New geyser again!!!

rrh said:
The secret is to install a whole house water regulator system e.g. a Cobra Masterbox House Water Station or a Kwikot Mono Box House Water Station. http://www.kwikot.co.za/Products/Pressure%20Control%20Valves/Mono%20Box.php

The units - which are relatively inexpensive - are installed (normally on an outside wall) on the municipal water mains into the house, i.e. as close as possible to where the municipal water pipe enters your property. Mine is installed on my boundary wall.

Doing this results in the entire house having a fixed water pressure and has a number of benefits e.g. you can flush the toilet whilst having a shower :). Appliances also work optimally.

And, having a strainer, it also prevents water-borne impurities from destroying appliances.

NB: It cannot fix under-pressure households !
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Completely aware of these little babies, and I will be installing one myself in the not too distant future.
 
I am in the process of ordering a 200lt Suntank hp geyser with electronic management. They have a 3 week lead time.
I am also going to install gas for the kitchen water and go the gas stove route.
I've had a kwikhot for 11yrs almost exactly to the day and no issues unfortunately because then the insurer could subsidise some of the outlay.
 
LPCPT said:
So every 2 years my geyser packs up. Call insurance and they replace it, with me paying excess. (usually R500, now it's up to R700).
So my question. Must I not add some dough ($) and install a solar system? Insurance will pay me just the geyser value and I must pay the difference.
Solar system must have 10y warranty and must be SABS approved as a requirement from the insurance.
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I also had to replace my geyser every 2 years for the past 6 years already. After the last replacement 3 years ago I decided I won't be turning off the geyser anymore to please eskom, haven't had any issues since then *touch wood*
 
ToxicBunny said:
Completely aware of these little babies, and I will be installing one myself in the not too distant future.
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They should be mandatory.

BTW, a nice touch: they also incorporate a 90-degree ball/gate valve for cutting water to the house in case of an emergency.
 
Techron geysers are bullet proof, had mine installed in 1998 and still going strong, kwikot on the other hand...
 
rrh said:
They should be mandatory.

BTW, a nice touch: they also incorporate a 90-degree ball/gate valve for cutting water to the house in case of an emergency.
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Agreed...

I saw that :)....

Hell my house already has multiple stopcocks... and I will be putting more in place anyway... I want to be able to isolate things properly while working on things without having to turn off the whole house, or if there is an issue in one area, I can isolate it and still keep going in the rest of the house.
 
ToxicBunny said:
Agreed...

I saw that :)....

Hell my house already has multiple stopcocks... and I will be putting more in place anyway... I want to be able to isolate things properly while working on things without having to turn off the whole house, or if there is an issue in one area, I can isolate it and still keep going in the rest of the house.
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Always wondered why houses are not piped like that. Cost cutting probably.
BTW when I close the mains to fix say a tap, the geyser water runs back into the pipes and escape wherever a tap is open. So last time when I replaced a stopcock in a toilet, I had to work very fast and still dry up a lot of water afterwards. Just show how k@k these plumbers work. (sorry, some of them)
 
LPCPT said:
Always wondered why houses are not piped like that. Cost cutting probably.
BTW when I close the mains to fix say a tap, the geyser water runs back into the pipes and escape wherever a tap is open. So last time when I replaced a stopcock in a toilet, I had to work very fast and still dry up a lot of water afterwards. Just show how k@k these plumbers work. (sorry, some of them)
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Your vacuum breakers is not functioning, get it fixed! This should never happen.
Imagine having a municipal pipe burst, your geyser is going to drain and the element is then going to burn out.
 
biena said:
Your vacuum breakers is not functioning, get it fixed! This should never happen.
Imagine having a municipal pipe burst, your geyser is going to drain and the element is then going to burn out.
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Thanks, maybe that's all that's wrong and the geyser is still fine. Will check later.
 
ToxicBunny said:
The Solar guys, if they do the job right, should put a pressure regulator on the feed into the geyser.
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That's correct, see that they fit a new one. The guys who did my solar left the old regulator in and the geyser leaked after two years. The plumber who fixed the geyser said all valves and regulators must be replaced when a new geyser is installed.
 
So Saturday morning out of the blue, a guy from kwikot contact me and say they have a new geyser for me and can they come and install it. Well I was going to get visitors later so I confirmed. Exactly the same geyser installed and I do not have to pay anything. A bit disappointing, as I would really like to go solar.

They advised that I need to replace some piping. So now where to find a reasonable, reliable plumber in Cape Town, Northern suburbs, sigh.
 
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