A customer called today with a bore needing urgent bore repairs in Yokine.

They had a four liner old fashioned bore at the side of the property. With a Lowara centrifugal pump installed that would not pump water.

A previous contractor attempted to fix the issue by cutting off the old galvanised spear. He then inserted a 40mm PVC pipe into the remaining section and taped the join with grey gaffa tape. He told the customer this was the only way to solve the problem. As a result, the pump would run for about 20 seconds before sucking air.

The only way to fix this problem properly was to perform a rebore. We performed a standard rebore, installing 80mm slotted PVC casing and a new 50mm Brass Alderdice Non Return Valve (NRV).

The customer was up and running at a fraction of the cost to install a new submersible bore. With the job completed in half a day with the customer ready to start watering today.

Aquarian Drilling Perth Water Bores & Pumps specialise in reboring old wells that other contractors say cannot be fixed. (saving you the expense of installing a submersible pump).

Common Urgent bore problems

For all your urgent bore repairs, call Steve on 0417928330