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Subject: Fixing a failed attempt

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Andy Thomson
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Date Posted: 13:42:26 03/30/09 Mon
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I drove a one and a quarter inch galvanized pipe with a point down 35 feet at the bottom on my root cellar (the floor was nine feet below surface)through pure sand until I hit water. However, I was unable to get the inertia pump to work so have two alternative(in my mind): either find a small enough jet pump-unsuccessful so far or pull the pipe up and start over with a four inch pipe so that I can drop a jet pump as there seem to be sizes within that range. A few questions: 1. could I use a fire pump with either an ABS or PVC pipe to drill through sand? Is there a point that would fit at the end or would I have to customize one as shown on your site? There may be other questions, so any help would be appreciated.
Thanks, Andy

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Re: Fixing a failed attempt Fred Dungan (phone me) 16:59:38 03/30/09 Mon

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>I drove a one and a quarter inch galvanized pipe with >a point down 35 feet at the bottom on my root cellar >(the floor was nine feet below surface)through pure >sand until I hit water. However, I was unable to get >the inertia pump to work so have two alternative(in my >mind): either find a small enough jet >pump-unsuccessful so far or pull the pipe up and start >over with a four inch pipe so that I can drop a jet >pump as there seem to be sizes within that range. A >few questions: 1. could I use a fire pump with either >an ABS or PVC pipe to drill through sand? Is there a >point that would fit at the end or would I have to >customize one as shown on your site? There may be >other questions, so any help would be appreciated. >Thanks, Andy

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