When there is no water on the plot, this is a real problem. After all, the lack of irrigation has a bad effect on the crop, it also brings a lot of other difficulties in everyday life. Therefore, you should solve this difficult task first. There are two ways to do this, but the cheapest and most qualitative of them is to dig a well yourself.
Contents of
- A little help
- How to dig a well yourself?
- Video of the well with own hands
In order to get to work you need to be identified with the location. Therefore, the first stage of work is more like collecting information. We need to talk with the neighbors, find out at what level the water is located, understand where it is more convenient to arrange the construction for yourself.
To plan its activities better at the end of summer or mid-autumn. It should always be remembered that it is not so difficult to dig a well yourself, how to do all the preparatory work, create a preliminary drawing and modernize its upper part. All this will take some time, so it must be properly calculated.
Small reference
1. The depth of any well should be from 10 m - this level, which will allow you to approach the water in a sufficient volume for you.
2. The construction of the well consists of three elements: a head, a mine, a water intake. Each of them must be properly installed - this ensures the durability of the entire structure. Pay attention to each component, which may well have a different modification. It is clearly seen in the photo that each well made by own hands can have different appearance, shapes and sizes, so much will be done exactly according to your preferences.
3. It should be remembered that for each such structure it is necessary to buy a water filter, a pump and additional building materials( fasteners, ducts, hose).The filter is needed to ensure that the water is clean and usable, since three layers of gravel of different thicknesses( 10 cm, 15 cm, 15 cm), on the bottom do not guarantee complete and high-quality cleaning.
4. The most cost-effective, convenient and often used material from which you make a well yourself is concrete rings that are simply installed and are an economical option. For clarity, we recommend that you look at the video of the construction of a concrete well.
How to dig a well yourself?
You will need:
- shovels( large and small);
- several buckets for the ground;
- rope ladder;
- hoist and trolley for rings;
- helmet and warm clothes.
All this inventory will be necessary in order to perform the construction of the well with your own hands. At different stages of time, each of them will help you to perform tasks. Now you can start digging, but you can not forget at the time of your activity about security measures - they are very important.
Digging starts according to calculations - shaft diameter = diameter of rings + 10cm. Then we immerse the first ring in the shaft, its location should be 10 cm from the ground level. Then the second ring as it digs is set to the first, as in the photo. The first and second rings should be installed as precisely as possible - this affects the quality of the structure. Further, two concrete rings are tightly connected with special brackets, as the rings are erected, all the slots are removed with cement. The following rings are installed in the same way.
When the first water appears, it needs to settle for at least 12 hours, then remove and begin laying well washed stones, and then gravel to the bottom of the recess to protect water from sand.
After a while( 24-36 hours) you can start to install the upper( elevated part).It can be of any kind and is made entirely of different materials. The field of all works installs a filter and a pump, then a special water tap is made-and this can be considered a complete job.
It is recommended to flush it before using the well.
