Since wells are outside, nature and various other forces can damage a well.
Wells deliver water to homeowners for free. Some wells have pipes that deliver water from the ground, while other wells simply allow the owner to lower a bucket into the water below to lift up well water. For various reasons, wells can break, requiring that the owner either repair the well herself or hire someone to repair the well. Does this Spark an idea?
Concrete
One tool that all technicians need to repair a well is concrete. Concrete provides the structure that keeps the well from caving in. This material mixes with liquid and hardens through a process called hydration. While adding the concrete, the technician needs to provide the well with structure using rebar, a reinforcing steel. Bailing wire ties the rebar grid. The technician uses rebar benders to form the rebar the way that the technician needs it.
Mortar
The technician makes mortar using sand and gravel. The screener separates sand to make the mortar and also helps keep the sand and mortar clean. The mortar usually shrinks 15 percent.
Drill
Sometimes, the well collapses or becomes clogged and the owner must dig a new hole. When clogged, the owner usually needs the well pipes pulled out of the well and the owner must then dig the well again. In the past, contractors dug wells using derricks and trucks. The person installing the wells needed all sorts of technical knowledge. However, engineers have developed a do-it-yourself water well drilling kit that uses a small air-powered drill contained within a pipe, with the drill sticking out of the bottom of the pipe. The pipe creates a vacuum that sucks water out of the ground and into the pipe. The pipe does not twist and only the very bottom of the pipe moves.
Saw
To pull the pipes out of the well the owner must break up the pipe, which the owner can accomplish with a saw narrow enough to get inside the pipes. The owner will also probably need some kind of rope or crane to lift the pipes out of the well.
Pipes
The owner will need a new pipe to replace the old pipe. The owner will have to weld the old pipe to the end of the new pipe using electric arc welding, which will melt part of the pipe and allow the owner to fuse one end of the pipe with another. After the weld cools, the owner should put glue around the coupling point to ensure that the pipe does not spring a leak.
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