spanish plumbers
Discussion
mines s
te.payed the local while i was away for a simple plumb a water pump job and while investigating a drop in pressure discovered his diabolical work
black compression joints,grey glued and white flexible all mixed together as a bag of bks = leaks everywhere.called and asked if he would like to come and do it properly er next wednesday lol. doing it myself will see paco in the bar
te.payed the local while i was away for a simple plumb a water pump job and while investigating a drop in pressure discovered his diabolical workblack compression joints,grey glued and white flexible all mixed together as a bag of bks = leaks everywhere.called and asked if he would like to come and do it properly er next wednesday lol. doing it myself will see paco in the bar
how very dare you lol.-i was away at sea! but you are right i should'nt have been surprised or expected too much.collared said plumber at bar today and got my money back after embarassing him infront of his pals. the bar owner actually stuck up for me so that sealed it so to speak. now done all properly-cut out all his st work-used the darker grey higher pressure stuff with minimum number of joins all nicely angled-no drips first time.
t work-used the darker grey higher pressure stuff with minimum number of joins all nicely angled-no drips first time.
Put two pumps in, with isolation valves.Laminate a diagram of which valves to open and close, then SWMBO will be able to switch it over in the event of a problem while you're away.
When I did my house, I ran whole sections of the grey stuff, to a central manifold, with a valve on each one. I can isolate any tap in the house without shutting the others down. And no joints between the tap and manifold.
We're on mains water though. I wish I could sink a well without anyone noticing. They won't give me a licence for one, being on mains water.
Have they put meters on the well water over there? They have here. Having to pay for your own water! Madness.
good idea for the missus btw.Not as bad as Ibiza still I guess, we used to have to have our water delivered in 10,000ltr wagons, at €75 per 10,000ltrs,Ibiza seriously expensive.
When I had my WaterMill in Galicia we had our own well,the only thing we had to pay for was Electricity & the Gas for cooking with.
Our rates per year were €4.5 per annum cheapest that I have ever had in my life, the Mill was 1,000sqmtrs and we had 2.8hectares of land + the river, should have never sold, and the nicest Spanish people ever.
Put two pumps in, with isolation valves.
Laminate a diagram of which valves to open and close, then SWMBO will be able to switch it over in the event of a problem while you're away.
When I did my house, I ran whole sections of the grey stuff, to a central manifold, with a valve on each one. I can isolate any tap in the house without shutting the others down. And no joints between the tap and manifold.
We're on mains water though. I wish I could sink a well without anyone noticing. They won't give me a licence for one, being on mains water.
Have they put meters on the well water over there? They have here. Having to pay for your own water! Madness.
When I had my WaterMill in Galicia we had our own well,the only thing we had to pay for was Electricity & the Gas for cooking with.
Our rates per year were €4.5 per annum cheapest that I have ever had in my life, the Mill was 1,000sqmtrs and we had 2.8hectares of land + the river, should have never sold, and the nicest Spanish people ever.
mickrick said:
Put two pumps in, with isolation valves.Laminate a diagram of which valves to open and close, then SWMBO will be able to switch it over in the event of a problem while you're away.
When I did my house, I ran whole sections of the grey stuff, to a central manifold, with a valve on each one. I can isolate any tap in the house without shutting the others down. And no joints between the tap and manifold.
We're on mains water though. I wish I could sink a well without anyone noticing. They won't give me a licence for one, being on mains water.
Have they put meters on the well water over there? They have here. Having to pay for your own water! Madness.
No one seems to bother anyone there. Unlike the Islands where it seems it's everyones job to make life as difficult as possible for everyone else.
Just found this picture of the pipes I ran to the manifold.
There are also spare pipe to the street for when the steel pipe that runs under my neighbours house lets go! and one to the garden where I plan to put a deposit for rainwater.
You can see the new sewer pipe I also put in. The old one ran to an open drain, before running under the neighbours house and into a shared septic!
It's now connected to the mains sewage in the street.
I laid a heated floor over the whole lot after that.
Here's some of the heated floor going in the lounge. I laid over 700 meters of the springy stuff!
Just found this picture of the pipes I ran to the manifold.
There are also spare pipe to the street for when the steel pipe that runs under my neighbours house lets go! and one to the garden where I plan to put a deposit for rainwater.
You can see the new sewer pipe I also put in. The old one ran to an open drain, before running under the neighbours house and into a shared septic!
It's now connected to the mains sewage in the street.
I laid a heated floor over the whole lot after that.
Here's some of the heated floor going in the lounge. I laid over 700 meters of the springy stuff!
mickrick said:
No one seems to bother anyone there. Unlike the Islands where it seems it's everyones job to make life as difficult as possible for everyone else.
