We DRILLED A WELL And Our Expectations Were CRUSHED // Total COST Breakdown Of Drilling A WELL

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7 ай бұрын

In this video, we share the steps and process of drilling a well on our property, including the risks that come with the unknowns of having a well drilled. We had high hopes and expectations, but were met with making expensive decisions. We share the total cost breakdown of drilling a well. It is shocking how much a well costs, but it's one of those things that you have to have and ultimately, increases your property value.
During filming, we get a visit from the inspector and he shares some valuable information. It was great to hear and share his insight and knowledge.
Did you know we are building a barn?! If you haven't followed along with our BARN Build, make sure to check out that series in our playlists. We finished the slab this summer and are on a pause while we mill all of the lumber needed for the barn build. We have A LOT of milling in our future.
***We also built a sawmill cover and are wrapping that up (the partially enclosed shed section of the cover) this week. Definitely check out our Sawmill Playlist. We have shared the process of building our sawmill cover from the very beginning. We have a Woodland Mills HM130 Max sawmill and live in North Idaho. The sawmill cover / sawmill shed is vital to continue milling for our barn build in the winter months, but it will also be a great way to keep out of the sun during the summer months, and of course all of the rain, in between! We are excited to complete this project this week, so we can continue milling lumber for our barn build.
Here are the specs on the sawmill cover / sawmill shed we are built:
3 posts in the front
4 posts in the back
Overall dimensions are 15 feet wide by 36 feet long
Longest beam is 28 feet
Front part of the lean to roof is 11'9" and back is 8'
It will have a 3 :12 pitch
Posts and beams are going to be 7 1/2" x 7 1/2"
We have shared the entire build!
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@TheOldManAndTheSaw 6 ай бұрын

I hate to ruin your New Years celebration but I wanted to tell you about our well which was drilled in sandstone. The drill rig was a cable tool model so we had about 2 days of pounding right next to the house. Long story short, the operator stopped at about 60 feet when he said he smelled sulphur. At this point we were getting about 2.5 GPM of nice-smelling water; which is better than a higher flow of sulphur water. Here's the part that's gonna hurt. After a few months the fines created from the drilling slowly washed out of the well wall and we now have more water than we can use; at 60 feet deep. I thought the $ 1,500 we paid for the well was a lot until I saw your video. It was a good video but............................OUCH! Dave

@ourdreaminthewoods 6 ай бұрын

Oh, wow! It sounds like you have an amazing well, Dave! 60 feet and $1500 sounds like a dream! Our well cost is definitely OUCH! But, we knew it would probably be like that going in. Of course we were hoping we’d be a little luckier, but it’s what most wells around here are costing… it’s just part of building, It’s super expensive, but now we have a great well! Overall, we are happy. Happy New Year! 😀

@billroberts3864 7 ай бұрын

Greg, it must feel good to have a good well even though it cost a bunch of money. Now you can proceed with the sawmill cover so you can start milling lumber for your barn. Blessings to you.

@ourdreaminthewoods 7 ай бұрын

Thank you, Bill! Well costs are what they are..a significant expense, but necessary. Feels good to have all of the utilities at the build site. Definitely ready to get back to milling! Thanks for watching, Bill! ☺

@shonnbell7887 7 ай бұрын

Hey guys- Shonn from Abundant Living Homesteaders friends of Heather and Kimmy

@ourdreaminthewoods 7 ай бұрын

Hi! We love watching your channel! Hopefully, our paths will cross and we get to meet you all someday! Thanks for watching! 😊

@shonnbell7887 7 ай бұрын

Thank you and love watching you guys too!!! Keep up the great work and we look forward to meeting you too!

@ourdreaminthewoods 7 ай бұрын

@@shonnbell7887 Thank you! 😊

@toddwheeler1526 7 ай бұрын

Another goal and achievement. I am blessed with a great well and water quality. I know many that haven't been as fortunate. Especially those friends of mine that live around the great California wine areas. Every year my buddies wells go dry thanks to the vineyards. It is out of control. But what do you expect from the state whenever the governor owns his own vineyards! You are blessed to be in Idaho. Be well and stay safe.

@ourdreaminthewoods 7 ай бұрын

Thank you, Todd! We haven’t heard of anyone around here having their wells go dry. Once you have water, they are pretty dependable. So sorry about your friends…that’s tough! Thanks for watching! 😊

@bennym1956 7 ай бұрын

You can move 10' in any direction and get different results..it's a crap shoot. Here in Ga, it's pretty much drill and get good water supply. Neighbor man further uphill had to drill 4 holes before he got decent water. Uphill is solid granite. I am farther downhill with creek supplied by water seeping out of ground. Did bored well @ 74' with over 30' of water in it - 2 good streams feeding it at different levels. Bored while in a drought 40 years ago - guy got really excited when he saw that - said I would never have to worry about water. Paid about $1,000 back then. Location, Location, Location ! Do whatever I want with water supply.

@ourdreaminthewoods 7 ай бұрын

Well drillers have drilled up to 1000 feet with lower water volume than we got. Your system seems ideal with feeder streams. We are up on a granite ridge so no flowing water around us. Thanks for watching! 😊

@morganmckenzie2521 7 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed this video, and appreciate that you included the costs as well as a shared vs not shared cost run-down. So interesting to see this process!

