A word of advice before the first rain…… Although it seems like rain is unlikely at the moment, it’s well worth preparing now for that unexpected moment! BALCONY drains tend to BLOCK very easily because they are relatively small drains. They are though, the...
How Can We Maximize Our Hot Water System?
As we enter autumn and then winter, we become less reliant on getting our hot water from the solar panels. There is simply less sun. We therefore need to be forward thinking in order to ensure that we have hot water when we need...
Are you receiving high water bills?
We get a lot of calls from clients complaining of high water bills they have received from the water company on a specific month or over several months. We would like to suggest a few checks you can do yourselves in order to try to...
Is your drinking water clean enough?
Living in a country with a hot climate, we drink a lot of water most of the year-round and we try to educate our children to do the same. Although the water coming out of our faucets is not dangerous, there are undesirable quantities...
The limescale factor
So, this is the time of the year when we get calls from clients telling us they have no or very little hot water from the solar panels generating from the sun. It seems crazy for us to be using the electric boiler during...
Getting enough hot water from the sun?
Living in a hot country might have its disadvantages with hot, sweaty summers, but when it comes to solar generated hot water, it really is a big plus. With eight or nine sunny months in most of the country, we need to understand how...
Who’s problem? Me or the Water Company?
As a continuation of last month’s tip concerning high water bills and what we should be looking out for to try to detect leaks, I would like to focus on the question “who is responsible for repairing the leak and paying for the water...
When it rains, it pours!
So, winter, it seems has arrived. We recently had a heavy bout of rain accompanied by a freeze, resulting in extensive water damage, flooding and freezing solar panels in several neighborhoods. The morning after heavy rain, we get a lot of calls from clients...