Drilling Clermont Why can Sand be Challenging to Drill Into?

Florida is one of the biggest states within the United States of America. Many states have various different types of geological conditions in different areas, but Florida’s geology is relatively uniform throughout the state, with little exceptions. When it comes to Florida and geotechnical drilling, Clermont professionals already know that they are most likely to run into sandy soil and sediment conditions, which may not be as easy to drill into as people think. Many people think that because sand is fine and a loose form of sediment that it must be easy to drill into, but this is often not the case.

Shifting Sands can Ruin Drilling Work

Sand is very easy to move or spread, and although this sounds like it can be an advantage, this can lead to issues when performing geotechnical drilling. Clermont professionals who are drilling a borehole in a specific location of Florida might have a hard time keeping the borehole intact. This is because the deeper that professionals drill, the more likely that sand is going to shift into the borehole and cause access issues. This is something that can be accounted for, to mitigate additional work to be done, but this process does take time.

The Amount of Water Present in Soil and Sediment

Apart from the fact that sand shifts very easily, another problem that needs to be taken into consideration is that sand is often close by to water. In the state of Florida, the Aquifer is often only a few feet below the surface of the ground. When it comes to geotechnical drilling, Clermont residents should know that geotechnical drilling professionals will have to prepare the appropriate equipment to deal with saturated soil and sediment. Often times drilling professionals will opt to use mud rotary drilling equipment the deeper they have to go when drilling into the state of Florida.

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