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Water Well Drive Point
A driven point well – sometimes called a sand point – is a small diameter well made by connecting lengths of 1-1/4” or 2” diameter steel pipe together with threaded couplings. Threaded to the bottom of the string of pipe is a drive-point well screen. The screen is usually 2 to 3 feet long with a hardened steel tip or drive-point at the bottom. The purpose of the screen is to allow groundwater to flow into the well but keep the surrounding sand out. Water can then be pumped up through the pipe to the surface. The hardened steel drive-point tip allows the well to be more easily driven into the ground. The pipe and drive-point resemble a long spear.
60 wire models - 304 and 316 Stainless Steel
Size (in.) | OD (in.) | ID (in.) | Screen Weight (lbs./ft.) | Max Depth (ft.) | Tensile Strength (lbs.) | Column Strength (lbs.) | Open Area - sq in./ft .of Screen | Collapse Strength - PSI4 | ||||
Screen Slot Size - (thousandths of an in.) | Screen Slot Size - (thousandths of an in.) | |||||||||||
6 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 12 | |||||||
1.25 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1,000 | 5,500 | 5,800 | 5.8 | 9.1 | 10.6 | 6155 | 5804 | 5642 |
2P | 2.4 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 1,000 | 7,200 | 8,700 | 8.2 | 12.8 | 15.0 | 2349 | 2215 | 2153 |
2P Sand Point | 2.6 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1,000 | 4,900 | 4,200 | 8.9 | 14.0 | 16.3 | 1825 | 1721 | 1673 |
3P All Drive | 3.7 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 1,000 | 12,700 | 13,400 | 12.6 | 19.7 | 23.0 | 638 | 620 | 603 |
4P All Drive | 4.7 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 600 | 16,300 | 21,400 | 16.0 | 25.2 | 29.4 | 318 | 300 | 291 |
4P - Double Drive | 4.8 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 1,000 | 16,300 | 21,400 | 11.3 | 18.1 | 21.3 | 835 | 801 | 785 |
Installed properly using a high quality drive-point, it can provide an adequate supply of safe drinking water, especially for cottages and many residences. However, because of installation limitations, driven point wells are usually only found in areas having permeable sandy soils and a high water table.
Flush Well Point Features:
Same as drive well points plus:
Designed to pass through well casing &drive shoe into water bearing sand & gravel.
Pipe coupling is designed to catch in a closed-pattern
Beveled edges on point forms a positive grip on jacket, similar to single piece construction.
Stainless steel jacket & gauze
Combination Well Point Features:
Can be used as a regular well point or as an open end screen.
Stainless steel jacket & gauze