How We Fix Our Frozen Well 

Put some pipe insulation over the 1st 10 feet and an insulation jacket round the outside of the steel well tube

Dollar store pool noodles wrapped around your pipes help to keep your pipes from freezing. Not sure if you can get them there though. Maybe spray foam or such too. I'm so glad both worked it out.

maybe build a very well insulated well house , dog house . Plus a remote temp sensor to monitor the inner well pipe temp ? cheap to do .

Eric, that was COMPLETELY smart!!! Good work!

You could also get a ten foot electric heat trace. When the line freezes plug it in the generator and thaw the line. Just a though.

Ingenious!!!!! We are having our well dug summer 2020 and will definitely be looking to do this.

So, I’m just going back and watching videos that I haven’t seen. In 2 hrs y’all have gain 2k subscribers! Tonight is a good night! Great job guys!! 08/30/2020

Genius solution on the well. It can't freeze if the line is not full of water. Brilliant.

In NC we built a pump house around it and insulate it .and put a heat lamp inside,heat tape works in real cold areas for spigots on the outside spigots will burst when it starts thawing out

Nice-we use that in New Hampshire as well... most put a hole 4-8 feet down. Quick solid fix!

If you turned the value open after it was shut off it would drain. Drilling a hole will stress the pump more, it's doing twice the work

You guys are the best!!!

Nice fix. Thanks for sharing.

Those portable generators are SO handy to have! 👍

I have a little house for my well, Also as an extra measure I got a aluminum lightbulb fixture with a 80w light bulb that keeps it warm during the winter.

Grew up on well water. My sis has w sump well like yours. She has had problems with it freezing even here in Oklahoma. She wound up just putting a box over it. Nothing fancy, just a 3/4"wooden box. Just having a little air space between the outside cold and the well casing to keep the cold off worked for her.

Looks like a quick and easy solution. I know they make self draining outdoor faucets so I am sure someone makes something for your setup.

Haha! Just finished watching a few of your videos and then this one pops up. Nice fix. Looks like you have good pressure despite the hole. Take care.

bales of hay around the pipe should also help.

Thought my pipes were frozen. Turns out it was just what you said. Thank you so very much.

Just another idea. If you use a small solenoid from a dishwasher or ice maker you would be able to get full pressure or a valve with a long reach valve so it can be off until the pump stops they also have special porpoise solenoids that are normally open so when the power is off it’s open to drain the water out. So it will self drain when power is off

Put an electric heating element inside the outer metal pipe. Then add some type of insulation. This could be as simple as a wooden box around it with sawdust between the box and pipe. This way it will be less likely to freeze and if it does plug in the heater and wait a little while and running water.

We put an insulated box around ours, and around our spigots. Haven’t had an issue since but worst we get here is -10’ ish.

Oh no!! Glad Eric is okay. Is that pipe insulated in any way?? Do Alaskans use pump houses, or is the exposed well a usual thing? Glad it's running, though. Pretty smart!

It works...

We have had frozen water line issues before as well. Not fun.. Hopefully it doesn't become an ongoing problem for you guys this winter!

Put a little building around it and hang a light in the there it will never freeze again.

Def build an insulated box around your pipe outlet .. come the depths of winter you will be grateful.

Aint nothin for eric to take a swim under the ice,,Alaskan Wild Man ! Hey thats a neat rick draining the lne,,ya think the installer would have done that with every install. unless its an insulated and inclosed well.

When you're married, walking on thin ice is a daily chore!

U r awsome

Eric. In this video at the start you were splitting wood . When the axe gets stuck, lift the end of handle up not down . Ten times easier

Easy fix. Put a drain valve in the line below your ground frost line. When your done running water . Unplug the pump, and turn open the drain valve and the top faucet . The water will drain back down the line to the valve problem solved. The drain back valve will have a petcock and all you do is attach 1/2 rod to petcock and up and out the well cap. Easy peasy grasshopper. Drilling a hole in the line will cause water to piss out the line as pump is running and eventually make the hole bigger. Also constant water blowing out the hole will cause rust to keep washing your well casing and damaging the well pump fins.

I hope you have a self priming pump, as soon as you drilled that hole in the suction line you canceled out the foot valve function. Good luck with that. If you have a submersible pump you should state that because some above ground pump owners may create a problem using this method. Just sayin!!!

That almost exactly what I did.

Another question, did you used a heating cable along the pipe? I want to know so I could figure out what is the problem I have here

Don’t they use pitless adapters below freeze line that’s what we use in Idaho

Make a streamer . 20 lb l.p. tank put a stainles ball valve on with a t under it put AIR hose CHUCK on t clip AIR hose to the fitting 20 foot 50 foot WHAT ever length then add 2 gallon of water close ball valve put the tank on fire when the steam comes out shine the CLEAN hose down and thow out the line . Put the mail end on the t so it can't blow up on you .or go to a plumbing shop and look at thers so you can make one. It is a must have for you.

The Alaskan pitless adapter I guess ??

A old buddy of mine was snowmobiling on a lake and went through the ice. RIP

Suggestion if you have to do that or you have hot water put a towel in it and put it on the area that is frozen wait about 2 3 minutes turn your pump on and the water will pass around in and Thaw it out

7 degrees? It's -25 where I am in the great white north.

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Would a heat-tape help?

You might try to insulate the pipe.

Why did you not put the well in the house or right next to the house

Some time ago i had sugested heat tape Turns out your solution is the cats meow

Hei guys, what were your temperatures on those days?

I thought you had done that when you put the pump in.

Wrap in insulation would heap

let the water drip then ir wont freeze up

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This time I will do it manually with the help of Stodoys plans designs.

You made a huge mistake drilling that hole. Were you born after 1985?