Urban Chicago
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Post by Urban Chicago on Apr 4, 2019 12:51:31 GMT -5
Hello All, We are going to be rebuilding a house beginning this Fall. I know we're going to have MANY surprise expenses come up. Here's the first one:
We are going to lay new septic drain fields. When the property was first developed, the rules were different and/or the original owners got away without a permit, but the regs now make it really complicated in terms of septic vs well placement.
Right now, the most logical plan is to build a new well that will be farther from the septic fields.
Any idea how much a new well would cost? We wouldn't have to drill through rock and the water table is about 120 feet deep if that helps.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2019 12:56:05 GMT -5
Well, mine was 15K twenty years ago, but it's 635 feet deep. My parents 20 miles away drilled a sand point at the same time and it was 3K. So...somewhere in between there. Also, the rules for wells have changed around here. I have neighbors with wells only about 150 feet deep, but now to be up to code you have to go completely through the first water table and X number of feet into the second.
You should be able to get a free estimate easy enough.
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Post by resolution on Apr 4, 2019 13:18:44 GMT -5
When we dug our well 5 years ago we got a few estimates. They all had some kind of sliding scale to them depending on how deep they needed to dig, which no one knew until they actually dug it.
Ours ended up being $12k for a 550 foot well, collapsing our cistern and bring in a few trucks of dirt to level out our yard. It probably would have been around $10k just for the well and water pump without the extra landscaping. We are on top of a hill so they had to go further than normal to hit water.
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Post by Pants on Apr 4, 2019 15:54:55 GMT -5
Hello All, We are going to be rebuilding a house beginning this Fall. I know we're going to have MANY surprise expenses come up. Here's the first one: We are going to lay new septic drain fields. When the property was first developed, the rules were different and/or the original owners got away without a permit, but the regs now make it really complicated in terms of septic vs well placement. Right now, the most logical plan is to build a new well that will be farther from the septic fields. Any idea how much a new well would cost? We wouldn't have to drill through rock and the water table is about 120 feet deep if that helps. Are in chicago burbs? If you're in north/NW burbs I got a guy. PM me.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2019 22:04:23 GMT -5
$75 a foot to drill in my hood and thanks to the pot growers, there's a 3 YEAR wait.
My well is 810 feet. Today, that would be $60,750.00. And, that's before the submersible pump, holding tank, filters, pressure tank/pump, and anything else -if, and that's a big if, you hit water. You pay either way.
We have a neighbor who sunk 3 wells then filed bankruptcy and lost his house. No lava tube under his land.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Apr 6, 2019 22:24:15 GMT -5
I think we paid $5k in Texas, seems like 250 ft, but honestly don't remember, had a submersible pump and 4 inch. The water in the new wasn't as good as the old as they had to drill into another acquifier.
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Post by skubikky on Apr 8, 2019 7:54:28 GMT -5
It all depends on at what depth they'll hit water.
And then all the infrastructure as mentioned by Rockhounder. Also flow rate can vary and water quality can be an issue.
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Post by myrrh on Apr 8, 2019 9:01:07 GMT -5
I tell my permittees to expect an environmental monitoring well to cost around $100 per foot of depth. I think domestic wells are probably cheaper, and going by the above responses they are, but it depends on the infrastructure needed and the depth and type of geology you're drilling through.
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Post by swamp on Apr 8, 2019 9:52:34 GMT -5
Minimum $10,000.
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Post by Urban Chicago on Apr 22, 2019 14:32:43 GMT -5
Septic engineer came back with a new plan that does not require digging a new well. Assuming we luck out with the soil samples, the new septic system/drainfield will be about 15K, which is close to what we expected. Next stop-the architect. Thanks for all the knowledge!
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Post by mroped on Apr 22, 2019 19:37:36 GMT -5
In Central Pa, 150’ well, dug through mostly limestone was just about $3500 but with pumps and water lines and pressure tank went to about $5k. Here we are required a minimum 100’ between the well and septic
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