tonray Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 So occasionally the local water utility needs to turn off the supply for work/improvements whatever...no real issue. But this is the second time in a month...and oh yeah...water off today from 10 Am to 4:30 PM....and the notice was just dropped off at 8 AM today.....a little more warning would be appreciated !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pgrahmm Posted January 11, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2022 Something probably popped overnight.... At least they are on it..... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CharlieH Posted January 11, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2022 Have to ask , no water tank ? Usually we can go upto a week before its an issue. Happy to say its very rarely "cut off " though. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonray Posted January 11, 2022 Author Share Posted January 11, 2022 1 minute ago, CharlieH said: Have to ask , no water tank ? Usually we can go upto a week before its an issue. Happy to say its very rarely "cut off " though. YEah...we have tank...and that is a good point....I just don't like running without supply coming in a refilling....I'm sure I won't shower long enough to drain it (????) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dante99 Posted January 11, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2022 14 minutes ago, tonray said: a little more warning would be appreciated !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeh I always ask for 3 days warning before any pipe breaks or pump fails. It is a special service which I pay extra for. 2 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clivebaxter Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Ours has been on and off since 22 Dec, this week twice already all day. Sometimes get a warning sometimes not, this is Bkk. Sadly no tank, seems to be against the mrs beliefs! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bbko Posted January 11, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2022 29 minutes ago, clivebaxter said: Ours has been on and off since 22 Dec, this week twice already all day. Sometimes get a warning sometimes not, this is Bkk. Sadly no tank, seems to be against the mrs beliefs! Time to just go out and buy a tank without her permission. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert bloggs Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 The wife just said our water is to go off at 10am this morning until 5pm ,luckily we have an underwater tank ,so no problem for us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAFETY FIRST Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 6 hours ago, tonray said: occasionally the local water utility needs to turn off the supply You're going to find it tough living in Thailand without a water tank. Occasionally the water pressure is very low and the water goes off at times. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saanim Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 10 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said: Occasionally the water pressure is very low and the water goes off at times. That's mostly the case of "water company turns off the supply". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAFETY FIRST Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Just now, Saanim said: That's mostly the case of "water company turns off the supply". Yep, agree The point I'm making is you need a water tank in Thailand 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluejets Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 So what.....water is off for a few hours ...you poor fella. I've been living there when water goes off for days at a time and one had to wash clothes with water from the local liber. I just accepted it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonray Posted January 11, 2022 Author Share Posted January 11, 2022 8 minutes ago, bluejets said: So what.....water is off for a few hours ...you poor fella. I've been living there when water goes off for days at a time and one had to wash clothes with water from the local liber. I just accepted it. Good for you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harveyboy Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 7 hours ago, CharlieH said: Have to ask , no water tank ? Usually we can go upto a week before its an issue. Happy to say its very rarely "cut off " though. we get water off a few times a month we have s large water tank no probs turn a valve pumps on no probs would want to risk being here without a back up 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinBoy2 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Water going off in BKK might be a rarity. But for most of us who live anywhere but Bangkok, you get use to water mysteriously getting shut off for hours or days at a time. Storage tanks are the only way to go, plus add a pump since if you ever expect water pressure to ever be more than a trickle, dream on! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreasyFingers Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 We always get a warning when the water is to go off which is often on a weekly basis. The warning is the pressure drops so you know it will soon be off. I can go without a shower most days but the wife will have one outside from the concrete tanks filled with bore water. Cold at this time of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAFETY FIRST Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 2 minutes ago, GreasyFingers said: I can go without a shower most days OMG, how can anyone live in a house in Thailand without a water tank. No shower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post blackcab Posted January 11, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2022 9 hours ago, clivebaxter said: Sadly no tank, seems to be against the mrs beliefs! Buy and install a tank, and explain to her that it is for your use only. