Water Supply in the Provinces

[graham59]

That must be pretty heartbreaking for you sir...though I think you're playing it down. 

Hopefully you can quickly find someone who ISN'T a halfwit, to fit and fix things properly . 

[Possum]

6 hours ago, jimeve said:

A new problem has come about. I notice the pressure tank and pump would start soon as we flushed the toilet or turned on the faucet (Tap) if only for a few seconds and the water pressure was great maybe too great.

That sounds like there's no air in the tank. Easy enough to remedy. Though I don't trust most pressure gauges here after they are a week old 65 psi though higher than needed should not burst a pipe.

[jimeve]

1 hour ago, Possum said:

That sounds like there's no air in the tank. Easy enough to remedy. Though I don't trust most pressure gauges here after they are a week old 65 psi though higher than needed should not burst a pipe.

It didn't burst the pipe. It came away at the joint. 

[jimeve]

1 hour ago, graham59 said:

That must be pretty heartbreaking for you sir...though I think you're playing it down. 

Hopefully you can quickly find someone who ISN'T a halfwit, to fit and fix things properly . 

Managed to get some plumbers, they are going to change the pressure switch on the pump and replace the ball float in the tank. They are supposed to be competent but who knows.

[Joey G]

11 hours ago, Possum said:

That sounds like there's no air in the tank. Easy enough to remedy.

This is the problem... changing the pressure switch won't add air. 

"A pressure tank holds pressurized water supplied by a pump that’s drawing up well water—or, less commonly, that’s boosting the pressure of city water. If your home’s pump is running nearly constantly in order to maintain adequate water pressure, your tank may need to be “charged” with more air.^[1]Fortunately, you can complete this task with little more than a pressure gauge and an air compressor—or even just a bicycle pump if you’re in a pinch!"

https://www.wikihow.com/Charge-a-Pressure-Tank

[Mike J]

9 hours ago, jimeve said:

Managed to get some plumbers, they are going to change the pressure switch on the pump and replace the ball float in the tank. They are supposed to be competent but who knows.

I feel your pain.  We have been flooded twice.  Once with a pipe that separated at a joint and one that was weird, almost comical in hind sight.  We were renting and had a fairly long narrow CR on the bottom floor.  At the back of the CR the floor was built up about a foot where the washing machine set.  When we washed clothes we closed the CR door because of the noise.  Well the damn machine got out of balance, walked forward, fell of the raised floor, and broke the fill line which of course is open at the spigot.  When it fell forward it hit a ironing board that was folded up and leaning on the wall.  The washing machine hits the ironing board and it falls down on the floor and wedges the door closed (it opens inward).   So now the damn machine is still running as it lies face down on the floor, water is pouring out of the broken line and from under the door, and you cannot open the door.  What a freaking mess.  Two of us finally did the "ram the door" and managed to tear it off the hinges.

Anyway Jim.  Two suggestions.  Reduce the pressure from 65 to 40.  The water lines here typically will not handle higher pressure and the pipes and fittings are a lessor grade.  Second suggestion is to use a float valve instead of the ball float.  After replacing 3-4 of those float valves over the years I changed to what is shown below.  Cheap and very easy to replace (I do it myself as needed).  At least easy to replace in my tank (1.3 meter on the ground), your tank may be different?  Ball valves get stuck because of the lime in the water and those things are expensive and a bitch to replace.  If you go with the float valve, there is a small screen inside to filter out bit of crap.  These are so cheap, I keep two on the shelf in case I need a replacement (one is for our rental property).

[jimeve]

3 hours ago, Joey G said:

This is the problem... changing the pressure switch won't add air. 

"A pressure tank holds pressurized water supplied by a pump that’s drawing up well water—or, less commonly, that’s boosting the pressure of city water. If your home’s pump is running nearly constantly in order to maintain adequate water pressure, your tank may need to be “charged” with more air.^[1]Fortunately, you can complete this task with little more than a pressure gauge and an air compressor—or even just a bicycle pump if you’re in a pinch!"

https://www.wikihow.com/Charge-a-Pressure-Tank

Thanks for your reply. Only bought the PT 24 months ago so I doubt that's the problem, the pressure switch is old so we will try that first. I will ask the plumber to check the PT just in case.

[Onemore52]

Here in Bicol the water supply is being consistently being shut off for maintenance and as well as the power supply which is browning out every Saturday morning.

My assumption is that both utilities have been suffering from the same issue,which is that they have been drained of funds for years by people with no consideration for the  misery that comes with their greed.

 

I didn’t use the word Political influence in my post because I might be mistaken but I think that it is understood by some people that know what goes on here.

[hk blues]

17 hours ago, Possum said:

That sounds like there's no air in the tank. Easy enough to remedy. Though I don't trust most pressure gauges here after they are a week old 65 psi though higher than needed should not burst a pipe.

Shouldn't - assuming they actually glued the joints with solvent and waited for it to cure before turning on the water again.  We have experience of plumbers just fixing some cloth around the joint rather than using solvent - will hold for a while until it doesn't! All to save literally a few pesos.  

[Possum]

8 minutes ago, hk blues said:

Shouldn't - assuming they actually glued the joints with solvent and waited for it to cure before turning on the water again.  We have experience of plumbers just fixing some cloth around the joint rather than using solvent - will hold for a while until it doesn't! All to save literally a few pesos.  

Not surprising, seen some bad glued joints here which is why I specified PPR when we built, you can't break that stuff with a hammer !