Well Restoration and Maintenance courses
Become a well digger for a day We are having many people ask if we ever do a course and share our knowledge with others. Coming from a family business and information passed down through the generations with very little information available anywhere else, we tend to keep our secrets close to our hearts so
Wind Pump Restoration
Today we start work on a 37 Type Climax wind pump. We will be reinforcing its feet, changing some rotten supports, general maintenance such as changing the oil in the Climax oil bath gearbox, renewing shafts, makings new leather gaskets for the well pump, restoring and Cleaning the well to create a working wind pump
Aquifer system in hand dug well
Almost complete digging out and cleaning a hand dug well. The well was completely filled to ground level. We have now hit a mudstone bedrock which should give an ample amount of good clean water for the client to go self sufficient and off grid. Video is to show the client the progress and what
Breaking Through To Water
This video is more to show the customer then to benefit anyone else. I will be uploading some videos today of other well restoration so please check back later. Breaking through to water at 8.3 meters deep. The water was muddied before starting the video to show how quickly and how clear the water
Clearing, Making Safe & Rebuilding Chalk & Flint Well
We attended the site to find a concrete slab and a small hole. With pearing into the small hole we were a little concerned to find half the floor surrounding the area had been undermined and was no longer supporting anything. This included a corner of the building. First thing was to remove the concrete