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Posted: 23 Aug 2014 06:01 AM PDT

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How to Prevent Water Leakage in Building Your New Home

Posted: 23 Aug 2014 12:34 PM PDT

Water leakage in our home is a common problem that most of us faces. This can happen because of a lot of reasons. If a house is quite old and proper repairing or maintenance work is not done, it can lead to water leakage. It can also happen that because of a crack in the pipe the water is seeping through the walls thereby making the walls damp. It is often said that the bathroom is one of the most common places where water leaks takes place. As it remains humid and wet most of the time, care should be taken to maintain proper plumbing of your bathroom. Otherwise it will again give rise to molds and once they start to rot they will pollute the air of your house and this is turn will affect everyone's health. If proper care is not taken then not only your drainage system will be affected but it will also give birth to molds and fungus thereby affecting the health of the inmates as well. So if you are planning to build a new home, make sure that you know how to prevent water leakage.

So it is extremely essential that you know the basics regarding how to look for water leaks so that you can bring the situation under control and get it repaired. And if measures are taken at the correct time, then water leakage in your new home can be avoided completely.

Toilet: This is one of the most common areas where you are sure to detect water leakage. In case if you are not sure whether your toilet has water leakage or not then you can try out a simple test to be sure about it. Put a few drops of food dye in the water tank and wait for a minimum of five minutes. If you see that there is a presence of food dye in the toilet bowl then it means that there is a leaky flapper. So call a professional plumber and get it repaired immediately before it gets worse.

Faucets: It is very easy to find out whether you have a leaky faucet or not. Look for water spills under the kitchen sink or wash basin to see whether there is water or not. In case there is you know where the problem lies. So get it fixed ASAP before it effects the enter drainage system.

Home exterior: It is very difficult to search for signs of water leakage outside one's home but nevertheless one has to try. Generally the areas where there are chances of water leakage are the sprinkler head. So make it a point to update the sprinkler head at regular intervals so that the issue can be solved easily.

Swimming pools: This is the most common area after toilets where water leakage can take place. In that case you will need to call plumbing drain service personnel. If the filter system is malfunctioning then there will be a significant water leakage and there will be water spills all around. So look into the matter as soon as you detect it.
So now that you know of the different areas where you should look for water leakage, make sure that you check out these areas so as to secure your home from the side effects of water leakage. No one wants their home to be damp, moist or full of molds and fungus.

W-House in IJburg, Amsterdam by VMX Architects

Posted: 23 Aug 2014 12:34 AM PDT

Description from the Architects :
The Walta-Elmers family commissioned VMX Architects to design their house on 'Kleine Rieteiland', one of the islands of IJburg. The client wanted a spacious, open house with plenty of light. The plot measures 8 by 30 metres. By studying several models, the concept of 'woonlandschap' (living-landscape) was chosen.

The ground floor, containing the living and kitchen, in a split level typology, has the possibility to completely open to the outside and thereby create a partly covered living-landscape of 8 by 30 meters. This landscape is articulated with a higher and lower level. Under the higher level a multifunctional cellar is placed. The bedroom level is accessed by a spiral staircase. A round roof-light above the stairs brings light into the living-landscape The facade on the first level is completely closed with patio blocks. This suggests a floating box over the open landscape on the ground level. [ VMX Architects ]

Home Design Ideas

Raypack Pool Heater

Posted: 22 Aug 2014 09:59 PM PDT

Installing and Operating Raypack Pool Heater

For water heater and spa, the most popular equipment used is Raypack Pool Heater. This tools is specially produced and created to used for water heater and spa. To make sure that we can operate it well and installing it well to get best perfomance, here is some tips and instruction for us to use it. There are two types actually in this raypak heater, Residential and commercial heater. The residential one is used for heating pool of a single family dwelling, for self using only. And the Commercial one, is used for multi residential apartments and multi users.

Before installation, we must consider where it will be putted. For outdoor heaters, they must not be installed in any enclosed stricture or under eaves, roof overhangs. But these are must be installed in 1500 mm and more from any window or room ventilation. Different with Indoor heater, it must be installed in a protective enclosure or in a proper room. And with minimum vent area at least 630cm2.

Raypack Pool Heater

After knowing where it must be putted, we can starting installing any component needed. For pressure relief valve, it must be fitted to the heater. And for pressure switch function, they must be checked as part of sufficient water pressure. Ensuring adequate water pressure if the inlet piping from the heater is less than 1500mm above, if it is not, we can not get the best pressure from the heater it will not work properly.

We can test the pressure switch by adjusting them. Check first for all water valves are correctly positioned to enable normal water flow to pool heater. We can start the system pump, is the water flowing through heater? If yes, so it works properly. Set the temperature of the heater to 40 degree of celcius.

Now starting to operating instruction, as we know thate the main button mode is like this below

Before operating, we can make us become familiar with the layout, ensure that the heater is free from obvious damage and have been connected to the power source.

Here some service codes if there are some problem with the heater that will be displayed in the monitor :

PO – No mains power, so it is not connected to any power source

0 – the water pressure is insufficient

F1 – the temperature of the water exceeds maximum, so it is too hot

F2 – the main sensor open the circuit

F3 – main sensor short the circuit

F4 – which short the circuit is the secondary sensor

If the main power supply is interupted, the unit heater will be revert to a standby mode.

Then we can set the time and day when the unit heate rcan be works

- When the controller displaying OFF. Press and hold the v button and PROG to acces time set mode

- We just can adjust the time of day by pressing ^ or v until the corrrect time is reached

- Then press adn release PROG button to access the day of week mode

- Same as before, adjust day by pressing ^ or v button

- Then to lock the system, press PROG button and return to OFF mode

To switch the heater ON, press the POWER button on the face panel of heater, but make sure that flow of water and gas supply are ready.

Then press ^ button on the control panel until the desired temperature is reached. If the heater does not ignite after 90 second, turn off it and wait one minutes to start turning ON again. We can also change the selection mode of heater, POOL mode or SPA mode, by selec ting mode button and choose POOL or SPA aw we want. So we can use and enjoy the hot water by using Raypak Pool Heater.

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