The general wisdom seems to be that selling a house right now is probably not the best bet so I'm steeling myself for the fun and games of improving and extending.
Stage one is in hand - roof vent to be installed tomorrow to reduce the feeling of living in an oven during the hot season! Okay, so at B3,000 supplied and installed it's not a major piece of development work but it is a step in the right direction. Further improvements to be made in ventilation and insulation at a later date.
Stage two is going to be to sort the water out. On the assumption that I am clueless and I must be because having spent quite some time reading through discussions on the topic I still have very little idea about where to start!
Our water supply is public water, not Chiang Mai city water but the local village source, and it comes out of the tap at great pressure . . . . during the middle of the day and the middle of the night when nobody else nearby is at home. In the morning and evening when a good supply is needed, the often resulting dribble is frustrating. The water main comes from the soi up the driveway via five outside taps and then supplies two bathrooms, both with electric showers, and a kitchen.
So I'm trying to come up with an idea of my options and the costs involved.
The options seem to be:
- Storage tank on a tower. (Does the water get hot up there (cold showers are welcome in the hot season)? Where is a pump necessary? To supply the tank? After the tank, to supply the house? How noisy is a pump if someone gets up in the night for a pee? Gravity feed to the house, what height is required for suitable pressure?)
- Ground level storage tank. (I guess no pump would be required to fill the tank but one would be needed to give a decent pressure to the house?)
- Drill a well or borehole. (There is quite a bit of appeal in this option - independence, self-sufficiency and all that but how can I be sure that there's water down there at a sensible depth and will my Black & Decker do the job?)
Any words of warning, wisdom or budget nightmares to share from the TeakDoor font of knowledge?
JxP