The front yard

Before the digging

protecting the windows from my digging

I needed to move a couple of bushes for the wall penetration

keeping track of things

The pipes should enter about 4 feet to the right and four feet down

Locating the gutter drain

The Big Rig

Packed up

Raising the drill tower

Doggy mud bath

The starter bit

Great for dirt

The pressure housing that diverts the dirt and slurry

power pipe wrench

Hole #1 with a bit of ground blowout

Huge leveling jacks

rock/casing bit

The business end of the bit (note the water ports)

pile of cuttings

more like a flow of cutting

very fine

Stowing the pipe sections

Geothermal pipe

All three drills in one shot

Stowing the small drill head

A rod keep the end of the loop straight

Preping the spool for the well

Feeding the pipe into the well

Unspooling the 300ft loop

Tapeing the pipe closed to keep out dirt