Just found this picture of the pipes I ran to the manifold.
There are also spare pipe to the street for when the steel pipe that runs under my neighbours house lets go! and one to the garden where I plan to put a deposit for rainwater.
You can see the new sewer pipe I also put in. The old one ran to an open drain, before running under the neighbours house and into a shared septic!
It's now connected to the mains sewage in the street.
I laid a heated floor over the whole lot after that.
Here's some of the heated floor going in the lounge. I laid over 700 meters of the springy stuff!
That looks just like the floors in one of the bathrooms and the lounge at the Mill in GaliciaJust found this picture of the pipes I ran to the manifold.
There are also spare pipe to the street for when the steel pipe that runs under my neighbours house lets go! and one to the garden where I plan to put a deposit for rainwater.
You can see the new sewer pipe I also put in. The old one ran to an open drain, before running under the neighbours house and into a shared septic!
It's now connected to the mains sewage in the street.
I laid a heated floor over the whole lot after that.
Here's some of the heated floor going in the lounge. I laid over 700 meters of the springy stuff!
Just been looing through the photographic history....
Christ! What was I thinking when we bought it.
5 years of my life and over 200k into it.
I think I'll ask my wife to slap me when she gets home from work tonight.
My downfall is I just can't do anything by halfs!
I'm pleased with the results though. It has to be the driest warmest house in Spain!
Now it's nearly finished, I can start to think about building a super dooper workshop/hangout for the boys and toys.
Sorry for the hijack Mr. C. !
Christ! What was I thinking when we bought it.
5 years of my life and over 200k into it.
I think I'll ask my wife to slap me when she gets home from work tonight.
My downfall is I just can't do anything by halfs!
I'm pleased with the results though. It has to be the driest warmest house in Spain!
Now it's nearly finished, I can start to think about building a super dooper workshop/hangout for the boys and toys.
Sorry for the hijack Mr. C. !
Exactly the same with me,either it is carried out correctly or not at all,the good thing about it is as you have said you don't have any damp.
I was speaking a few years ago to a Spansh Contractor about damp and he said to me "bbut everyone has damp in their houses" I said sorry pal not in mine.
Once when I was building a house in Estepona during the winter it was hucking it out of the sky and no-one was on site working, so when I phoned them up and asked them where they were,they said "but it's raining" I said but how do you think we build in any of the Northern Hemisphere and he said "I haven't a clue Senor"
Their idea of building is:-
Damp
Leaky property
Poor Aluminium Windows
Very bad Plasterwork
Cheaply done electrics
Poor plumbing systems
Single Brickwork or Blockwork
No D.P.C.
In Ibiza I was lucky and found a young and very clued up Romanian and he was worth every penny,and if he couldn't make it he would ring me, estimates always on time and he always finished on time as well.
Guess what, he has all the work of the builder that he was working for and more besides.
Really top guy and deserves every penny.
I'm glad to be out of it now and looking forward to building again properly.
I was speaking a few years ago to a Spansh Contractor about damp and he said to me "bbut everyone has damp in their houses" I said sorry pal not in mine.
Once when I was building a house in Estepona during the winter it was hucking it out of the sky and no-one was on site working, so when I phoned them up and asked them where they were,they said "but it's raining" I said but how do you think we build in any of the Northern Hemisphere and he said "I haven't a clue Senor"
Their idea of building is:-
Damp
Leaky property
Poor Aluminium Windows
Very bad Plasterwork
Cheaply done electrics
Poor plumbing systems
Single Brickwork or Blockwork
No D.P.C.
In Ibiza I was lucky and found a young and very clued up Romanian and he was worth every penny,and if he couldn't make it he would ring me, estimates always on time and he always finished on time as well.
Guess what, he has all the work of the builder that he was working for and more besides.
Really top guy and deserves every penny.
I'm glad to be out of it now and looking forward to building again properly.
All the Guys that have done work for me, have been Polish or Bulgarian, (and English For the York brick. )
I had a local Guy do the electrickery, but I put all the conduits in, all he did was pull the cables, and give me the correct bits of paper. But because I didn't chase him, as I wasn't in a hurry to move in, it took him three years! I'd call him after about a year, and say "do you want to finish the job and get paid?" "I'll be there next week" he'd say, and show up a month later, do half a day, and dissapear again.
)I had a local Guy do the electrickery, but I put all the conduits in, all he did was pull the cables, and give me the correct bits of paper. But because I didn't chase him, as I wasn't in a hurry to move in, it took him three years! I'd call him after about a year, and say "do you want to finish the job and get paid?" "I'll be there next week" he'd say, and show up a month later, do half a day, and dissapear again.
Gassing Station | Spain | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff