Driving A Well Point With A Jackhammer

The hole only has to be 3 to 4 feet deep before you can start driving pipe down.

Driving a well point with a jackhammer.

Use the post hole digger to augur a starter hole where you want the well to be located. Jackhammer driver kit for large jobs. Long lasting reusable tool. The driven well point is pounded into the ground where the well is to be by hand usually with a sledgehammer.

It s a large metal tripod with a vertical piston suspended in the middle the piston pointing straight down. If you have electricity available then many folks around here use an electric jack hammer from the rental store to drive the well pipe. Try an electric jack hammer to drive on the cap. The jdk comes with a driving bit and hsp t4 hammer spacer.

The jackhammer driving kit is great for large projects where the fastest installation is desired. Plastic well this 1 1 4 in. The sand point a perforated pipe of. The threaded octagon shoulder prevents turning while driving and forms a hole large enough to allow clearance for pipe couplings.

Once it s firmly planted a motorized pipe driver is set up. 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. Works well driving point down some 39 ft. 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. Plastic well point is engineered to provide an ideal combination of easy driving effective sand control corrosion resistance and strength. Attach a 5 foot length of. Includes driver bit and t4 series spacer.

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 jackhammer bit fits a standard 1 1 8 in.