> Flush-fitting flat well cover in solid galvanised iron, made to your exact dimensions. €390 to €750 depending on diameter. Secures the well without changing its outline.

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# Flat well cover _from €390_

The flat cover is invisible protection: laid flush with the coping, it disappears from the garden while closing the shaft completely. It is the choice of people who want to keep their well exactly as it is — and sleep soundly.

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Solid galvanised iron — 20-year guarantee Rolled to your exact dimensions Stainless fixings & instructions supplied

![Flat well cover in made-to-measure wrought iron](https://grille-de-puits.fr/img/grille-plate.webp)

Specification

## Sizes & prices _— flat well cover_

Size

Supply price

⌀ 80 cm

€390

⌀ 100 cm

€490

⌀ 120 cm

€590

⌀ 140 cm and over

€650 – 750

June 2026 prices, solid hot-dip galvanised iron, paint included, excluding fitting (€150 – 300). Source: Grille de Puits.

## Who is it for, and which wells?

The flat cover suits any well with a regular coping that is no longer drawn from daily: it closes, without ceremony. Laid flat on the coping or recessed by a few centimetres, it still lets light and sight through — you can see the water glinting between the bars — but neither a child, nor an animal, nor a fallen branch.

It is also the most affordable model in the range and the simplest to fit: four resin anchors, a spirit level, one morning. If your well is still in use (watering, a pump), look instead at the [lockable version](https://grille-de-puits.fr/en/models/lockable-well-cover/), which adds an access hatch.

## How it is made: solid iron, full welds

The frame is a 40 × 8 mm flat bar rolled to the exact diameter of your coping; the bars are 14 mm solid square section, fully welded then ground flush — no visible weld spots. The whole piece then goes for hot-dip galvanising by total immersion: zinc penetrates every joint, including where the damp air rising from the shaft works away permanently. The finish coat (matt black, bronze green or walnut brown) is a matter of looks, not protection: it is the galvanising that earns the twenty-year guarantee.

Bar spacing is 9 cm maximum — tight enough that a small child cannot slip through, open enough to maintain the well without dismantling everything.

## Fitting and fixing

Three situations. On a level coping: four drilled lugs, resin anchors, and the cover sits flush. On an uneven coping (most old wells): the paper template we supply sends us the real shape, and the cover follows the undulations of the stone. Recessed: if your coping has a rebate, the cover drops into it and becomes invisible at eye level. In every case stainless fixings are supplied and the instructions detail the drilling — allow one morning with two people.

## Finishes and upkeep

The flat cover ships in matt black as standard; bronze green and walnut brown cost no extra, and any RAL colour remains possible. On pale stone, walnut brown melts into the masonry and the cover is forgotten — which is the whole point of this model. Upkeep is one line: a rinse with clean water once a year to remove pollen and dust, and a glance at the four fixings every five years. Hot-dip galvanising works underneath the paint: even if a knock chips the finish, the zinc protects the steel until you touch it up with a brush. That is what underwrites the twenty-year guarantee — and why so many flat covers fitted in the 1990s are still perfectly sound today.

Frequently asked

## Flat well cover: your questions

Will a flat cover take a person’s weight?

Yes: the 40 × 8 mm frame and 14 mm solid bars comfortably carry the weight of an adult who steps on it by accident. It is not a floor, but it is designed precisely to stop the fall.

Can you still draw water with a flat cover?

Not conveniently: the flat cover closes everything. To keep access to the water (bucket or pump), choose the lockable model, whose padlocked hatch opens wide.

My well is not round — is that a problem?

None at all: almost no old well is perfectly round. The paper template we supply captures the real shape of your coping and the cover is rolled to it.

The other models

## Worth comparing _before you choose_

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![Domed well cover in wrought iron](https://grille-de-puits.fr/img/grille-bombee.webp)

Domed well cover

from €590

The classic dome of a well with character, crowned with scrollwork.

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![Square well cover in wrought iron](https://grille-de-puits.fr/img/grille-carree.webp)

Square well cover

from €450

For built wells, inspection chambers and cisterns.

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![Lockable well cover in wrought iron](https://grille-de-puits.fr/img/grille-verrouillable.webp)

Lockable well cover

from €690

A padlocked hatch: the water stays reachable, children do not.

View this model

](https://grille-de-puits.fr/en/models/lockable-well-cover/)

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