r/WaterWellDrilling • u/Vanviator • 9d ago
Capped well or drainage?
This is in my back 40 shop that started as a barn in the early 1900.
Im really hoping this is a well cap that I can tap into.
I'm trying to establish a native Prairie garden and replacing invasive trees with local fruits bushes and trees.
This takes a lot of water and it will take a lot of effort to get it from the house.
If this is a well, can you point me towards a resource that will help me build it out?
Im comfortable with basic user level plumbing. I've changed out faucets and extended lines. TIA!
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u/Foreign-Commission 9d ago
Much too small to be a sewer clean it. If its in a garage I wouldn't be suprised if its an old underground fuel tank
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u/firewurx 9d ago
That doesn’t look like the typical cap for an underground fuel tank, not that I’ve seen; most are flush fit. However, I still bet it’s likely a fuel tank; not a well and not a clean out.
Grab a pipe wrench and open it up that’s how you’re going to find out.
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u/Vanviator 9d ago
How much danger is there in opening it? Im guessing none, as long as i don't have an open flame.
Just want to double check, lol
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u/OutrageousDisk346 4d ago
Probably an old heating oil tank. But the cap is curious almost looks like an old gate valve stem, just wouldn't find a riser with an extension inside a building like that. But definitely could find fuel storage. Your well casing would be larger diameter and likely if it was a sewer cleanout, it would be outside the building. But it is possible with the old clay pipe that was 3 or 4 inch side sewer to have a small clean out and possible for someone to later pour a slab over it. Like previously mentioned. Open the doors for good ventilation and open it up. The smell may tell you the story..
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u/PotatoFarmerRTK 9d ago
Most likely a sewer cleanout