Heimey, where's the flood?

Getting water to the cabin was an interesting proposition. We initially were going to use a storage system and fill it with a garden hose. We knew that water was only 12-14 feet from the surface so instead we switched gears and decided to use a well point instead. A well point is simply a perforated pipe with screen that is attached to sections of pipe that is blasted into the ground until it hits water.

We started by using a sledge with mashed the pipe threads. We then switched to a post pounder which worked awesome but was exhausting work. After about 2 hours, I dropped a string and weight down the pipe and voila, water.

Now how do we get the water up the pipe into the house?


I hooked my old hand pump on the well but it was unable to draw the water all the way up the pipe. We may need to transition down to 1" PVC pipe.