Driving A Well Point With A Jackhammer

Plastic well this 1 1 4 in.

Driving a well point with a jackhammer.

Attach a 5 foot length of. The sand point a perforated pipe of. 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.

Works well driving point down some 39 ft. 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 threaded octagon shoulder prevents turning while driving and forms a hole large enough to allow clearance for pipe couplings. 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. Alot easier than lift and pound. 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.

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. Use the post hole digger to augur a starter hole where you want the well to be located. If you have electricity available then many folks around here use an electric jack hammer from the rental store to drive the well pipe. Jackhammer driver kit for large jobs.

I plan to drive a sand point later this summer. A pipe cap screwed snugly but not tightly onto the threaded end protects it from being damaged or deformed while being pounded from above. A deep well is over 25 feet and will need some other type of pump than vacuum to operate. The jackhammer bit fits a standard 1 1 8 in.

Plastic well point is engineered to provide an ideal combination of easy driving effective sand control corrosion resistance and strength. Includes driver bit and t4 series spacer.