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Borehole Drilling in Johannesburg
Thinking of drilling a borehole in Johannesburg? Send the area, what the water is for, how much access a rig has, and what holes nearby have found if you know, so drillers who work in Johannesburg and across Gauteng can quote rates per metre, casing and testing.
The main borehole drilling page explains the types, the sizing and the costs in more detail.
Installation, repairs & parts in Johannesburg: local notes
Rewinders and pump workshops in Denver, Jeppestown and City Deep repair everything from pool motors to large three phase sets, and most offer collection. Highveld lightning takes out control boxes every summer, so ask for surge protection when a borehole is installed. Drillers based on the West Rand and in Midrand work across the city; the municipality wants boreholes registered, so ask whether the driller helps with the paperwork or leaves it to you.
Who pumps what in Johannesburg
Johannesburg gets its water from the Vaal system through a long chain of pipes, pump stations and reservoirs, and when one link fails the taps in whole suburbs run dry. Many areas, from Melville and Linden on the ridges to parts of Soweto and the south, have had water cuts and low pressure that last days, so water tanks with booster pumps are now common on houses and flats. Boreholes are popular in the leafy north, but the city asks owners to register them, so check before you drill. Under the south and the CBD lie old gold workings, and pump repair and rewinding workshops cluster in Denver, City Deep, Industria and Jeppestown.
Typical borehole drilling requests in the area come from:
- Homeowners: a garden borehole in the suburbs drilled to ride out water cuts
- Factories, plants and depots: a factory borehole for process water, with licensing checked first
- Complexes, estates and body corporates: a communal borehole drilled for the gardens of a complex or security estate
Local tips for Johannesburg
Common here: water tank boosters for water cuts, garden boreholes, pressure sets for flats. Ask each supplier about this: ask if the quote includes a changeover so the house uses mains water when it is on. Where they work from: denver, City Deep, Industria and Jeppestown, with shops along the M1 and N12.
Around Johannesburg the largest group asking is homeowners, which usually means a garden borehole in the suburbs drilled to ride out water cuts. Before you agree to anything: A yield test before choosing the pump. Getting a technician there: installers and drillers cover the whole metro; rigs come from yards south and west.
Service area: Johannesburg and surrounds
Pump suppliers and technicians on our network work in Johannesburg and surrounding areas, including Sandton, Randburg, Roodepoort, Soweto, Rosebank, Fourways, Melville. Give your suburb or farm, so the call-out and travel can be quoted honestly.