cliffhornsby

Getting back to normal

No you need to install from new as the units you already have are not compatible with the new ones, why do you want to change anyway

1 hour ago, sateuk said:

5 quid a pint where maybe some places in London but even most pubs in London are less in Essex 3 pound 20 a pint in witherspoons 2 50 I agree cigs are expensive but no 1 I no buys from the shop they pay 5 quid from the local guy who buys from abroad and tobacco as well 12 quid a packet 

Try Edinburgh

Hi, I lived in Mallorca for 34 years and November will be sunny in the day and cool at night. Mallorca has suffered in the last few years and you will find all the resorts are dead and very little open. If you require any more info please email me, cheers for now cliff hornsby

I agree with artisi 100% your trap is in the toilet bowl so the smell is from the base, cliff Hornsby ( plumber )

Hang em

There's a serial killer on the loose

Put the bottle outside dimwits

i wondered if someone could help me with my house, i have the house in power of attorney which is fine, the problem is i want to take a loan off the house, how can i do it without transferring the deeds into my wifes name because she will have all the power then and i dont want this. I have the deeds and power of attorney papers thanks cliff

i wonder what the parents of the murdered couple on koh tai think of trip advisors results

hi unfortunately i did the same with the hire car that i had last year so not wanting to go into alot of detail, i simply took the car to a garage who repaired it perfect in 2 hours and took it back to the company unmarked, it cost around 2000 baht and made me feel alot happier having done this cheers cliff

As stated above it all depends on how high the excess is on your rental contract.

If the excess is low then that's all they can get from you. If it's very high it depends on how much drama you are willing to make.

For them no drama since you are responsable.

Yermanee

It is not air in the line or busted diaphram. The symptoms then would be fast cycling - on / off /on / off every few seconds for a busted diaphragm, or just not turning off if it is air in the suction line.

Most likely to be a sticky switch. Unplug the pump, find the pressure switch is in a plastic cylinder mounted vertically, ~ 50 mm Ø, ~75 mm tall, on the outlet side. Two wires coming out. Give it a tap, plug pump in, see if it starts. If not, tap it again. If it starts, so you may need a new switch - take some pictures (inc pressures on the label, & the mounting to the pipe) & show them to hardware girl. 3 - 400 baht.

If the pump is getting old the performance can drop - unable to get the pressure up - you might need a new impeller or pump. But this will only show your current symptoms if the pressure has been adjusted down to compensate over time, so now start pressure is too low.

What brand / model?

hi the article said that there was water coming out of the air valve which means that the water inside the tank has passed thru the rubber diaphram, there is no way that the water can get to the air valve without the diaphram being split, the reason the pump will not start is because the tank is full of water and not giving the right signals to the pressure swith which also sounds like the pressure detecter is also blocked and no amount of fiddling with the screws will make any difference, thanks cliff hornsby.

I didn't actually read that the water was coming out of the airvalve, but out of the pressure tank cap.

Pl;ease clarify which is the airvalve, as on top of my Mitsubishi pump I have 2 caps next to each other.

One has a floater with a spring on top inside, the other not.

hi again, i don´t actually know which model we´re talking about but the cap we´re talking about is the cover of the air valve which should just pull off and below is the air valve which is exactly the same as a bycicle tyre valve, if you press the valve in it will be obvious which one is air, the normal pressure inside the tank is around 2.5 kilos for standard tanks, obviously depending on the size of the pump, a standard tank is normally a 25 litre capacityas well and this system must be finally tuned to operate as it should by a plumber who knows what he´s doing. If the pressure valve is taken off you will see a small hole which operates the pressure and if it blocked by scale or dirt or something then this can cause havoc with the system as well, thanks cliff hornsby.

It is not air in the line or busted diaphram. The symptoms then would be fast cycling - on / off /on / off every few seconds for a busted diaphragm, or just not turning off if it is air in the suction line.

Most likely to be a sticky switch. Unplug the pump, find the pressure switch is in a plastic cylinder mounted vertically, ~ 50 mm Ø, ~75 mm tall, on the outlet side. Two wires coming out. Give it a tap, plug pump in, see if it starts. If not, tap it again. If it starts, so you may need a new switch - take some pictures (inc pressures on the label, & the mounting to the pipe) & show them to hardware girl. 3 - 400 baht.

If the pump is getting old the performance can drop - unable to get the pressure up - you might need a new impeller or pump. But this will only show your current symptoms if the pressure has been adjusted down to compensate over time, so now start pressure is too low.

What brand / model?

hi the article said that there was water coming out of the air valve which means that the water inside the tank has passed thru the rubber diaphram, there is no way that the water can get to the air valve without the diaphram being split, the reason the pump will not start is because the tank is full of water and not giving the right signals to the pressure swith which also sounds like the pressure detecter is also blocked and no amount of fiddling with the screws will make any difference, thanks cliff hornsby.

Hi again maybe i should explain a bit more. The pressure tank is made of steel and inside is a diaphram which is made of strong rubber. When the pump is installed the pressre tank is fitted to the outlet of the pump and when the pump starts the water enters the diapham causing it to expand. The diaphram is seperated from the outside of the tank by air which is factory set but has a fill valve at the top so when the air evaporates eventually it can be repressurised to the correct pressure needed

This in turn is controlled by a pressure switch nearby on the line. You can control the presssure kick in and kick out with the screws inside the switch which should be left to a professional who knows what hes doing. If the tank is leaking water from the air fill then the diaphram is broken or split inside the tank as air should come out not water. The common sign that the tank is broken is the pump going on and off very quickly and the water coming out of your tap at low and high pressure. If you disconnect the tank you will find it is full of water and it should be full of air. Dont try repairng it as new tanks dont cost alot. Also the pressure tank system for houses or small properties is now surpassed by the continuous flow system which is much more modern and better. I fitted one on my own house near banphe 6 years ago and have had no trouble at all and great pressure all round, hope your problem is solved cheers plumber

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Your pressure tank is broken replace it cheers plumbing and heating eng.

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very tragic, when i first started to visit thailand ten years ago i was horrified at these types of showers and the installation of them and swore if i ever built a house i would have a different system installed, now with my house nearly complete i have an excellent plumbing and electrical system with trip switches upstairs and downstairs and properly earthed, this system has passed all the weather that thailand can throw at it, also the hot water is piped all over the house from a storage heating system with its own seperate plug in point wired straight back to the mains box, all the water comes from a tank which i had constructed and filled up by the local water supply so that it is full all the time, then i installed a big pressure pump to feed the house, end result beautiful hot and cold water all over the bathrooms at fantastic pressure and perfect electrics, so moral of the story is if your investing in your own house, get it done correctly in the fist place and save yourself alot of hassle later. Those types of showers are dangerous when installed by idiots (anyone who´s built a house will know what i mean by idiots) cheers for now cliff hornsby (plumbing and heating engineer)