SITING:

COLLECTION OF MATERIALS:

1. Shortage of materials during construction which leads to premature work being done.

TOP SLAB CONSTRUCTION:

1. Constructing very wide top slabs that are a big risk to users lives and does not look nice.

DIGGING THE WELL:

BUILDING THE WELL:

1. Soon after dry bond the use of stretcher bonding instead of headers.  If you lay your bricks the other way you end up having 4-inch thick wall instead of having a 9-inch thick wall
2. Some builders use any ordinary soil for back-filling the well or broken bricks instead of soil from an anthill.  This results in a big crack round the head wall as it is not properly rammed.
3. Building of a well without concrete motar - automatically the well will collapse.
4. Building only foundation like a house steal all the cement - found one will be arrested.

APRON AND DRAIN:

1. Some builders puur small stones round the apron and drain and then later on plaster with some cement mortar in fear of making concrete.  This is not allowed and after some time the top mortar will peel off leaving your stones below.
2. Failure to make a slope on the ground before pouring in concrete leading to a poorly sloped apron.

3. No lip around the apron and drain.  Use of bricks in the well circumference of an apron and drain which does not last.  Some buildeers think using concrete to form a lip is difficult to construct but if you use bricks as a mould its as easy as ABC.   Remember to remove the bricks used as a mould before the cement has set.

WELL SURROUNDINGS:

1. Leaving the surrounding untidy after construction.

PUMP INSTALLATIONS:

NB: A well without water will never be installed.