Alternative bore casing

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Alternative Bore Casing Materials

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The Problem

If your looking for Hydrocarbons or chemicals in the

ground then PVC is not the best material to be used as

the above chemicals will attack the PVC and very quickly

it will be dissolved and disappear, making the bore

useless.

Below is information on the alternative material you can

use for your environmental or borecasing and screen

project.

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Alternatives

Alternative material you can use for your environmental or

borecasing and screen project.

Steel

Stainless

Steel

ABS Fibregla

ss

Poly

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Steel

Advantages:

• Steel can be set deeper than PVC

• Cost of using Steel is better in the long term

Disadvantages:

• Steel has a poor resistance to chemicals in the

ground and water. If the bore is to be in the ground for a long period then steel is not recommended.

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Advantages:

• It is excellent in most chemical environments

• Is it non Tainting

• And has considerable life expectancy

Are you considering putting down Deep Bore in Harsh

ground environment?

316 Stainless Steel is a great alternative

Stainless

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Disadvantages:

• It is expensive compared to the other plasticize

material.

Due to its strength it has a very high depth

setting capability.

Stainless Continued…

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Advantages:

• You can take a sledge hammer to this

material and all you will do is tire your arm out.

• It has sensational resistance to chemicals.

• Ample Sizes available

Many process plants use this throughout their

manufacturing plant.

.

ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene)

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Disadvantages:

• It is approximately double the cost of PVC

• Low Resistance to UV Rays

• Moderate Heat, moisture and chemical Resistance

ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene)

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Advantages:

• A very strong material

• Great resistance to harsh chemicals,

• High tensile strength deep installations can

be achieved.

With the above positives and a complete resistance to

electrolyzes many government water boards highly

recommend using Fibreglass as the bore casing.

Fibreglass

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Disadvantages:

•Can be very expensive in the larger sizes

• Jointing on site can be a little difficult in both hot

and cold weather

Often stainless steel screens are used as slotting of

Fibreglass is very difficult.

Fibreglass Continued…

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• Rugged material and

• Strength and rigidity

• Fantastic Resistance to chemicals and corrosion.

• Very high impact and temperature resilience.

The downside is the range and supply of this pipe is limited.

Polypropylene

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Advantages:

• Perfect for Shallow Installs.

• Suits applications when you are looking for

hydrocarbons

Deps has supplied 50mm poly casing and screens on many

occasions and the majority being overseas, the material has

excellent resistance to hydro carbons, is light weight and

can be made in any lengths.

HDPE (High Density Polyethylene)

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Disadvantages:

• Very low tensile strength (making it useless in deep

environmental bores.

• Water well drillers do not like this material due to its molecular

weight being lighter than water makes the material float when

in water.

In a particular job the driller came back the next day to see his

recent installed borecasing above the ground for 20m plus in the

air. This was caused by coating characteristics.

HDPE (High Density Polyethylene) Continued…

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Remember as the Famous author Poet John Ruskin stated

“The bitterness of poor quality lingers after the sweetness of low price is forgotten”

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