About Us and Our Company

Dan-Gare Drilling Ltd., a family business owned and operated by Dan & Derek McGladdery, has been serving the B.C. interior since 1986. We are well known for the quality service that we provide and pride ourselves on the honest, efficient and quality completion of each job. We do each job right the first time and have earned a reputation that we are proud of. We are constantly upgrading our skills and qualifications in order to provide our customers with the most efficient and best service possible. We are one of the few drilling companies in B.C. to offer Pressure Fracturing of bedrock wells. We are proud of the fact that we can install and successfully develop well screens from 4-slot to 250-slot.

Dan McGladdery has been drilling in the B.C. Interior since 1980, establishing DAN-GARE DRILLING Ltd. in 1986. Dan has held a B.C. Class A Welding ticket since 1973.

Derek McGladdery has been working with DAN-GARE DRILLING Ltd. since 1987. Derek is a B.C. Certified Water Well Driller and a National Ground Water Certified Driller. In the Field of Geothermal drilling, Derek has International Ground Source Heat Pump Association (IGSPA) Certification and is a Water Furnace certified Fusion Technician.

Members of:

 BC Ground Water Association since 1987
 Canadian Ground Water Association
 National Ground Water Association
 Earth Energy Society of Canada
 GEOEXCHANGE (Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium, Inc)
 IGSHPA (International Ground Source Heat Pump Association)

Drilling Experience: some examples

12" wells - for municipal water systems and irrigation
 Armstrong 284' deep installing 20' of screens
 Kelowna 211' with 25' of screens
 Westwold 78' with 10' screens

8" wells - for Irrigation
 Merritt 226’ deep installing 30' of screens
 Vernon 58' flowing artesian well
 Westwold 113' with 15' of screens
 Kelowna 216' deep with 40' screens

6" wells - over 1700 wells drilled for domestic and irrigation
 from Whistler to Radium and Terrace to Osoyoos

For us, every well is an accomplishment - from an 11' deep domestic well to a 1005' bedrock well, or a 500', 8" bedrock well. If you need a 6", 8" or 12" well, please contact us, we will be more than happy to discuss your needs.  








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