How to Drill a Well - Most Powerful Homemade Jet - Complete Guide

Dude hats off to you for doing this task alone + recording video + sharing knowledge.

A word that I don't use very often, you're a stud. You made this look so easy, I think for a lot of people who were thinking about drilling their own well you have given them confidence to do so.

I have no desire to drill a well, but this video seemed so preposterous I had to click. And I was pleasantly surprised at how well it all came together.

In Kenya bore hole drilling costs over 3million shillings 😇 34 years pension money 🫵this can cost me 10k,you are God sent man 🇰🇪

So many negative, "problem for every solution" comments. My God. Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge with us all! Enriching other's brains for free and they're still mad about it. 🤣

The only thing better than watching the finished product, was your level of energy, optimism, clarity, and drive … kudos buddy. Wonder if I could pull that off at my Colorado property ? Lmao ..

So cool. This is what the internet is for. Exchange of ideas.

As a 6th generation water well driller, i commend you brother, great job. Id like to add that this application can be done in sand, for a regular well here in florida you would want to seat the casing into the limerock, but a cheaper and easy way to just get water you did an absolute great job for a sand point well. Cheers

At the very last connection between the 1” suction pipe and the pump, you ought to introduce a Union coupling instead of using glue to join the PVC coupling. This way, should you need to replace the pump in the future, you could just easily unscrew the Union coupling without the need to cut the 1” suction pipe. Get what I mean?

kudos to you from a 35yr environmental driller in texas! we can only pull that off east of houston, here west of san antonio you’re not getting 2” w/out air or mud with a tci or diamond bit. if you’re doing any more there’s a few tools you can make cheap out of scrap that’ll make that one man stuff soooo much easier. SLIPS ! mine’s just 3/8”diamond plate. i put handles on each end & cut slots for 1-1/4, 2” & 4” pvc. life savor when your arms can’t hold 100’ of pvc any more.

Depending on your elevation a pump can only suck water from the 16 to 22 foot range. Deeper water requires a pump to push the water up and that requires a larger diameter well to accommodate the pump and casing. Hitting a rock would take all the fun out of drilling this way. Also, not sealing the hole around the outside of the well properly is a great way for surface water to contaminate your aquifer.

We lived in Tulsa, OK when I was a kid, circa 1952. I can remember my dad putting in a shallow well next to our house so he would have unrestricted water for his lawn in the new subdivision. If I recall correctly, he just used a manual auger type drill.

I did this when I lived in FL to cut down on my water bill. I jet-drilled a 30 ft well as a means to ensure there was water for my lawn even in the worst drought. Most neighbors wells were at 19 ft and one year they struggled to keep their wells going. You have to have sandy soil for this process to work.

I got two friends of mine that are brothers Pete and Clay Moss. When we were little, they would always fight, and I must say that’s the only time I ever saw clay on top of peat moss.

Chuck always loved your videos. I had a bad problem with yard flooding. Natural way was south for a drain across street. Fought small town village and would not let me go south. Hired an engineer and 1 acre of rainwater would go to corner of lot and with approx. 29,000 gallons per inch of rain per hour on an acre it flood yard. Ended up have to pay for a block and half of 6” pipe and city paid to install to the first drain that had been cleaned and replaced out of town to a creek. Was a win for people south as there was an old drain box that was buried in dirt and water was slowing making it way south. Had major excavation done to yard and two 6” pipe under house on ground level inlet was a rock v drain and went underground to the street drain and had a yard drain hooked up in case. Took 3 years of fighting city, but all ended well and my spare lot is the highest elevation in town and drain along street is low so could have a basement if I wanted to build a home. So many people down stream told me they notice sump pumps had stopped running year round. I was watching all your videos and problem was no matter how I install drains was no place to go. Seems like a distant memory worrying about a down pour and hoping I not have to get out pumps to send it down the street. I was wishing you were here. But all worked out 20k later .

I dig post holes and trenches with hydro power. Been doing it for many years. Never could figure out why nobody else was doing it.

I "hydrodrill" grounds for Amateur Radio and some station grounds for AM radio stations that exact same way. I seldom go past 20' for those grounds, but I have had problems with water flowing out of the hole after drilling. I used mortar mix to seal the grounding hole after drilling. However, I never knew this could be used for water well drilling - excellent idea!

Wish I had known about that before I paid top dollar to have a shallow well installed on my property. Hello from Melbourne FL!

Yup when building my dad's island cabin in the Gulf we not only used it for a well but also for digging holes for the cabin post and the boat/ fishing dock and before anyone asks yes you can have a fresh water well on an island surround with saltwater just in case if some of y'all didn't know that. Thank you for a great video

Yeah I have a 110’ well and I have to drop my pump down to near the bottom. My problem is that I run out of water in 20-30 minutes and it takes about 3 hours to recover the approximate 150 gallons. I think it needs to be deeper so that the casing holds more water and of course I would have to extend the pipe and wiring to the pump. I’m on a fixed income so I have never talked to anyone about it and just try to make due. But it makes it tough to have a garden or anything that uses a lot of water. I need to upgrade my power panel and replace my hvac so it is not at the top of my list. It seems like every time I save money towards the things that I need something comes along and I have to start over again. But I’m blessed with the things I have and I can’t complain. I found the video very interesting and I am sure it will help some people! Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge!