{"id":177,"date":"2013-12-18T09:19:40","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T14:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/puitsbernier.lotus\/?p=177"},"modified":"2015-02-27T15:49:16","modified_gmt":"2015-02-27T15:49:16","slug":"drilling-artesian-wells-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.puitsbernier.ca\/en\/news\/drilling-artesian-wells-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes, you can drill in wintertime!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.puitsbernier.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/forage-et-puits-artesiens-hiver.jpg\" alt=\"Drilling and artesian wells in winter\" width=\"720\" height=\"137\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Many people think it is impossible to drill during the winter.\u00a0 However, they are wrong, because you can!\u00a0 People think that because the ground is frozen, drilling work is impossible.\u00a0 In fact, although the topsoil may be frozen the subsoil is not.\u00a0 The ice is just on the surface and so, with the right equipment, it is perfectly feasible to carry out any kind of drilling work.<\/p>\n<p>Bearing in mind that the best time to dig your well is BEFORE construction starts, do not make the mistake of delaying your project because of the weather.\u00a0 Start your work right now!<\/p>\n<p>All you need to do is ensure that the access is clear and free from snow so that the machinery can get onto the drilling site.\u00a0 The access road needs to be a minimum of 14 feet wide and 45 feet high and free of obstacles, such as rocks, trees, branches, roots, construction materials, and electrical cables.<\/p>\n<p>The drilling platform needs a minimum space of 16\u2019 X 55\u2019 and must be able to support the weight of a 70,000 pound vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to contact us if you have any questions about drilling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many people think it is impossible to drill during the winter.\u00a0 However, they are wrong, because you can!\u00a0 People think that because the ground is frozen, drilling work is impossible.\u00a0 In fact, although the topsoil may be frozen the subsoil is not.\u00a0 The ice is just on the surface and so, with the right equipment, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.puitsbernier.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.puitsbernier.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.puitsbernier.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.puitsbernier.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.puitsbernier.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/www.puitsbernier.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":930,"href":"http:\/\/www.puitsbernier.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177\/revisions\/930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.puitsbernier.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.puitsbernier.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.puitsbernier.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}