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
Digging out a hand dug well
We have just completed digging and cleaning an old hand dug well within a garden to remove built up debris and remove any contaminants to allow fresh water to come in. The well was lined with large stones which sat on natural rocks with lovely interesting features and out-coves. The water comes in at a
Brick Lined Hand Dug Well In Driveway
Following from the other day a client of ours had a well within their driveway which they wished to have cleaned and a pump installed to allow usage of the water for irrigation. We successfully completed the well clean which took a little longer then we anticipated but wells are always full of surprises! We