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28 viewsWhen water is reached a pump is utilized so that digging can continue down another 1 or 2 meters until the water is sufficient to use all year around. (29-May-04)dozer
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28 viewsHere is a water tank with no tower, which is how I did it in the cool thai house. The downside to not having a tower is that an extra pump is needed to drive water into the house. (02-Jul-04)dozer
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27 viewsWell Options: This is a pair of homemade water tanks. These are made from circular drainage fittings and cement. (17-Apr-04)dozer
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27 viewsAn automatic pump of the type used for hand dug wells, this is a Fujika GF-225 automatic home pump. Good quality pumps run 5000 Baht or more. (19-Apr-04)dozer
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27 viewsThis is a large tower which services several small apartments and is more than what would be needed for a residential house, but it gives you an idea. The base of this one is 2.70 meters square. The height is about 5 meters and water capacity of about 2000 liters. (27-Apr-04)dozer
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27 viewsThe units in this example are housed on a cement slab and enclosed in am lockable metal enclosure. (19-Aug-04)dozer
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27 viewsHere is the corrected well finished off with a cement base. (19-Aug-04)dozer
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27 viewsAdded the final gutter on top of the patio. (23-Jun-04)dozer
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26 viewsThe hand dug well is a pretty amazing feat. A hole is dug to a slightly larger diameter than the circular drainage fitting to be used. The hole will be no more than about couple of centimeters wider than the rings. (24-May-04)dozer
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26 viewsWheels: The gate wheels are very important. There are two sets of heavy duty 3" stainless steel wheels needed to support a sliding driveway gate. (27-Aug-04)dozer
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25 viewsSometimes once water is hit some circular drainage fittings will be inserted prior to pumping out water, as in this picture. Although it doesn't look like it in this picture, the well digger is about 7 meters below ground level here! (09-Apr-04)dozer
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25 viewsA finished off deep water well. (15-Apr-04)dozer
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