How To Drill A Off Grid Sand Point Well On Your Homestead 

8:00 Sadly, you used the wrong couplings. The ones you used have a "running" thread. This type of coupling is intended ONLY to protect pipe threads on joints (21' sections) of pipe. In fact, it's called "T&C" (threaded & coupled) pipe. What you want is a coupling with "tapered" threads. These threads TIGHTEN as they are screwed together. Over time, that running thread will loosen and leak. I'm a retired plumber with 48 years of field experience.

I can’t believe how many people total misunderstand about how deep you can draw water. It has zero to do with how deep your pipe is down in the ground. How far down inside the pipe is what matters. They routinely drive them down here for sprinklers to 45-47 feet. Not that it matters but on top of that Teflon tape add some liquid Teflon. Got that tip from an old plumber and have never had a leak since. If you use a jackhammer you can easily go down to 45. It will get you much safer water with far less far chemicals in it.

You mean "plumb" as you go, especially in the beginning. Lots of people get it wrong because a "bubble stick" aka a "level" has several bubbles. One is for level and two are for plumb.

Don't know if you did, but make sure to drive the point so that static water level is higher than well point by several feet. Also turn and tighten pipes while pounding. Prevent thread crush and leaking.

The big box stores carry sand points and almost any hardware store of any size carry them. I can only speak for around here but they are plentiful. One store even Carry’s a 10’ well point. If you ever have to do this again a jackhammer does in seconds what can take hours by hand driving. Saves your shoulders, not everybody is so young.

Do you mind sharing the rough cost for this? It’s been on my list to add one for emergencies. This was helpful to see!

You guys did a great job.. great video. My daddy witch our well when I was a little girl mud 60s. He used a peach limb and I couldn't keep the limb from bending down. Great memory lol

Thank you for the instruction.

Thanks for sharing I have about 20' of pipe pump and a sandpoint I just don't know where to put it down thanks for sharing God-bless

Great video, my question is, how do u find out the depth of the water in accordance to how far to drive the pipe. Thanks, just found your channel..

You can rent a jack hammers with a socket that sits on the coupling. Much faster to drive. An old trick is to rub a fair amount of soap from any bath bar all over the screen on the sand point. This stops unwanted clay an silt from pluging the screen on your sand point.

Great info! 😊👍

Music is way loud when you are trying to listen to what you are saying. Love the video,

Gloves protect hands when driving better than the cap protects the pipe shaft. Use them to avoid blisters & potential metal splinters. Thirty-plus-years pipefitter.

Hi, i did exactly the same thing as you. I have the water 6 feet below (i am maybe 50' close to lake). I tried with a new manual pump like yours, but it's very very hard to get the water out. Is there a reason please ?

Did you use stainless well pipe or galvanized? What grade? Neophyte here, and I want to get top quality for consumption safety.

The only thing I would have done differently is driving it a bit lower for shorter people to have more momentum pumping it.🤭 But great job and so pleasing to see the fresh, clean, unpolluted, nontoxic water gushing out!💦

I am hoping to drive a sand point well to try and fill a small duck slough, do you think this could be possible with a solar powered pump? My biggest concern is the flow rate thst a well of this size can offer. I have considered driving two next to each other to try and increase flow rate. What is your opinion?

don't forget to wash out the cutting oils from inside the pipe with soap and water or you can get a bad taste for a while .

I would of smashed the like button but I was spending too much time turning down the volume of the stupid music and then turning it back up to be able to hear what was being said.

Can it be attach to a 12v electric pump. If so how?

This is great Sadly my land is way too rocky to do this.

I wish I knew where I could hire someone to drive one of those for me. I'm in Millsap Texas.

audio gets super loud when music plays, I spent most of this video turning my volume up and down

does each of the 25 feet sections of pipe have thread on each end or conection already?

Hey, how deep did you drive yours? Mine is about 10 feet deep but only pulls up a mix of 75% sand and 25% water!

I thought those pumps could pump upwards of 100 to 150 feet? And are you guys familiar with how to put in "weep holes" to keep water below freeze line?

Did you use Well Drive Pipe or just 1 3/4 Galvanized pipe?

Divining rods 2:48

Where did you put shut off valve, or check valve ?? Logically a check valve should over well point, so the water wont drain off from the pipes.

Question Do you have a link to order the parts for the well

Love the info. I'm in south Texas and not sure if I have rocks or dirt down that far. Anyone in the Austin/San Antonio are have any input as having any luck doing this way. I've also seen the drilling with a drill method. Any advice I would be very grateful.

Did you guys check water tables at all in advance to know if there was water that shallow?

I installed a WellPoint and 10 feet of pipe. My post hole digger hit water 1 foot . I measured the water 7 ft from the bottom. I pump and pump but I don’t get any water It’s gets so hard can’t pump the handle anymore. It’s like a strong vacuum. I took the pitcher pump off and the pipe is full of water . I don’t understand what’s going on

What about when winter comes, do you need to do anything special so nothing ends up freezing or getting damaged?

Using the earth's magnetic force

What is the weight of your driver post? how long did it take you to drive it down and the depth of the well?

Ok so my pipe is holding water at the top , this mean my drive point is clogged correct ?

I tried this with galvanized steel pipe and used the red caps to protect from the pounding... Well my pipe thread was still completely destroyed! Is there something I did wrong?

Is it drilling or pounding a sand point? Lol thank you for the video! How does the water taste?

I got the same blister 😅

Don’t you want the water to drain back down ? In winter time it will freeze and split your pipe if it’s at or above ground level

Why so deep? Some water wells are pretty shallow.

How do you know if a 25' sand point/drive point will cut the musterd

How do you keep it from freezing?

Where did you get the pipe?

Mark, if you install a check valve. I belive it will freeze and break?

Its not better than nothing. It’s exactly the same as nothing. There’s water everywhere underground. You can drive your well anywhere.

your music blew my ears out, check your volumes

"Plumb"

But you have rubber soles. You're insulated from ground.

I would have given you a Like, but you said that you couldn't say Y'all. I'm from TN. I'm offended. :) I gave it to you anyway. Sry, but you really must me a Yankee. You plumb as you go, not level as you go....rofl

It's 'an' off grid... 'an' not 'a'.

Get your blood pressure checked

Dowsing is superstitious nonsense.

Hi there - I found the well point, couplings, etc. I cannot find the right piping - any suggestions on where I can get them? Thanks in advance!