Tuesday, Reynolds Well Drilling called and asked if they could start drilling the well this week. SURE! We've been ready to have this done for quite some time. This should have taken place prior to any construction starting, but this was yet once more thing our former contractor screwed up on.
They started drilling yesterday and hit a lot of rock. Fortunately, they knew this was going to happen and they were prepared for it. They made it down about 31 feet and needed to go for a larger truck to get through all of the rock. This morning we went out around 10:00 am and they told us they found water, but at this point they were not sure about the quantity. They would have a better idea about what were are looking at later in the day. We had a few errands to run so we left. About 3:00 we went back out and as we were walking up he said "You have a well!" How exciting! He was pleased with the quantity of water, which was a relief. He ended up drilling 40 feet. All in all, that's not a deep well, but he said he got the depth he wanted out of it. Where I'm originally from, just an hour north, the wells are much deeper 100 - 300 ft. I can't imagine having to pay for a well that deep!
I do have to mention on ironic thing that happened today. When we woke up a water main had broken out side of the rental home we are living in and created a huge hole in the road and water was everywhere. We just found that so ironic since they were drilling the well today too.
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