@ourdreaminthewoods 7 ай бұрын

Thank you! We watched plenty of well videos that didn’t share the cost and we wanted to be transparent for others who are wondering about the cost of a well. Thanks for watching! 😊

@matthewschultz7945 7 ай бұрын

That decision to drill deeper or stop looked tough. Happy you have a good well. Congrats!

@ourdreaminthewoods 7 ай бұрын

It’s always such a gamble… when we decided to go a little further, we told the driller we were stopping at 520, so it kind of helps you keep to that! Thank you, we are happy to have a good well, too! 😊

@ivovloet 7 ай бұрын

my left ear really enjoyed your commentary!

@ourdreaminthewoods 7 ай бұрын

Sorry about that! It’s really tough to have great audio when you are next to a huge machine that’s drilling through granite, 520 feet into the ground. 🤣

@deana1848 7 ай бұрын

Another exciting step! Glad the well drilling was a success!!

@ourdreaminthewoods 7 ай бұрын

Thank you! We are happy to have another important step checked off of the list! ✅

@dthorsvi 2 күн бұрын

Same company drilled my well. 519' @ 3 gpm. Great water!

@ourdreaminthewoods 2 күн бұрын

That’s awesome! They are really great guys! 😊

@jeffmayart 7 ай бұрын

We went 630ft and got 26gpm. But we had 3 gpm at 600 so it’s always a tough call to keep going… glad you guys got some good results

@ourdreaminthewoods 7 ай бұрын

Hi, Jeff! 520 was as far as we were willing to push it, especially since it was already a successful well. Happy your pushing it, paid off! Thanks for watching! 🙂

@mikewatson4644 7 ай бұрын

Our well is 200' deep. Pump is at 160'. Variable speed pump that can pump 20 gpm. I think the variable speed pump is the way to go. Soft start motor, runs at speed to maintain pressure so it doesn't start and stop. Reduces wear and tear and gives more consistent pressure. Our cost was a lot less but it was done 10 years ago and we didn't have to drill through granite. Thanks for the video

@ourdreaminthewoods 7 ай бұрын

Thanks, Mike! Pretty cool technology. Upfront costs are a little more, but future energy costs are lower. You must have been pretty happy with your well results! Thanks for watching, Mike! 😊

@caseygross7564 6 ай бұрын

We live on top of the Floridian aquifer, which is trillions of gallons of fresh water. Our wells are usually fairly shallow, anywhere from 50 to 200 ft. The water comes from limestone formation usually.

@ourdreaminthewoods 6 ай бұрын

Wow, that’s great! How’s the taste?

@caseygross7564 6 ай бұрын

Taste is good, but water is hard coming from the limestone. Limescale is rough on appliances.

@approots 7 ай бұрын

Fantastic well! We only have 0.8 gpm and it's enough for our household use. Previous house had 1 gpm and we could even water some landscaping. Like you, we have a deep well with high static level for lots of storage. Simplifies the system when you don't need cistern storage.

@ourdreaminthewoods 7 ай бұрын

Hi! In the end we were very lucky to get what we got out of this well. Overall, we are happy, we just were excited for that 20gpm! 🤣 Thanks so much for watching!

@MountainBeaches 7 ай бұрын

Nice! We used Chris for our well too and thought he did a fantastic job. We didn’t meet our 10 gpm goal either but ended up with a good well at 7gpm.

@ourdreaminthewoods 7 ай бұрын

Hi, Norm and Kim! We were extremely impressed with Chris and Josiah. They are just good people and hard workers! Thanks so much for watching! 😊

@gillyb333 9 күн бұрын

Congratulations ❤

@ourdreaminthewoods 8 күн бұрын

Thank you! It’s a great well! 😁

@user-vn6hi2bi3g 7 ай бұрын

I know it may seem like Monday quaterbacking but in all candor when offered a shared well at 10-12,5GPM for each party for about $50K complete I would have taken the bird in the hand, having said that I would still consider hooking up to a shared system which would be bulletproff for both familys and insure water even during maintence/breakdown of either system. Ray Stormont What's the water temp.? You could hook radient floor heat to excess flow and maintain constant floor temp in your home allowing for a greatly reduced sizing for HVAC saving you 50-75% for heating/cooling year round which would pay for well and radiant floor system in reasonable time.

@ourdreaminthewoods 7 ай бұрын

For about $50K, that would have been our share only, as the well on my sister’s property is already existing and she has had it for 20 years. Linking the two systems up is a good idea for redundancy. Might be in the plans down the road… As far as radiant heat… in future videos, we’ll share how we’ve already poured our slab. Thanks for watching, Ray! 😊

@k.j.hastings 7 ай бұрын

At the home place in Southern Ohio our well was on a mountain top but was really more of a cistern. 20' diameter and 100' deep. Hand dug about a century ago. We connected to local water ca 1985 when they laid a nearby line but kept that for washing cars or watering plants etc. So it was shock to me to consider a well that deep drilled along with the costs. But of course what is required is location dependent based on geology and the law. Great breakdown of your thought process, the overall process, and the expense. That's definitely a major factor in that location. Did you ever consider alternatives like water collection?

