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Practical, local plumbing advice for Ballito and the Dolphin Coast, including the holiday and letting stock that makes this town different. The first guides are being written now.
Ten months of faults surface in one fortnight, in the same weeks every plumber on this coast is already booked. The hour in spring that prevents almost all of it, and the five checks worth doing yourself.
Coming soonThis network loses 15 to 20 percent against a national average of 47. What that actually means when your bill climbs, why the usual comfortable explanation is not available here, and the two minute test that settles it.
Coming soonBallito's sewage is pumped, not gravity-fed. What happens to the lowest property in a street when a pump station loses power, how to tell that apart from your own blockage, and who to call instead.
Coming soonThe top result for plumbers in this town is a community thread full of untraceable cell numbers. How to check a PIRB registration in under a minute, and why it has to be current on the day your certificate is issued.
Coming soonWhy a lower hourly rate billed in whole hours usually costs more than a higher one billed in real time, and the four questions worth asking any plumber before they get into a vehicle.
Coming soonExposed coastal stands lose a surprising amount to evaporation, and there is no normal figure for this town. A bucket, two days and no cost at all will answer it definitively. Plus the filter valve that mimics a leak perfectly and is often the real culprit.
Coming soonHot and cold, or cold only. Waste in or out. Chasing included or not. Four questions that turn two incomparable quotes into a real comparison, and the new-build item most quotes leave out entirely.
Coming soonSections of the older reticulation here are asbestos cement. What a repair and refill sends down the branch afterwards, why it lands in the last four millimetres of your tap, and the ten minute fix.
Coming soonWho holds the key, who can authorise a repair, and who has actually been shown where the stopcock is. The administration that decides whether a burst costs you a washer or a ceiling.
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