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Several years ago I changed from using well water needing a filter tank to city water - do I still need a filter tank as well as a storage tank to ensure clean, bug-free water? I admit it's a stupid question as it would seem the local water company is well regarded - but having had an e-coli bladder infection recently, I'd like to be sure! Also, the old metal filter tank is now showing signs of rust.....eeeuch!

On 7/25/2022 at 10:52 AM, Ginkas said:

I've got one of those, although it's blue in colour.

It's a whole house filter to clean the mud and muck that comes up from the bore in the garden.

Without it the taps, toilet valves, water heaters, etc. would soon clog up.

 

I backflush the tank once a month (cleans out the accumulated muck) for about 5 minutes or until the dark brown water runs clear.

The filter material, anything from gravel/sand up to more scientific stuff, needs changing every so often.

Depending on how mucky your bore water is the filters could need changing from 2 years upwards. Mine was changed after eight years, probably should have done it a couple of years earlier but my attitude is 'if it's not broke don't fix it', i.e. I tend to be lazy!

 

Every house in your area that is not on 'City Water' will have one, you should see large blue tanks outside premises that install them, they will also change the filter material. Anyone who does plumbing should be able to point you to the nearest blue tanker.

 

I note from your picture that there are only 4 taps/valves directly connected to the tank, mine has 5 so that after back flushing I can forward flush for a minute saves even a little muck coming into the house. Also, as far as I can tell from the one picture angle, a couple of the valves look to be pointed in the wrong direction, can you get a picture of the instruction sheet on the side of the tank? 

 

I'm really confused - am on city water but have one of those large cylindrical metal filter tanks as well as a large green water storage tank. Leakage yesterday resulted in my handyman telling me I need a new metal filter tank as its inside will have rusted - 13,000 baht was the quote.

Can't work out why filtration etc should be needed for town water, but can't speak Thai so can't ask the local water supplier. I'm just outside a small village in Sannameng, Sansai - advice would be very gratefully received!

Sorry, guys - meant 'identity' rather than 'dentity' - nothing wrong with anyone's teeth!!!!

Still involved in WW111 attempting to get the return of my just under 7,000 sterling from FPI - their so-called helpline doesn't now  even bother to reply to my emailed comments and requests....even the IFA who managed the 'investment' for me  is now attempting to help me get what's mine! Good Man!

Over the past few years, FPI has changed hands more often than a British football team's members listing and I'm now seriously furious at their so-called helpline's  lack of even fake polite responses to my comments. I've found a good number of former issues I've asked the firm to deal with - mostly online, in my Word folder and in piles of sent stuff over the past years, none of which make any sense to me. - should have dumped them then!

Don't touch MBMG or even Friends' Provident with the proverbial barge pole - unless you want to lose your life savings as well as your sanity should you attempt to withdraw your own cash from your failed investment.

What's 3BB's English language programming like - I've just about had  enough of True TV - and it's far too expensive for what it provides.

Update to my post above -- just when I thought things couldn't get any worse, they did. Now my Standard Bank account and its debit card are blocked for the second time - no reason given except the usual <deleted> about security. As of now, placing of my life savings in a 'secure' account has only resulted in my being denied all access to them when I choose to close the account and transfer the cash to Kasikorn .

Interestingly, the reason I decided to close the darn account was that the bank refused to even consider investigating the large number of unauthorised transactions - scams - or to refund me some of the money I'd lost as a result.  It's their 'policy' to only check three such - but I've seen no refunds and the investigation is now closed.

I've some cash and some in a small account with Kasikorn - enough to keep me going for a month or so - God only knows what I'll do when that runs out. Got another call from Standard this morning - the guy cut off when I started crying. Hasn't called back. If you were duped into placing your life savings in Standard Bank - do be very, very careful when you decide to transfer it elsewhere.

I'm a 78 year-old widow with an existing health condition who's lived some 16 years in CM - apart from the LMIM scandal years ago I've never heard of a bank known for providing services for expats behaving in this manner before. Take care and remember this tale of woe when you place your hard-earned cash and pensions.

I'm in hell right now as my offshore I O M Standard Bank account is stuffed with fraudulent charges - the fraud staff are pretty useless, froze my debit card leaving me without any way to access everyday funds , now want only three months' worth of fraud details- they only sent me two statements over some years so I couldn't check in a continuing manner.

Their support staff mean well but won't accept what I'm telling them - now they're only interested in the past three months' scams but this has been going on for some years, totalling around 1,000 pound sterling in losses.  I'm thinking of taking the entire mess to the financial ombudsman, after which I'll close my Standard Bank account and transfer my remaining funds to Kasikorn Bank here in CM.

I find it interesting that my original post has been responded to mostly by male expats - all of whom can presumably cure their loneliness with an injection of hard currency. There's nothing which helps the day-after-day challenges of everyday life here, nor are there any suggestions for those expat women who need, at the very least, a few friends to visit and talk to. I didn't realise how devastating it is to realise my only means of communication is by email - when that stops for whatever reason - the abandonment hurts and keeps on hurting. 

I'd had a friendly and seemingly genuine relationship with my British next door neighbour and his Thai live-in boyfriend right up until they sold their house, moved a short distance away and had their new home built to their design. Subsequently, it's clear that their friendship was false at best and opportune at worse - leaving me with no human communication or advice when needed. The moo baan is private and very small, with the other expat occupants married to Thai nationals.  It's also a long drive from the centre of Chiang Mai - with little or no farang  group activity. I'm not a fan of driving after dark here, which further restricts my opportunities to socialise.  

Where in CM or online can I buy high quality flea collars for my two eight-month old pups? Any recommendations would be very helpful as the tick season's just started in my area.

I've just been told by another expat that should a foreigner who's legally living in an owned house on legally leased land should die intestate, his or her entire home and its contents pass to the Thai owner of the land on which the house is built. Even for Thailand, this seems a disaster in the making for elderly expats who're not married to Thais - any comments would be appreciated.

Another PharmaChoice on highway 118 heading north also sells them - good choice and fair prices but not sure about rentals.

There's a booth in Macro on the superhighway, but  the assistant  seems to be rarely there....have had several issues paying for TrueVisions as I'm not happy about paying cash at a 7/11 after two of my payments went awol!

Thanks for the pic Gudarien - she's so, so beautiful! Motorbike taxi info is a good idea - I'll give it a try. My Thai language is simply awful - can't cope with the 'grammar' - but I'll work something out. There's no help at all in this very small moo baan - my next-door neighbour even complained about the noises my adored Ban Kaew Ellie was making at night before she died just over a week ago. Had to stop myself being very, very uncool at that point. The expat community in this area most certainly isn't what it was.