Mathew & Sons Drilling Services Pty Ltd

ABOUT US

With Matthew Engelbrecht’s father Joe being a driller in South Africa and Zimbabwe for 40 years, Matt has grown up within the drilling industry and developed a real passion for drilling. By the age of 14, Matt could operate an Ingersoll Rand TH60 drill rig and drill a bore from start to finish. He holds many years of drilling experience both from the knowledge passed on to him by his father and from what he learned whilst running his own business.

After completing an apprenticeship as a diesel mechanic in Zimbabwe in 1992, Matt registered a company, Matts Enterprises P/L and began carrying out repairs on bore pumps. Not long after this he purchased his first drilling rig, a 1957 Steyns cable tool rig and the business quickly expanded to incorporate all facets of bore drilling, rehabilitation and pump installation.

At its peak, Matts Enterprises P/L was running 2 air drilling rigs, 1 cable tool rig, 2 pump installation/repair crews and employed a staff of 18. Although relatively small, Matts Enterprises P/L was regarded as one of the best in the industry with its personal service and customer satisfaction attitude.

In December 1999, Matt closed the business down due to very unfavorable economic conditions in Zimbabwe and moved to Australia in February 2000, where he has worked as a mechanic, a drill & blast operator and as a miner in Ballarat before entering the drilling industry in Australia in 2008 with the launch of Redback Drilling which then became Matthew & Sons Drilling Services Pty Ltd in July 2013.

Matt has now been drilling in Melbourne and around Victoria, South Australia, and New South Wales since August 2008. In this time he has gained a comprehensive knowledge of the geology to be expected in certain areas and can therefore advise clients of the most suitable drilling method and give an idea of what quality and quantity of water to expect.

Drilling

We offer a range of bores from 2″ (50mm) environmental bores, ultra narrow diameter bores of 3″ ( 80mm), standard domestic bores of 4″ (100mm) diameter, 5″ (125mm) bores for small to medium irrigation and commercial use and 6″ (150mm) and over for larger scale irrigation. Maximum depth of 210m with air/mud or 200m with cable tool in soft formation. All of our bores are fully cased top to bottom, sealed and cemented.

The standard diameter for a stock and domestic or small irrigation bore is 4″ or 100mm diameter and with the correct 4″ submersible pump installed can deliver up to 4000gph or 300L/m. The average pop-up sprinkler uses around 7-10L/m of water and an open garden hose 16-20L/m, so as you can see by the above figures, this diameter bore can deliver more than enough water for a domestic supply and even small scale irrigation.

For larger extraction rates of up to 5,300gph or 400L/min you will need a 5″ or 125mm bore.

When we have completed the job, we will give you a bore completion report and, if required send a sample of water to ALS laboratories for analysis. We do not recommend installing a pump until you know what the quality of your water as water high in salinity or any other chemical imbalance can have disastrous effects on a garden.

All bores will come with a lifetime guarantee on construction and workmanship

Note: All of our bores are cased the entire way from top to bottom, unlike other cut price bores we have seen that are only cased down to the rock and then left ‘open hole’. This is not good practice as bits of rock may become dislodged and fall down the hole behind the pump effectively jamming it in the bore.