Driving A Well Point With A Jackhammer

Includes driver bit and t4 series spacer.

Driving a well point with a jackhammer. The sand point a perforated pipe of. Works well driving point down some 39 ft. Plastic well point is engineered to provide an ideal combination of easy driving effective sand control corrosion resistance and strength. Once it s firmly planted a motorized pipe driver is set up.

Use the post hole digger to augur a starter hole where you want the well to be located. Attach a 5 foot length of. I plan to drive a sand point later this summer. A deep well is over 25 feet and will need some other type of pump than vacuum to operate.

Alot easier than lift and pound. If you have electricity available then many folks around here use an electric jack hammer from the rental store to drive the well pipe. It s a large metal tripod with a vertical piston suspended in the middle the piston pointing straight down. Jackhammer driver kit for large jobs.

Plastic well this 1 1 4 in. Long lasting reusable tool. That is my plan as they rent those for about 50 and save allot of work. Try an electric jack hammer to drive on the cap.

The threaded octagon shoulder prevents turning while driving and forms a hole large enough to allow clearance for pipe couplings. Basically a driven well is installed by hammering a sand point and pipe directly into the earth to tap groundwater that may be literally right under your feet. The jackhammer bit fits a standard 1 1 8 in. There are several methods of getting a well point down to the water table but the one most used by people in remote places today is the driving method in which the point is driven downward like a nail.

The hole only has to be 3 to 4 feet deep before you can start driving pipe down. The jdk comes with a driving bit and hsp t4 hammer spacer.