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAFETY FIRST Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 15 minutes ago, blackcab said: Buy and install a tank, and explain to her that it is for your use only. Personal hygiene is probably a good reason too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreasyFingers Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 (edited) 18 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said: OMG, how can anyone live in a house in Thailand without a water tank. No shower Sponge bath, no problem. So you have never spent time confined to a hospital bed. Edited January 11, 2022 by GreasyFingers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAFETY FIRST Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 (edited) 30 minutes ago, GreasyFingers said: Sponge bath, no problem. So you have never spent time confined to a hospital bed. OMG, I read in an earlier comment he's had water issues since 22nd December. Funny thing is the human body is an amazing system, it can be condition with our efforts. Sadly I'm in my 50s now, conditioning my body to these extremes just doesn't happen anymore, those days are over. I like to live my life these days with at least the bare essentials. _______--______ I thought it be a good idea to edit this comment, I really didn't realize so many of you don't have a water tank. Please consider getting a water tank, it will be difficult living in Thailand without one. I've lived up country for a week or so, washing from a big black plastic bucket, it's not an option long term. Edited January 11, 2022 by SAFETY FIRST 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clivebaxter Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 9 hours ago, bert bloggs said: The wife just said our water is to go off at 10am this morning until 5pm ,luckily we have an underwater tank ,so no problem for us. same again for us today wonder what they are up to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETERTHEEATER Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 10 hours ago, bert bloggs said: .....luckily we have an underwater tank..... A submarine? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiangmaiMax Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Well we are happy to have a double system since we have 'government' water connection with a 1500 liter storage tank but still have our bore as well witch we use for the garden but can use for the house as well with a double system open and shut some valves and there is always water and if that fails we can pump from the fishpond 600 m3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgrahmm Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Our water supply/system/district has been off for one day a week over the past few weeks & were notified today it will be again tomorrow.... TIT - it's pretty much how it is....We have a tank and it really hasn't been an issue since we installed the pump and tank.... We do have well water so my wife's garden will be attended to.... Want to see an angry Thai wife = accidentally step on one of my wife's plants.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlover Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 When I first came to live here I was somewhat apposed to having a plastic dustbin full of water in the shower cubicle. Not anymore! I soon discovered its virtues, so much so that when I designed our new bathroom extension I ensured that here was plenty of room for one and that we had a tap directly fed from the tank. We don't have a pump, but the tank is elevated enough to provide pressure to the tap so we always have water in the bathroom, plus another in the kitchen. It's a bit basic but it works. I once lived in an old villa close to the beach in Goa, India. Water was hand drawn from the well and showering was by bucket! So I've no complaints about the current system. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAFETY FIRST Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 7 hours ago, Moonlover said: When I first came to live here I was somewhat apposed to having a plastic dustbin full of water in the shower cubicle. Not anymore! I soon discovered its virtues, so much so that when I designed our new bathroom extension I ensured that here was plenty of room for one and that we had a tap directly fed from the tank. We don't have a pump, but the tank is elevated enough to provide pressure to the tap so we always have water in the bathroom, plus another in the kitchen. It's a bit basic but it works. I once lived in an old villa close to the beach in Goa, India. Water was hand drawn from the well and showering was by bucket! So I've no complaints about the current system. The problem with an elevated tank is that most times the mains water pressure is too low to fill the tank. In my housing estate we have many houses with water tanks at ground level, these tanks rarely fill. I have an underground tank, even when the water pressure is just a drip my tank fills overnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgrahmm Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 2 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said: The problem with an elevated tank is that most times the mains water pressure is too low to fill the tank. In my housing estate we have many houses with water tanks at ground level, these tanks rarely fill. I have an underground tank, even when the water pressure is just a drip my tank fills overnight. So it acts as a reservoir...Is it a standard tank that has been buried? Or a cement cistern.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlover Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 4 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said: The problem with an elevated tank is that most times the mains water pressure is too low to fill the tank. In my housing estate we have many houses with water tanks at ground level, these tanks rarely fill. I have an underground tank, even when the water pressure is just a drip my tank fills overnight. That may well be true in some areas. My wife's friend has her tank elevated (to the base) by around 20 feet and has never had that issue. We lived here for over 2 years with neither tank nor pump and from that experience I was able to assess that we would not have the problem you mentioned. But it's good that you pointed it out for other's benefit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAFETY FIRST Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 2 hours ago, pgrahmm said: So it acts as a reservoir...Is it a standard tank that has been buried? Or a cement cistern.... It's a buried plastic 2000 litre tank with a float /ball valve cut off 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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