DIY Shallow Well - Sealing The Well! (Gravel, Plastic And Clay) Pt 3 

I can truly say I’ve seen a lot of guys work on construction sites, and you do the work of (10 guys) well-done. P.S. don’t get rid of the backhoe, it serves a dual purpose, excavator and trencher...!!!

Great! Starting to look like a place you can live with this water supply. If it is going that well at this time of year you should have no problem for the rest of the year too!

Great job, having water is really going to change progress and all your future projects. As your well culverts don't have steps all the way down drop step ladder, wire rope ladder or a knotted rope, if you fall in, you are finished.

great job with all the videos, I like to see the work you put in with the stories that fill the background to go along with the video. Great to see how after all the hard work you can do in a day that there is always time left over for the family.

Congratulations on all your hard work paying off‼️ You really can be proud of how far you've come with all of this. It's been a pleasure watching it come along‼️

Suggestion if you are interested: You can use a regular well pump in there. Make a sleeve for the pump to make sure you get fresh cool water past the motor. You should build a little frame in there and use a pitless adapter to attach the pump. It'll save you from having to go down in the cistern in the event of a pump problem. Also, make some kind of sluice system to stir up the sediment at the bottom of the cistern so you can pump it out as needed. More sediment will accumulate than you think. Anyway that's my 2cents. Nice job!

That is looking great. More and more progress. Looking forward to seeing the project complete. Sorry to hear about your family members and the exposure issues. Thanks for sharing.

Nicely done! You're such a hard worker. I found your RU-vid channel a week ago and have been watching every and single piece of content you upload. I'm looking forward to go off grid with my wife and daughter. We just had enough of big cities. Keep up the hard work. God bless you

Congrats man! I appreciate the insights. We're in a similar situation here in western Washington, just a few steps behind. State requires a certified driller to install a deep well and its almost impossible to certify a shallow well because ground sealing requirements. And banks won't loan money on land/homes using shallow wells or surface water. But we have a huge resource we can't ignore. Best wishes and keep the vids coming!!!

All the best and having supporting family.

It is awesome watching your dream come to life..truly inspirational ..GOD Bless you and your family as you continue to work .

If it is in any way possible in your budget, keep the back-ho. It has saved you time and back-ache numerous times. Would have taken a week or more to dig that 100 foot trench by hand and saved on refill as well. Great progress and so glad you found water.

Most would think/feel that what you have done on the well, home, your property is amazing. Folks like us know it's just normal everyday stuff we do, our forefathers did, for ours. Did enjoy the vids and know you've shown/taught many that they too can do. Dr. D

Really pleased your getting success with the shallow well. It looks good enough to last, I would say the only weak point is the concrete pipe, and that isn't going to be a problem in our lifetimes 😂👍👍

Man I miss Pioneer Day. Got to ride my quad in the parade every year and usually picked up a nice knife every year. Watching you makes me miss the mountain life.

Good job. Love the independence and look forward to more videos.

Don't listen to stupid people, what you are doing for your family is AMAZING, don't think u will see this, but you are a inspiration to me to build off grid also. You are a good inspiratin, life isn't easy but you my friend are making the best of it

You did such a fine job on the well. All that hard work will serve you "well" down the road. I too agonize about the pesticides in our food.

Looks good, yep, keep the backhoe, it’s a life saver 👍👍 Vinny 🇺🇸

One of my favorite channels to watch. *Thumbs Up*

Nice work on the well, I'm glad to see you have some success after a long struggle looking for water.

Nice job. Enjoy your night off with the kids.

Very Intelligent presentations. Also, a hard worker......

Cool. You are one HARD WORKING MAN!

just keep the backhoe,you will miss her when she is gone

Exciting stuff! I’m very happy for you!!

The progress you are making is fantastic, I always look forward to your videos Heath, love and blessing to all the family :)

Love this channel. My dream is to live like this one day

I would keep the Backhoe. Just like when you needed to move the rock, there will be other times that you will need to move some material and the excavator wont move the material around the property like the Backhoe does

Thanks for Staying true and real.

