DIY DEEP WELL HAND PUMP INSTALLATION + RESULTS

Today, we share our experience installing a deep well hand pump by Simple Pump. This pump is freezeproof and can pump water from as deep as 325 feet. If you have a deep well you need this pump.

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[serenity]

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[unclemikeb]

Clever, I like it.
Back in the 1950's when I was about 9, one of my uncles had a house with a hand pump at the kitchen sink. He was told the builder dug the well first and built the house around it. The only electricity they had then was a single wire with bulb hanging down in a few of the rooms. He made a trough so he could pump water to the wood stove which had aside tank to heat water for bathing and dishes. From the water tank there was a hose that could send water to the tub in the very next room.

If this will let you send pressurized water to the house that would be awsome.

[freddien]

Jules the comedian!!! Love how you put in 3 pipes, forgot the center ring and had to start again but didnt get upset!!. Thanks for the video Love from UK.

[michiganengineer]

Next step, a big wheel (like an old spinning wheel) attached to a rod to move the pump handle. Drive the "spinning wheel" with a bicycle sprocket and chain.

[grammybear]

🐼 Big Bear Hugs from a 68 yr old grandma in Kirby, Texas, USA 🐼 ❤ 🎀 ❤ 🎀

[jbshascommon]

Now you take a discarded bicycle and fabricate a cam set up for the rear wheel and sit down and go for a lackadaisical ride!! Nice video, thank you both, be blessed with health and happiness. J

[obkamoody]

The left hand thread at the top is simply there so when you disconnect at the top for service you turn to the right and guaranteed to break that connection instead of a downhole connection which would all be tightening as you turn

[jtechboy]

I learned something form this.. two people showing respect to each other and working together as a team.... and.. And.. learned more about well stuff....

[NewNimrod]

When i went to the Philippines to see my wife and her family, they had a pump.
It was the best pump ever. I could fill up a gallon bucket with around 20-25 pumps

[stevehildreth]

We are also in northern Idaho. Our well is 580 feet deep with a static level of 80 feet. We added a deep well hand pump on our well also. The choice came down to Simple Pump or Bison Pump. I went with the Bison. The installation is basically the same for both pumps. Ours works well too! You have the option of adding a solar powered motor to your's that Bison doesn't offer on their pump. Other than that we are very happy with our hand pump!

[scottp]

Cannot believe how much you have done since the start of your build, not to mention living in tents in the beginning! You all are doing such a great job!

[NDcompetitiveshooter]

Nice video. I've installed one of these years ago. Just don't forget to sanitize your well after working in it. Cheers

[walkermediaworx]

Seeing the demolitia shirt told me I was on the right channel 😁👍

[jasonstarr]

Many moons ago, when we had a well dug, we ended up going 463 feet deep. One thing I learned from an "old timer" (a cousin who had a few decades on me) was to always attach a wire or rope to any tool i was using at the well head. Saved me more than once from losing a big pipe wrench down the hole. Like Lectro54 suggested, we used stainless steel aircraft cable to support our pump. Unfortunately for us, our well drilling company was less competent than yours was. They 1) under-perforated the pipe, 2) did NOT air blast the well when finished ("our compressor isn't working), and 3) left us with a well that would not even support a 7 gpm pump. On my current place, I want to put in a well to water the garden, but that's way down the "to do" list. Love your channel. Idaho looks gorgeous, but too cold for me!

[MattC-eoep]

Great job guys! Love your homestead. I'm getting a Simple Pump for my rural home in middle Tennessee. We want to be as self-sufficient as possible in case of emergencies. This video will definitely help my installation. Keep up the good work!

[Hemi]

Even rocking the demo ranch shirt .. niiice

[dp]

I installed a simple pump in my well about 10 years ago, I love it. My static level was at 99 feet, it took me 28 pumps to get water to the top.

[billyhaddock]

Congrats Guy's on getting the Hand Pump installed. i had enough time to feed my
cat in the carport, feed the cat on the back porch and get myself some ensure to drink
before u filled the 5 gallon bucket. lv ur videos.

[lectro]

Marty, I've been concerned about the same issue and plan to install install a pitcher pump on one of my old wells. This is a super vid. I wasn't aware such well caps are available. Now i can search for one for the size I need. Btw, watchout for that yellow rope you have holding the weight of your pump, it has a tendency to dry rot and rapidly disintegrates from ultraviolet sunlight.

[racingrobert]

I love your videos We are moving from California, where we have a completely off-grid cabin to Emmett Idaho (back on the grid) anyhow we used a solar well system I bought from RPS 4000$ for the pump and solar panels, and pumped in to a 5000 Gallon tank, The well pump does not work after sunset. So the tank had a 12 volt RV pump in line to bring water to the house,