So, the pipe was painted a vivid shade of metallic green and the cement wall painted white to make it look clean.
Why green, you ask? In case you don't get it by now...
Showing posts with label Plumbing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Plumbing. Show all posts
Some of you may have noticed that when I installed the under-sink water filter, the white PVC drain pipe was dirty looking and the cement interior of the cabinet under the sink just looked grubby. This of course did not look trick and needed to be rectified.
So, the pipe was painted a vivid shade of metallic green and the cement wall painted white to make it look clean.
Why green, you ask? In case you don't get it by now...
So, the pipe was painted a vivid shade of metallic green and the cement wall painted white to make it look clean.
Why green, you ask? In case you don't get it by now...
Last weekend's project was one long overdue, highly essential and perhaps one that makes the most difference to our convenience... installing a drinking water filter.
I went out and bought one from Bacfree, cash and carry. That saves some time and money as we didn't have to wait for them to come and install the thing for us. It isn't rocket science anyway. If you want to know, the under-sink model BS-5 cost RM730 without installation.
So I spent a couple of hours on Sunday evening hooking up the filter, which was a pain because the flexible hose which I bought from the hardware store was faulty and leaked. It's just irritating to have to drive out again to replace a small but essential part.
Finally, the whole thing works according to my grand design:
Turn right for drinking water...
Turn left for pipe water.
I went out and bought one from Bacfree, cash and carry. That saves some time and money as we didn't have to wait for them to come and install the thing for us. It isn't rocket science anyway. If you want to know, the under-sink model BS-5 cost RM730 without installation.
So I spent a couple of hours on Sunday evening hooking up the filter, which was a pain because the flexible hose which I bought from the hardware store was faulty and leaked. It's just irritating to have to drive out again to replace a small but essential part.
Finally, the whole thing works according to my grand design:
Turn right for drinking water...
Turn left for pipe water.
One day we turned on the tap in the wet kitchen, which runs from the water mains, and were quite disgusted at the colour. I realised that the external water filter hadn't been changed since the previous owner moved out over a year ago, and a lot of water had since passed thru it during the construction process etc. I had totally forgotten about the external filter because it was overgrown by a huge bush in front of the house, which by the way also needs some urgent trimming.
We went out and bought a whole new unit, not even gonna bother to replace the old filter element. Those things are cheap these days anyway. Check out the old filter. It's like a cess pool in there. Totally, absolutely disgusting.
An elbow pipe. This is after the filter in the line. Also fully disgusting inside. Decided to buy a new elbow too.
I had to cut a path thru the bush to get to the filter, which was installed over the drain. It really stank in there, decaying organic matter and all. But in the end, WIN for the plumber.
We went out and bought a whole new unit, not even gonna bother to replace the old filter element. Those things are cheap these days anyway. Check out the old filter. It's like a cess pool in there. Totally, absolutely disgusting.
An elbow pipe. This is after the filter in the line. Also fully disgusting inside. Decided to buy a new elbow too.
I had to cut a path thru the bush to get to the filter, which was installed over the drain. It really stank in there, decaying organic matter and all. But in the end, WIN for the plumber.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)