New water well price - does this seem correct?

[Huntindad]

Got this estimate for a water well...Does this seem bout right ? Curious if it is low/high...or average.

[TX_Hoghunter]

I am not in the Hill Country but I had one drilled last year 410 feet. Cost me a little over $10,000.

-john

[bloodtrailer28]

Drilled one in oatmeal ( rocky as hell) a few years ago 600ft with a 2500 gal holding tank. Between 15-16k if I remember correctly.

[pyrobow]

Right at what I paid. Depth is within 10 feet of mine. Between Bertram and burnet.

[BrandonA]

Seems about right for the area.

[TMC50]

After seeing yours I’m glad mine was only right at 6k for everything. Granted we only had to go 50 to water and total depth of 177.

[HDWRENCH]

Just bought that pump and that is a extremely high price I know he needs to make money but he is not going to pull the pump for free and replace if it fails will he ? I paid right at 1000 for that pump .

again twice cost of the protection for pump.. You might want to ask him if you can supply the a few things or lower his price in the real world .

I own a small business yes we have to make money but not that way ,

pump wire 500 feet 10/3 with ground from Home depot 550 online like amazon 450 for 500 feet .

tank is at least 100-150 over retail as well . Might not seem like much but there is way too much padded into that build .


You might want to look into this . have him punch the hole , you buy pump wire and hose drop it your self have a guy wire it . This product is used for wells all the time

http://hosesolutions.com/flexible-drop-pipe/ You will have to call for that depth .

Just saying if you want to reduce the cost ask the guy , prices on products are over the top if you ask me . But just my opinion

[jbhlsu]

Had one drilled 2 years ago to 768ft for 17k. Leon County

[Huntindad]

at my house I have a 3 HP pump...probably do the same again.

this is not at my house, this is a quote from a drilling firm for some land we are looking at in Burnet county. I haven't looked at water well prices in eons... some of the things I thought were a bit high, some I did not know.

thanx for the replies folks.

[LAW]

A well in Salado is $30k

[Pineywoods]

Probably so for that area. It would be half that in East Texas.

[Antlers86]

Probably so for that area. It would be half that in East Texas.

$19k-$21k in Athens are. Neighbors had 2 done last year. I went to get one and said heck no after finding out price!

[Pineywoods]

$19k-$21k in Athens are. Neighbors had 2 done last year. I went to get one and said heck no after finding out price!

That's crazy. They are only 6-7k down here. My sister just had one done and it was a 4" well.

[bigmike]

If they drill a 6” hole its not legal. But tons of them do
They drill 8” the top 20 ft so it looks right

He has 8”&6” on the quote
Ur bore diameter has to be 3” larger than casing size

[skeeterboud]

looks like a quote I got 3 yrs ago in j wells cnty looks fair