06-22-2019, 07:59 PM
If everyone remembers we had a 7.2 earthquake up here in Ak. back on 11-30-2018 It caused my well to silt up something fierce. All winter we had silty water depending on how much we used but it was getting less over time.
Come spring, I was gonna fill a couple of rain barrel for gardening and the problem worsened to the point of immediately plugging sower heads toilets etc. Water eater and expansion tank are full also. The silt also brought along gritty sand that ate the pump----which was new last fall. Particulars---well is 348'6" according to the drill log and cased to the bottom Over time Silt and minimal sand had filled in the bottom four feet. We knew this last fall as they raised the pump 6 feet to limit the pickup of debris. We were not satisfied with the service of the well service last fall. This spring new well guy recommended by our plumbing and heating service comes out runs some test and says last yrs well crew put in cheap parts and under sized wiring for that depth. As to the 4 foot of silt/sand in bottom, he has blown out using industrial air compressor all the time and being that it's only a short amount accumulated it won't take long. Reassures me he has done this numerous times
Also he sounded the well to establish heights Static water level, full casing length and debris height.
Next day. his wife and early 20's year old son show up to do blow out. I'm skeptical about their experience but didn't say any thing. The fiddle frick around for 7 hours and 500 gallons of water and can't get any material to blow out.
Day three-husband shows back up with another 500 gallon water truck and attempts blowout. Mind you I'm out of days off so I go to work but when I get home he's cleaning out the pump as it sandlocked when he put it down the hole. I ask how the blow out went and he says not as well as he would of liked but wants to do a pumping test. Oh and for no extra cost he'll throw in a sand screen on the pump to eliminate sand lock issue. I asked what was the well depth currently and he says it didn't change significantly and it'll be on his final paper work. Sand screen takes a special grommet to attach to the pump so he'll be back on monday with the parts.
Day 5 parts are here will be out tomorrow to install
Day6-9 no show and no response to calls or email
I begin to question his integrity so I decide to check the well particulars myself Water level is the same but there is an additional 13 feet of sand in the casing. We immediately send more emails and texts telling tem to stop all work until we've had a face to face meeting. He basically responds ignoring the text that he'll be out tomorrow to finish the project. second email---no do not continue until we face to face meet.
Day 10 he shows up fires up the truck and is starting to get ready to go to work. I tell him to wait until we discuss the project. We question him on why he is leaving between 13-17 feet of debris in the bottom of the well and he says what debris and how do I know how much. I say you left all your tapes laying in the yard and i re-measured it because I wanted to know the depths. He says we need to measure again and we verify te new debris height of 331 feet. I says he doesnt remember the original log records so he'll have to check that wen he gets home but e believes tat was the right numbers and that there was 17 feet in the well. Oh and he still wants to gravel pack the casing and use it as a long filter to hold back the sand and do a flow test. I said hell no you need to bail te well and reestablish the original well heights as I'm not interested in a lo flow system for his convenience. Your wife and kid didn't know what the hell they were doing and blew that material up in the casing and you need to fix it.
Any one else have similar issues?
we're at week 5-6 of no water
Come spring, I was gonna fill a couple of rain barrel for gardening and the problem worsened to the point of immediately plugging sower heads toilets etc. Water eater and expansion tank are full also. The silt also brought along gritty sand that ate the pump----which was new last fall. Particulars---well is 348'6" according to the drill log and cased to the bottom Over time Silt and minimal sand had filled in the bottom four feet. We knew this last fall as they raised the pump 6 feet to limit the pickup of debris. We were not satisfied with the service of the well service last fall. This spring new well guy recommended by our plumbing and heating service comes out runs some test and says last yrs well crew put in cheap parts and under sized wiring for that depth. As to the 4 foot of silt/sand in bottom, he has blown out using industrial air compressor all the time and being that it's only a short amount accumulated it won't take long. Reassures me he has done this numerous times
Also he sounded the well to establish heights Static water level, full casing length and debris height.
Next day. his wife and early 20's year old son show up to do blow out. I'm skeptical about their experience but didn't say any thing. The fiddle frick around for 7 hours and 500 gallons of water and can't get any material to blow out.
Day three-husband shows back up with another 500 gallon water truck and attempts blowout. Mind you I'm out of days off so I go to work but when I get home he's cleaning out the pump as it sandlocked when he put it down the hole. I ask how the blow out went and he says not as well as he would of liked but wants to do a pumping test. Oh and for no extra cost he'll throw in a sand screen on the pump to eliminate sand lock issue. I asked what was the well depth currently and he says it didn't change significantly and it'll be on his final paper work. Sand screen takes a special grommet to attach to the pump so he'll be back on monday with the parts.
Day 5 parts are here will be out tomorrow to install
Day6-9 no show and no response to calls or email
I begin to question his integrity so I decide to check the well particulars myself Water level is the same but there is an additional 13 feet of sand in the casing. We immediately send more emails and texts telling tem to stop all work until we've had a face to face meeting. He basically responds ignoring the text that he'll be out tomorrow to finish the project. second email---no do not continue until we face to face meet.
Day 10 he shows up fires up the truck and is starting to get ready to go to work. I tell him to wait until we discuss the project. We question him on why he is leaving between 13-17 feet of debris in the bottom of the well and he says what debris and how do I know how much. I say you left all your tapes laying in the yard and i re-measured it because I wanted to know the depths. He says we need to measure again and we verify te new debris height of 331 feet. I says he doesnt remember the original log records so he'll have to check that wen he gets home but e believes tat was the right numbers and that there was 17 feet in the well. Oh and he still wants to gravel pack the casing and use it as a long filter to hold back the sand and do a flow test. I said hell no you need to bail te well and reestablish the original well heights as I'm not interested in a lo flow system for his convenience. Your wife and kid didn't know what the hell they were doing and blew that material up in the casing and you need to fix it.
Any one else have similar issues?
we're at week 5-6 of no water
