Before the homeowner turns up the thermostat, before the HVAC contractor installs the equipment, and before you place the loops and grout the borehole, there is Step 1: the drilling of a good hole that stays open and allows for the loop to be installed to the required depth.

While water well drilling and pump installation contractors have access to products at local hardware stores, big box stores or regional wholesalers, they are often exposed to a fraction of what is actually available.

How do we transfer knowledge and valuable experience to new people in the industry?

How did you learn the drilling trade?

Think for a minute about how you started out.

One of my most enjoyable and satisfying consulting jobs was in Taiwan, teaching drilling in 1984.

Geotechnical drilling, what we used to call mineral exploration, or just mineral ex, is quite different from normal water well drilling.

You, regular readers, will recall that I have been doing a few columns lately on a product that was popular in the past, the pitless adapter tank or PAT.