Hydracrat

We are a leading borehole drilling contractor, providing drilling services for water wells, geothermal, ground investigations and earthing across Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

💧 Scotland’s dry summer has put water resilience in the spotlight. We offer large-diameter, deep drilling to maximise groundwater yields, working for a broad spectrum of clients including farms and golf clubs. If water security is on your radar, we’re ready to help.

A (rare!) gap in the weather for some rotary drilling and borehole installs as part of a recent ground investigation in West Lothian, Scotland. #borehole #groundinvestigation #drilling

A number of projects ongoing for us just now, including at this soft fruit farm in Scotland. Exploratory drilling was carried out confirming the existence of a groundwater source which could be used for irrigation purposes. #borehole #irrigation

Our stint in the north-east continues, this time providing rotary open-hole and core drilling as part of a ground investigation for a new development. #borehole #geotechnical #drilling

Drilling geothermal boreholes for a ground source heat pump system being retrofitted to a large dwelling in the Scottish Highlands. #borehole #drilling #geothermal #gshp

Water security is becoming increasingly important for developers - none more so than on this site in north-east Scotland - with long-term operations now to be aided by access to sufficient reserves of groundwater. #waterwell #borehole

Drilling a new production well to supply water from an aquifer to a new build home in the Scottish Borders. A connection to the mains had been considered unfeasible because of the distance to the nearest connection point. #borehole #drilling #water #waterwell

Drilling on the hill side during a ground investigation for a proposed wind farm. Works comprising SPTs through superficial deposits, rotary open-hole and core drilling plus gas/groundwater monitoring installations. #borehole #groundinvestigation #geotechnical #windfarm

Large diameter rotary drilling for a new water well, following on from preliminary probe drilling which confirmed a location with a sizeable groundwater yield. (Scottish Borders, May 2024) #borehole #waterwell #drilling

☀️🌸 Summer vibes on this rotary drilling project to investigate the presence of historic shallow coal mine workings. (Falkirk, Scotland) #borehole #drilling #mining #geotechnical

Rotary drilling to a depth of 35 metres below ground level, to recover core samples from the sedimentary bedrock. (Midlothian, Scotland) #borehole #drilling #groundinvestigation #geotechnical

Rotary drilling to more precisely confirm the existence (or not) of any former coal mine workings at shallow depth beneath the development site. (Lanarkshire, Scotland - Spring 2024) #drilling #borehole #groundinvestigation #geotechnical

Blue skies, sunshine and a bit of warmth...it's been a while! ☀️ We were making the most of the conditions during this project, which was a hybrid of a ground investigation and preliminary assessments for potential water wells. #groundinvestigation #waterwell #borehole

Peering past the trees to one of our recently refurbished compact rotary rigs, which was deployed for a mixture of open-hole and core drilling on this prospective development site on the west of Scotland. #groundinvestigation

The likes of farms, golf clubs, distilleries and factories need large volumes of water, and many want to investigate (cost-effectively) if a water borehole is likely to be a success. Our blog explains how we can help (click the photo). hydracrat.com/probing-for-wa…

Hydracrat specialises in deep and large diameter borehole drilling for water wells and geothermal/mine water heat systems across Scotland. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Our largest drill rig boasts a 9 metre mast and uses bespoke heavy-duty drilling equipment to successfully drill these types of wells.

"How many boreholes will the Ground Source Heat Pump need, and how deep?" Determining the borehole specification is an essential consideration for GSHP designers, and an initial on-site investigation may be needed. Learn more: hydracrat.com/what-is-a-ther…

Extremely soft ground conditions on this development site in central Scotland made our low ground pressure, flexible tracked Hycat the ideal rig choice. Site works comprised several rotary open-hole and cored boreholes as part of a ground investigation.

One of our compact rigs arriving at this development site in the west of Scotland, for a series of rotary open-hole and cored boreholes, as part of a ground investigation. After an extremely "dreich" winter we can only hope things take a turn for the better sometime soon!

We were privileged to be drilling at this stunning coastal location recently, working with a links golf club on an exciting water well project. #borehole #waterwell