Great work again, I love the progress you are making for your future

Good job! Water is life!

How about a drone shot of the well and tank location to place where everything is located. Thanks!

It’s 11:18 sir, you’re keeping me up. Lol, awesome stuff man! I look forward to these!

Good man! I haven't been watching your channel for a while, but now I can see the progress. Hope all is fine with you. You look and sound tired. Get some family time.

The well is looking so good! I don't know if I could let that backhoe go though :)

Great job and I would agree with others...keep the backhoe.

KEEP THAT BACKHOE! And it's just wonderful to see the progress. Well done :-)!

This is such great information and thank for making these videos! I’m so impressed with all you hard work and willingness to get this all done for your family! What a guy! I’ve thoroughly enjoyed watching your progress on your well and your ranch! I’ve decided to subscribe. I’m in a 1 bedroom apartment and far from being able to do anything like this for several reasons, but I do appreciate the videos and information.

Looks like it's almost water at the house time. Good job!

Man, I just get exhausted to see how hard you always work, 🤕😰😵😴

loved watching all of these

thanks for the update and sharing this video

Love your stories man.

This was fun to watch, and informative. Thank you sir.

Lot of work, but it all will be worth it. Thanks for the video.

At least no back breaking work on this job,which I assume makes it more fun for him.It was fun to watch.

Great job, Heath. As usual.

Love the work and videos, but a couple k for the water? Cisterns, 3 loads of gravel, backhoe, excavator, 300ft X2 pipe, signal wire, pump(s), pressure Ctrl, valves, solar panels/controllers/Batts/mts/wiring, sediment, uv, carbon block filtration, storage tank, etc. Seems like a heck of a lot more than a couple thousand, plus an incredible amount of work (obvious no stranger to that). I'd love to see a breakdown. Keep up the awesome work and know us regular folk are pulling for ya. :,-)

that pesticide's going into your aquifer!

Can't tell you how happy I am for you that this worked out as well as it has. Who would have thought that that little seep you found way back when would become your well site. I remember when you had the witcher up there looking for a spot. All he found was a big ass rock that bent your drillstock. Are you going to end up with a smaller tank by the house, or just run pipe direct from the tank to the garden, shop, and house?

Good job alot of work I do question 16 guage wire should be a minimum of 12 guage to run a pump a100 ft from main power source personally myself I wouldn't have went less than 10 guage but I'm certain if you running a pump on 16 you will be replacing it before long

Great video!

Our neighbor was spraying his ditch banks with a defoliant. At some point he saw a small leak in the poly tank. He just got a hand full of dirt and reached down into the liquid and packed the dirt over the hole. The leak was fixed farmer style. 2 hours later he passed out and he died 3 days later.

If the wire gives you an issue you can always go wireless. The wire is a good thing though anyway because after things get grown over for a long time, that wire will let you detect the exactly location of the run even if it is copper.

Keep the backhoe!!!!!! LOL

Awesome work. Looking forward to your next videos about the whole construction of your shallow well! Best of luck man :)

Great work!

Nice progress.. You'll have water there before fall. Thats a big step. So how do you test the water for drinkability?

Progress Brother. Keep it up.

Nice job!

you're doing a fantastic job love the video.

I'm really enjoying your videos and have learnt a lot! Thank you and keep up the good work :-) What sits on the floor of the well? Also where does the water seep into the concrete rings, underneath presumably? I have a spring which currently fills a pond at ground level and am working out the best way to properly harness this water.

Chemicals used on farms are much safer now , more regulated and have much more research behind them.

My great aunt had Nut trees down in Oregon, the spray kicked back on her, doused her, she was dead six months later.

I know what u mean most of my life I worked on potatoe farms in northern Maine and there’s alot of old timers that have gone through the same thing and the cancer rate is wicked high

Thanks for showing us how to install a shallow well. I wonder how the farmers kept their crops in good condition before the Industrial Revolution Age. Surely there was another method in which crops were protected for thousands of years.

