Straight answers.

It depends on your site. Depth, geology, and the system all shape the job, so rather than guess over the phone, we come look and give you a free estimate. Call us and we'll walk through it together.

Depth varies across the range we work, and we estimate before we drill using local knowledge, neighboring well logs, and geology data when we need it. Most domestic wells in southwest and central Idaho land between 100 and 400 feet, with mountain sites running deeper.

A typical domestic well is a couple of days of drilling once we're on site, though scheduling, permits, and weather move the start date. We give you a realistic timeline up front and keep you posted if anything shifts.

Idaho requires a permit and a state-filed driller's log for new wells, and the work has to be done by a licensed driller, and there's no drill-it-yourself option in Idaho. As a licensed outfit we handle the permit and the paperwork as part of the job, so you get the well, the log, and the records the state needs.

Yes. We drill agricultural and irrigation wells and size them to your real GPM needs, so give us a call to talk through what your operation requires.

Yes, around the clock. If your well quits on a Tuesday night, that shouldn't mean a long Tuesday night.

Yes, licensed Idaho well driller and fully insured, and we're happy to send the paperwork over if you'd like to see it.

We work a big stretch of southwest and central Idaho out of Midvale. Washington and Adams counties at home (including New Meadows up at the junction), plus McCall and Donnelly in Valley County, Riggins up the Salmon, Fruitland, New Plymouth, and Payette in Payette County, Emmett in Gem County, Horseshoe Bend and Garden Valley in the Boise Basin, Boise and Kuna in the Treasure Valley, Marsing on the Snake, Mountain Home east of Boise, and the Idaho side of Hells Canyon. We don't cross the Oregon line since we're not licensed there. If your place sits outside that range, call anyway and we'll tell you honestly whether it makes sense.

It depends on the site. Depth, geology, and the system all shape it, so we don't put a number on a well we haven't seen. Most Idaho domestic wells land between 100 and 400 feet. We come out and give you a free estimate rather than a guess over the phone.

A strictly domestic well (one home, up to half an acre of irrigation, under 13,000 gallons a day) is generally exempt from a water right in Idaho, though newer state rules can narrow that for new subdivisions in areas flagged for groundwater stress. Irrigation, commercial, or larger use needs a water right from the state, and we'll point you the right direction on that before we drill.

It can be a worn pump, a waterlogged pressure tank, a pressure switch set too low, a clogged screen, or a well that's simply not keeping up with demand. We diagnose which it actually is instead of selling you a new well you may not need.

Yes. When a well loses pressure or quits, the pump and tank are often the culprit, and bringing an existing well back online is part of our repair and rehabilitation work. If it fails at an inconvenient hour, we pick up.

A well built and cased right commonly serves 20 to 30 years or more, though the pump and pressure equipment wear sooner. If an older well starts giving you dirty water, air, or dropping pressure, it's worth a call before it quits entirely.

Yes. Any new well should be tested for bacteria before you drink from it, since drilling can introduce contamination. In our part of Idaho it's also worth checking for nitrate and arsenic, plus uranium down in the Treasure Valley, since those turn up in the groundwater here. We'll tell you what's worth testing for your site.

Usually, yes. Idaho winters move a start date around more than they stop the work, and we'll give you an honest read on timing for your site and the season.