to go deeper than 65m, it is usually on a 10m basis.
They may also charge a fee for pipes from the bore to distribution point but you could cover that yourself
Be little change from £10k but budget twice that if I was you

 

[Extreme Optimist]

£12k here for 75m inc pump setup tests etc but no filtration.

 

[solo]

If the borehole is selling water to the houses it is liable to environmental health testing annually at commercial rates. Water treatment plant may be required to bring the water up to standards which may not be cheap depending on what is required. Just something else to consider.

 

[Pistonbroke]

Single house next door drilled to 130m and with all pump and treatment cost 17k

 

[upnortheast]

Think our running costs are 2 pallets salt a year £700 ish. One water sample £120. Though I think there are some new rules regarding sampling which may push costs up.
Payback against mains was under 2 years

 

[miniconnect]

Think our running costs are 2 pallets salt a year £700 ish. One water sample £120. Though I think there are some new rules regarding sampling which may push costs up.
Payback against mains was under 2 years

Are you using the salt to take out colourings in the water? We get a lot of staining on everything from the colour coming from the peat. (Not borehole water) had been put of by assumed cost, but could probably live with 700 a year.

 

[upnortheast]

No the salt takes the hardness out. The filters deal with colour. (mainly from Iron in our case)

 

[dogglercowman1]

Put one in June 2018,....45m deep hit water at 35m and pressure brought it up to 8 m below ground....pump sits at 40m......10 grand for drilling,lining ,pressure vessel and pump....1 grand all pipe and fittings.....20 litres of water a minute up to 20000 a day....very pleased with......no filter or treatment as good water but was told max 5 grand if needed

 

[nick...]

Asked the question as all the barn conversions I’m involved in (currently7) are likely to fed from an existing bore hole that currently supplies water to 12 properties and a large race horse yard with maybe 12 to 18 dobins.the water flow is not the best for the furthest properties which are maybe a mile from the pump.have enquired about new supplies from anglian water and it’s around £3000 for 3 connections and that’s it.obviously massively cheaper and no maintenance or testing etc.i know there is trenching to do but would have that with borehole too.
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[som farmer]

when we did ours 8 years ago, £4,500, for drill, line, and pump, cost us about £500 to get elec out there,
they did think they were going to sell me extra's on top. However, as we had a spring fed resovoir close, which was not giving us enough water in summer, dug a pipe, 175 m , to res, and put a timer on the pump, so it only pumped x hours a day. Have now powered up the system with pressure vessel, £1700 fitted. This now feeds the whole farm, replacing a mains supply in our higher fields.
An unexpected problem, as the resovoir was all low pressure gravity fed, we blew several joiners etc. uv in dairy, have just added water softener, £1250. Water has passed all tests we have to do, inc 1 last week.
It is, without any doubt, the 1 thing we have done, that has reduced costs, allowing that we were jointly on a spring, and bore hole, it took about a year to pay for itself. If we had solely used it, as we do now, it would have taken 6 months, several friends have now put them in, and moan they didn't do it years ago !!!!!

 

[teslacoils]

Did you all know you were likely to hit water before you drilled? I'd like one, but the impression I got was that it was fairly hit or miss as to if there would be any water.

 

[som farmer]

Did you all know you were likely to hit water before you drilled? I'd like one, but the impression I got was that it was fairly hit or miss as to if there would be any water.

read the post on divining, chap we used was spot on, right down to depths as well, (and I was a non believer).

 

[teslacoils]

I can find drains and pipes, but 70m down might be a bit tricky!

 

[teslacoils]

I can find drains and pipes, but 70m down might be a bit tricky!

 

[upnortheast]

Did you all know you were likely to hit water before you drilled?

Drilling bloke was very confident a 70m hole would give us a good supply I think sandstone & other pervious rocks are best. If you are over imnpervious / volcanic type rock. not so good

 

[upnortheast]

Asked the question as all the barn conversions I’m involved in (currently7

I would say if they are properties you intend to sell then if you can get mains at reasonable cost that would be best. Can be a problem if a number of seperate owners have a private supply. Who deals with maintenance what if it fails. What if issues with with water quality etc
£1000 a connection sounds good IMO

 

[nick...]

Not my barns but some I’m working on for a builder.i think £1000 a property is ok for connection.just talking about adding another 5 connections.would be close to 1000metres of trenching but that would have to be done for a bore too.
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