"Jeff Guay" wrote
I could do everything except drill the casing. It is all sand here
with a
small layer of clay down about 10'. Anyway to install my own casing?

I meant for the driller to drill the well, which includes installing the
casing. A drill and hole saw doesn't cost much, or you can burn the hole
for the pitless. You could rent the torch.

Gary
Quality Water Associates

"Gary Slusser" wrote

"Steve" wrote
The price I mentioned is inclusive of the well casing and deepwell
pump..

The guy up the road, here in W. Washington, went down about 130 ft
for
good
water and paid about $10,000.. That's about 77 a ft.. However if
the
water
had come in at a shallower depth he would still have to pay a
couple
thousand just for the set up, plus footage...

I use to hang out at a bar where some well drillers would stop in
after
work.. I would sometimes hear comments about "can't make any money
until we
get down to 100 ft...". Thus an incentive to drill deeper wells.

Steve

Ask for a price for just the well minus the cable, pump, it's
tubing/pipe, pitless adapter, excavation to the building, the
pressure
tank and fittings etc. and see what you're told.

Then get a price for the excavation only. Then a pump guy or plumber
that knows pumps and wells, to price out the cable, pump, tubing,
pitless and pressure tank with the needed switch etc.. Or do the
excavation, cable and tubing to/from the well and the pressure tank
yourself. Then have the pump guy install the pitless and pump.

You can buy all this stuff over the internet ya know. You can even
size
the pump on the internet. I sell all of it to DIYers.

Those/these guys must not have much competition except between
themselves!

Gary
Quality Water Associates