Kalamunda · Lesmurdie · Pickering Brook · Perth metro

Water bore drilling in the Perth Hills.

Granite included.

Most drillers work the coastal sand and pull up where the rock starts. I drill through granite, and I have been doing it in these hills for over 25 years, starting on my own orchard at Pickering Brook. Tell me your suburb and I will tell you what your block is likely to do.


0+ yrs

Drilling the Perth Hills, based at Pickering Brook


Own rig

Designed and built by Lorry for hard rock


2008

Profiled in Construction Week trade press


Licensed

Licensed driller, insured, DWER compliant

What I drill

Three kinds of bore, one rig that handles the rock.


I case and develop every bore, then hand it over with the drill log, the water quality reading and the flow rate. You know what is in the ground before I leave the block.

Garden & household bores

Water for reticulation, the veggie patch and the tanks. On a Hills block that means gravel and clay, then rock, then finding the fracture the water runs through.

Orchard & irrigation bores

A bigger hole and a bigger pump, for the yield an orchard needs. I have drilled irrigation bores through the orchard country at Pickering Brook, Carmel and Bickley.

Hard rock & granite

Down-hole hammer and air drilling. Granite and diorite east of the scarp chew through gear built for sand. My rig was built for the rock.

WHERE I DRILL

Eleven Hills localities I know by the metre.

I can usually tell you the likely depth and water quality before the rig leaves the yard. Pick your suburb for typical depths and a real job from the area.

Kalamunda

Goosberry Hill

Pickering Brook

Bickley

Paulls Valley

Reservoir

Lesmurdie

Walliston

Carmel

Piesse Brook

Hacketts Valley

Perth metro. West of the scarp the ground is sand and limestone rather than granite, so it's a different job with different gear. I drill both, which helps if your property sits on the change or you have blocks on either side.

WATER STRIKE PERTH HILLS

Straight answers

What does a water bore cost in the Perth Hills?

A garden bore on the Perth coastal plain runs about $5,000 to $8,000. In the Hills, expect $5,000 to $12,00, because the hole goes deeper and most of it is cut through rock. Depth, access and geology set the price. Your quote covers drilling, casing, developing the bore and the drill log.

And if you don't find water?

70% of cost no cassing.

I will tell you what your block is likely to do before you commit to anything.

What Hills property owners say.

Tell me your suburb.

I'll tell you what yur block can do.

I answer every enquiry myself, usually the same day.

Or ring me: 0428 938 002

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Water bore drilling and hard rock drilling across the Perth Hills and Perth metro.

Service Areas

Kalamunda

Lesmurdie

Gooseberry Hill

Walliston

Pickering Brook

Carmel


Bickley

Piesse Brook

Paulls Valley

Hackets Valley

Reservoir

Perth Metro

Contact

0428 938 002

dpdrilling@bigpond.com

Pickering Brook WA

Hours TBC

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