water

[gennisis]

The managment in my condo....Wang Sing Kham Mansion..... seem indifferent to my problem of the water supply to my apartment. The supply is dirty and the storage container on my balcony is full of dirt after 2 years. Probably a health problem as well.

My landlord is difficult to contact and the condo managment is often absent and in any case are unhelpful.

Can anyone offer any suggestions

[Crossy]

Bottled water or/and a water filter.

 

How dirty is "full of dirt", is your container open top? The air in Thailand is pretty dusty all over so even a clean supply in an open container could be picking up a load of carp from just the air.

 

If you are really worried about about pathogens in the water you could get a sample checked. I would approach the university.

 

 

 

[gennisis]

The container on the terrace looks like it has beeen smeared with  mud. The water supply is obviously guilty of it,so much so that the ball valve wont move up or down..I can see that a water filter would be usefull but my kettle always seems clean.Because of it being a weekend I dont expect that much can be done. The manageress here is useless,not here today and the young girl assistant cant help..

I would add that I always boil my water for drinking

[gennisis]

I have solved the problm. The sludge inthe tank was so bad that the ball valve didnt work.

I have  cleaned it as much as I can so at least  hava water supply at the taps. 

IAll the connection pipes are glued so I cant empty the tank and clean it,that will be for others.

When I look at the near black water in the tank I wounder how my tap water is so clear and why I havnt got any illness

 

[steven2018]

I have solved the problm. The sludge inthe tank was so bad that the ball valve didnt work.

I have  cleaned it as much as I can so at least  hava water supply at the taps. 

IAll the connection pipes are glued so I cant empty the tank and clean it,that will be for others.

When I look at the near black water in the tank I wounder how my tap water is so clear and why I havnt got any illness

 

Perhaps you can get a hand pump to evacuate the stagnant water and then clean the tank.

 

 

 

 

 

[scottiejohn]

3 hours ago, gennisis said:

When I look at the near black water in the tank I wounder how my tap water is so clear and why I havnt got any illness

Are you sure that the dirty tank you are looking at is actually supplying your water.  Has the system been re-plumbed by any chance?

[sfokevin]

My guess is the tank was installed as a retrofit by the unit owner (not by the building) to add water pressure and is not working... it is designed as a secondary backup if the building water pressure is low... Does the tank also have a water pump?... this would be close to it... When you run a tap inside does the pump motor come on?...  if the ball valve wouldn’t open that would mean the tank was not getting filled from the condo water source... and if it’s still full of water that would mean the house is not being fed from the tank... (because the pump is not working ) and the house is only getting water from the condo source...

[Bill97]

The third system that needs to be checked is the connection to your neighbors water stealing their three phased filtered water.


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[gennisis]

I dont know is the water is from mains or the condo well. Yes,each time I turn on a tap the water pump comes on.

I have a guy coming on Wed21st to clean the tank and to make some changes to the set-up I can now see are needed,

I should explain that the set-up was installed by the condo;s part time engineer who needless to say will not have anything to with my modifications

[Bill97]

To have water when the electric is off, put in a pipe and valve from the tank input to your input to the condo bypassing the tank and pump. Open the valve when the electric is off then you have water inside, maybe not great pressure but probably enough.

 

Put a drain on the tank for easier cleaning next time.

 

 

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[thaibeachlovers]

On ‎3‎/‎17‎/‎2018 at 3:20 PM, steven2018 said:

Perhaps you can get a hand pump to evacuate the stagnant water and then clean the tank.

 

 

 

 

 

Bit of hose pipe and siphon it out. That acts like a vacuum cleaner and will remove the dirt if it's stirred up. Let the water still enter the tank and keep going till it's clear.