House Construction

[bxr monkey]

^agree.

No water tank. Malakas tubig dito thankfully. If there is an emergency... Theres always the pool hehe.

But yes Solar and solar water heating on the roof tops.

Oo nga, naisip ko din mag timba timba ng tubig sa pool. Hehe.

Iyong bahay namin sa mass housing na subd, malakas din water ngayon. Nang pinagawa namin bakod, sinabay na namin tank + pump for future proofing. May system of check valves na puwede main line or tank+pump ang source. Iyon lang for maintenance kailangan paandarin pump weekly kahit hindi kailangan, para hindi mag stuck up at mag stagnate ang water sa tank.

Puwede malakas ngayon main line. Pero baka may time of day na mahina. Or kaya kung sa 3rd level na, not enough pressure para mag on ang shower heaters. (Ay solar heater na pala, walang electric heaters... hehe)

Minimun siguro may provision for future install ng tank+pump... space, valves, water lines, electrical breaker switch?

[EQAddict]

Maybe provision in the future. But i think bawal in our village water tank. I have to check the construction guidelines.



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[travajante]

Maybe provision in the future. But i think bawal in our village water tank. I have to check the construction guidelines.



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Storage tanks need not be overhead(ground or subterranean) if 1 has solar/genset to supply the home booster pump during brown/blackouts.

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[BratPAQ]

Storage tanks need not be overhead(ground or subterranean) if 1 has solar/genset to supply the home booster pump during brown/blackouts.

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I'm not familiar with pumps and tanks. Kahit sa 1st floor lang yung tank pwede? Pero 2 pumps, isa papasok ng tank isa palabas papunta sa bahay/2nd floor?

[dr. d]

we have a ground-level zero-pressure storage tank, that's always open to nawasa water. a float valve automatically closes it when full.
an electric pump sucks water from this, and drives it into a pressure tank. this enables the water to go up to the third floor.

[boybi]

I'm not familiar with pumps and tanks. Kahit sa 1st floor lang yung tank pwede? Pero 2 pumps, isa papasok ng tank isa palabas papunta sa bahay/2nd floor?

Don't use a pump to fill your tank. Mahigop mo pati mga dumi, and babagsak water pressure ng kapitbahay

Just let water flow naturally into your tank. And lagay ka lang float valve as what Doc did.

[dr. d]

Don't use a pump to fill your tank. Mahigop mo pati mga dumi, and babagsak water pressure ng kapitbahay

Just let water flow naturally into your tank. And lagay ka lang float valve as what Doc did.

we were advised years ago, that it is illegal to install pumps to higop directly from the nawasa pipe.
i do not know if this is true or not, but boybi is right: hihigupin nang pump ang dumi nang nawasa pipes.

[travajante]

we were advised years ago, that it is illegal to install pumps to higop directly from the nawasa pipe.
i do not know if this is true or not, but boybi is right: hihigupin nang pump ang dumi nang nawasa pipes.

Not just that, your neighbor's would've been begging you for water.[emoji16]

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[BratPAQ]

Don't use a pump to fill your tank. Mahigop mo pati mga dumi, and babagsak water pressure ng kapitbahay

Just let water flow naturally into your tank. And lagay ka lang float valve as what Doc did.

Ah ok. Ganun pala yun. Ang pump eh palabas ng tank at papasok ng bahay. Hindi papasok ng tank.

Natira kasi kami sa apartment na nasa 4th floor yung tank to supply all the floors. We are on the 1st floor so we don't need the pump. Pero pag nagbukas sila ng pump para punuin yung tank eh lumalakas nga yung gripo namin sa 1st floor pero amoy imburnal.

TIL, thank you.

[papi smith]

Pero pag nagbukas sila ng pump para punuin yung tank eh lumalakas nga yung gripo namin sa 1st floor pero amoy imburnal.

TIL, thank you.

Nangyari na ito sa amin, may butas ung pipe na usually sa imburnal dumadaan, so pag pump tangay ang unholy water [emoji38]

[bxr monkey]

Ground level horizontal tank, para maka-abot ang tubig kahit mahina ang nawasa.



Pump at pressure tank na may top/bottom singawan at pang bleed.

[bxr monkey]

Left pipe galing sa tank+pump source.
Right, top 2 pipes papuntang bahay.
Right, bottom pipe galing nawasa source, may check valve.
(Madalas kaya naman direct sa nawasa pressure, bihira lang mag on ng pump).



On-off switch. Tapos may plug sa pump in case kailangan i-plug sa genset.

[Walter]

PVC pipes? ... or PPR? ...

[EQAddict]

we were advised years ago, that it is illegal to install pumps to higop directly from the nawasa pipe.
i do not know if this is true or not, but boybi is right: hihigupin nang pump ang dumi nang nawasa pipes.

This is correct. Booster pumps are not allowed in our village.. Kawawa the neighbors.

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[EQAddict]

Comprehensive setup there. Nice.

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[dr. d]

Left pipe galing sa tank+pump source.
Right, top 2 pipes papuntang bahay.
Right, bottom pipe galing nawasa source, may check valve.
(Madalas kaya naman direct sa nawasa pressure, bihira lang mag on ng pump).



On-off switch. Tapos may plug sa pump in case kailangan i-plug sa genset.

it's almost lego-easy now, what with those non-metallic pipes to work with.
back in the day, we had to use lead-type metal pipes. hassle to cut and thread.
but one advantage of these metal pipes, is that they're very, very sturdy.
the plastic pipes can leak, when struck out of position... we had one such.

[Akky M]

Ok ang tank na nasa ground level, mas easier to maintain, and with PV/Solar panels getting more affordable, pwede yung pressure pump set up sa PV/Solar.

Yung overhead tank ko, wala syang pressure pump and tank, enough na yung pressure for a good shower. Medyo warm pa yung water sa afternoon pag in use kasi exposed hehe.

For emergency lang naman purpose. Since malakas pressure ng water provider, may float valve sa tank pero naglagay pa din ako ng gate valve papasok kasi one time nasira float valve, kailangan pa akyatin para palitan hehe. Then same may set up ng gate valve papasok sa house.

Next house construction, good inputs to have a ground level tank reservoir and pressure pump.


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[bxr monkey]

^ salamat. Oo nga, next siguro ikabit pump sa solar para libre pressure boost.

PVC pipes? ... or PPR? ...

Ay PVC lang, since old setup na. Although bago iyong pump at pressure tank, nag re-align ulit kaunti ng pipes at valves.

Comprehensive setup there. Nice.

Salamat.

Ah oo bawal talaga sa mga village at utilities ang direct pump sa main line:

[main]=>[pump]=>[house]

Madalas indirect allowed. Nag tanong muna kami sa village sa province bago nagpa install:

[main]=>[tank]=>[pump]=>[house]
Tapos naka parallel sa:
[main] =>[house]

May mga check valves para walang backflow from 1 source to the other.

it's almost lego-easy now, what with those non-metallic pipes to work with.
back in the day, we had to use lead-type metal pipes. hassle to cut and thread.
but one advantage of these metal pipes, is that they're very, very sturdy.
the plastic pipes can leak, when struck out of position... we had one such.

Ah oo doc, GI pipe mas mahirap mag lagare tapos kailangan ng threading tool. PVC madali lang nga. PPR naman kailangan ng heater/jointing/fusing tool. Hindi yata siya basta glue glue.

[Walter]

PPR heaters are cheap these days ... PPRs are also more flexible and less likely to break when hit ...

[papi smith]

PPR heaters are cheap these days ... PPRs are also more flexible and less likely to break when hit ...

I bought one 4 years ago for 900 kesos