Hard work

And they are still spraying that crap!. I'm learning so much watching these videos, I just need a man to do it!😲🤣

I am from New Jersey. I have spent time in Texas and Las Vegas. I have NEVER seen it as bright, at 9 PM, as it seems to be in Idaho. I have seen this in your videos and also in PURE LIVING FOR LIFE's videos. Is it something about those northern open states? What am I missing here?

They will be with us for the foreseeable future. In order to get a good yield, you need to control the pests. The real worry is the pests adapting to our current range of tools for dealing with them.

Monday 4.25pm here in New Zealand. I'm at work and shouldn't be watching this lol

Would love to pick your brain on the whole process. Including dealing with the state on permitting. I too am in idaho and am doing this exact project.

NICE!

Wow 9 at night and still that much daylight..👀

Nice

I hope you Installed a Pitless Adapter.

I worked for a spray company years ago and anytime we even got a small dose of pesticide, we stripped to our skivvies and hosed ourselves off for about 20 minutes...

Cap your mound with concrete out past your well hole keep that water table safe from contaminated top draining water

How did you NOT notice your well case were leaning and moreover why didn't you apply some down pressure to the opposite side to correct it ?

Great job...and you will curse the day you get rid of a great running backhoe.....Got one question... will the water fill the entire cistern? Or because you entered the side vs the top will it be where you drilled the hole? And why not run the line in from the top? Just curious ? I do understand you are pum ping to a huge tank above your house for pressure... so maybe it doesn't matter.

Guys and girls , we have already told him more than once to keep the backhoe , but he want listen to his viewers .....

tour of your top half land???

just rent one for a few days

Have you had the ground water tested as it may contain herbicides and pesticides

Set it off, take some time and rest..... You need help to get done before the Deerhunt when the leaves fall and the nights get longer, the days get short you need so much especially a ton of work on the Solar Panels, you need power for Mom and the kids to move in. Sheetrock/paint wholly molly -- Dad lost his health and stomach, building our home, many years ago.

I'm curious about the wet road did putting this well in alleviate some of that road water?

You always put sand on the bottom and a foot of sand on the top

To late, but would have been nice to either run a spare water line or put it in a chase in case it fails. Would have been cheap insurance.

What do you mean by switching out equipment do you have more equipment somewhere else

Since 3/4-1” clear lets water permeate so easily, wont it let contaminates through easily also?

I may have missed it but did you put gravel down inside the tank as a base? If not why?

Hay buddy, Just saw Busted's video where he put down hay as a layer around his well. PLEASE do not do this. The hay will start to rot and or compost and it will find a way into your well. Hay is a organic and it will grow mold and bacteria. Sand would be a much better choice. I think I understand him thinking the hay will act as a filter to stop finer soil filtering down but the hay is not going to say hay its going to turn to compost. I know you did not say anything about hay in your well but I know you know them and hope you understand what I am saying. Its going to leach into his well. Keep up the good fight.

What did you do to the inside bottom of the well to prevent influx of sand/clay/soil/etc?

DId he pump the water back out in the shot of him raking?

is there any PROVEN connection between pesticides etc. and parkinsons?

Watching a crop duster is heartbreaking

Parkinson’s Disease: Interesting fact about Parkinson’s which isn’t known by many, is that it was nonexistent until the beginning of the industrial revolution. The first documented case of Parkinson’s Disease was reported in England, 1817 by Dr James Parkinson of the Royal College of Surgeons. As the Industrial Revolution grew and spread throughout Europe during the 1800’s so did the reported cases of Parkinson’s. The exact cause of Parkinson’s Disease still isn’t known but as pointed out in this video there is clearly an environmental component. The cases reported show an obvious association with exposure to pesticides, oil based solvents and lubricants. Which of course were nonexistent before the Industrial Revolution.

Why didn't you get a washed gravel?

You have spent plenty of money on that well and I hope it don't go dry on you as it is a shallow well and they are not dependable everywhere.