@ourdreaminthewoods 7 ай бұрын

Hi, KJ, pretty cool that you had/have a well from 100 years ago! It's always interesting to think about those before you who lived on the property.... 500 feet was not a surprise due to well reports from within close proximity. I lived with water restrictions for 7 years (in a village in Alaska). We had 1000 gallons of water a week delivered and picked up sewer ( different trucks 🤣). So, a dependable water system was a must. We never considered rain collection. There are plenty of families in the area that do haul water, but then getting a mortgage is a problem. Lots of things to consider when building on raw ground, for sure. Thanks for watching! 😊

@ReflectedMiles 7 ай бұрын

At those prices, this should have been in Hawaii or just outside New York CIty or something. Wow. I remember when wells were affordable. Mine in the Northwest was drilled to 200 ft. around 1990, with casing and liner--everything except the submersible pump system--for $3,800. I had another one that was a little deeper drilled in the Midwest in 2008 for right at $7,000. In today's dollars, those prices are $9,000 and $10,000 respectively.

@ourdreaminthewoods 7 ай бұрын

From what I can tell - well costs have increased 400% in the last twenty years. I definitely wasn’t overcharged for this well. Market price and a huge investment! Thanks for watching!

@waylonhartwell 7 ай бұрын

If you can find someone in the area that does it. You have your well fracked to try and get a little bit more flow but with the amount of storage you have in it, I don't know if it's that much of a concern

@ourdreaminthewoods 7 ай бұрын

I haven’t heard of anyone fracking around here but I could see its benefits. I bet storage and production would increase. Definitely need to do that before all the pvc goes in 😁. Thanks for watching!

@waylonhartwell 7 ай бұрын

@@ourdreaminthewoods I believe they actually drop in the equipment below all your casing and seal off the well and then they pressurize everything that's below the casing up to above about 1500 PSI to get the fishers to open up

@getonlygotonly 7 ай бұрын

you now need to bring in a hydro frack rig too increase flow

@ourdreaminthewoods 7 ай бұрын

Hmmm, do you have to pull the pvc casing to do that?

@ourdreaminthewoods 7 ай бұрын

This was an exciting, but stressful couple of days… Do you have a well? We’d love to hear how deep your well is and how many gallons per minute you get? It’s crazy how different it is just in our small area…. We were hoping for more, but are also thankful we have water and overall, a good well! Hope you enjoy watching! 😅

@gregwarne3252 7 ай бұрын

ASK THE INSPECTOR ABOUT FRAKING AND HOW IT POLLUTES THE WATER

@TheBeardedCarpenter 7 ай бұрын

Howdy y’all- we hit water at 60’ and 80’ with two streams crossing. At the time it was drilled we had 16 gal. a minute. Cost was a lot different 30 years ago. God bless

@ourdreaminthewoods 7 ай бұрын

@@gregwarne3252 Just sent the well driller a text- we’ll see what Chris knows about it.

@ourdreaminthewoods 7 ай бұрын

@@TheBeardedCarpenter Water at two depths seems ideal. We knew what we were getting into as far as costs go - tough pill to swallow. Thanks for watching! 😊

@waderue 7 ай бұрын

I live in Montana and one thing Montana is we good and we great and good water is about 200 feet down but you have to use a water softener because hard most of the time now the real water is over 1000 feet down and it is called the madison Aquifer and the water is like billion years old lol

@ourdreaminthewoods 7 ай бұрын

Wow! So do very many people drill that far to get that water?! Sounds pretty cool! 😊

@deana1848 7 ай бұрын

No gold😂 Would definitely be cool!

@ourdreaminthewoods 7 ай бұрын

It sure would! 😆

@jimmaag4274 7 ай бұрын

Why were you looking for so much water? Are you planning to irrigate crops?

@ourdreaminthewoods 7 ай бұрын

Hi, Jim, our long term goal is for this well to provide for 2 households, gardens, lawns, etc., so we were hoping for a little more. Plus, neighboring wells showed that as a possibility. Overall, we are happy and know we have a good well. Thanks for watching! 😊

@ModernMountainLiving 7 ай бұрын

Well ya never know till ya know on a well. Best to have water before ever building since hauling water is never a good hobby.

@ourdreaminthewoods 7 ай бұрын

Hi, Tim! We agree! 🤣

@jenniferwhite6089 7 ай бұрын

i went down 2800 feet and hit an underground river when it blew you felt it for 15 miles they said we had a flow of water come from the well now they didn't cap that well off we had too much water for the see i did need it to have been 5 years the dry creek bad start to flow here it was always dry since i was born to the valley does have water again i am not interested in selling any of the lands here ot the lake i have on my land to i am already to have too much money already i can ride my horse and don't have any neigbher with ATV spoking my horses or the wildlife here

@ourdreaminthewoods 7 ай бұрын

Hi, Jennifer! Sounds like that well changed the whole landscape of your property. Pretty amazing! Thanks for watching! 😊