What happens when the water runs out.... Water Water everywhere, but not a drop to drink

An explanation of how water is supplied into our house in maramag, philippines and what we do when the water runs out

[@danwedderburn5550]

Youve just burst my bubble about visiting the Phillipines.

[@pauljordan4061]

Regarding the water pump equipment. What is the symptom? On top of the blue pump you have a pressure sensor. Low water pressure switches pump on and then when pressure rises switch kicks off and turns pump off. Those pressure switches are adjustable and need adjusting over time. Search online for the one you have for instructions. The red vessel underneath the pump has a rubber diaphragm in it. On the right side of that vessel there will be a pressure valve. You'll need about 25psi in there to keep the diaphragm pressing against the water.

[@kirk464646]

looking forward to the video where you attempt to fix the water supply

[@86SVA]

This looks like such a culture shock

[@Chopsyochops]

It’s cold, polluted and wet here in Manchester. You’re not missing anything besides a flushing toilet and shower. You can always just throw the bucket of water down the main toilet hole for when you have a pee. Still works.

[@drummingriffin]

Hi Alan, I'm sure a man of your mechanical ability can sort out the water feed. Re: The shower under the guttering, I do watch a guy from over there whose channel is called 'LarryPHWalking'. In his videos you do see the torrential downpours with thunder and lightning and kids and grown ups alike are out with their shampoo and enjoying a good shower. I have often thought that the water must be fairly warm and you just confirmed it for me. Cheers, Norm in England (feeling a little jealous of your new life) 😁😊

[@markmurphy9280]

It still looks nice, even in the rain, and with your logical approach to things, you will soon get some of those small jobs done😁😁

[@leighyarnall7346]

the pump under tank on stand looks to be able to supply water to fill tank which then will give you water supply when like a backup supply when pump below isnt working there should a set of valves to switch from pump only supply or switch over to gravity supply from tank on stand to house as long as it is full, the tank under pump is a chamber so when the pump is working the tank under pump drains down pressure then pump should kick in.if pump is not pumping you may have to check the non-return pickup in water in well if broken or blocked it wont hold lift to the pump and not pump water to run house or fill over head tank the pressure of over head tank should be about 30psi cheers lee

[@michaeljohnson1006]

That plants sugar cane then. Make sure the showers got a RCD fitted (30milliamp) and a good earth connection.

[@paultaylor9652]

Great video, such a simple way to go through life, bit like the UK was many, many years ago.

[@goodguy40]

Hey Alan, great to see you are settling in over there. Great video showing what it's really like living there,love your style of videos.

[@chrisstudymaster6806]

Fascinating!!..keep up the vids

[@philipwright7646]

Water is a wonderful provider, but your worst enemy! 🚰🚾 Keep the videos coming in.

[@wormhole6667]

Thanks for updates Alan, really appreciate it.

[@bartoszk4812]

Nice 1 Alan rubbing it in our noses that you have 28 degrees in there while we're freezing in here 🥶 keep those videoes coming! 😁👍

[@scottvstrom]

Nice one allan keep the video's coming,I enjoy watching you change your life around 😊

[@steveh748]

We have the same rain water tank here in Portugal it's called a cisterns here your switching problem will probably be pressure related our pump had a diaphragm which had to have a certain pressure but often leaked which gave you either pump not switching of or not running.

[@JazzFunkNobby1964]

Hi Alan, I'm from the UK and someone told me that bottled water sold in shops can be just tap water in bottles.

[@zzhughesd]

These are great Alan !!! Huntingdon not missed !!!!!!

[@paulfianatravels]

Good afternoon alan,, yeah rural spain water system works similar,, same as fiana,s childhood home back in africa,,,we are spoilt in the uk,, good video alan,, living the dream ❤

[@philg2281]

It's very wet & cold here in west Yorkshire typical winter day here sort days for any sun light. (you're not missing much here Alan) keep smiling 👍🏻

[@iancoulthard6759]

Keep up the good life and glad to see you happy out there pal x

[@francishagen8508]

Nice one Alan. Good luck with your new life 😊

[@links7622]

That well you got there is a hotbed for mosquito larvae

[@stephenbirds5169]

Refreshing Alan. I guess the honeymoon department makes it seem ok. Worth a try. Well done and best of luck.

[@darkwaterblue]

Definitely needs a man's touch about the place, loads of fun DIY to do there to make life easier.

[@asaelitovata2105]

You seem to be enjoying your life there mate. I love that lifestyle. Simplicity. I’ve got a few more years working here in the Uk then I’m going back home and the weather is just like over there

[@alancobbin]

Norman Wisdom agrees with the water lol,nice one Alan 👍😉💪

[@johnchincotta1qwdb15]

Hi Alan,I am sure that you are well capable of carrying out all these job's in your new residence,such as fixing the led light in the bathroom water pump motor repair ect.Good luck mate.

[@andrewtodd6111]

Can relate , been in Central Luzon for many years , its a shock as you say in the beginning but once you have accepted the changes its simple living at its best

[@cliveanderson2989]

Another great vid Alan, loved it. I actually quite envy you taking the plunge to move there. Thing is I know you would have put in a lot of effort and research before making it happen, but love the ideas of the pig farming etc to earn fom, quite fancy a bit of farming myself, though having just turned 61 it would be a lot for my wife and I to take on. Looking forward to your next vid.

[@shornsparks20005]

Good video well done I found it quite interesting keep them coming are you missing the UK at all

[@TheDaf95xf]

Hi 👋🏻 mr mondingo man 😊 This is certainly very different than fixing mondingos on your videos 🤣 I’m loving it so keep them coming matey 🤩

[@Archiegser]

You could sort out your water harvesting from the roof with a bit more panache....lol. I lived in Brunei and you soon adapt to the local methods and ways. When I had a property in Turkey I had a hand pump that all it required to prime the electric pump was a few strokes on the handle to pull the water from the artesian well below.

[@bert-bb3cm]

When it rains it pours. Philippines will rain all weekend long non-stop. Always have a drum and buckets to catch the water thru the roof panels gutter 😊😅😮❤❤❤ great for flushing the toilet, washing the floors, etc. Be safe and stay drive. You need to have your bar of soap to take a free shower when it rains I. The province.🚿🧼💦🌧️

[@alan4x]

Very true, thanks Bert, I will certainly have my shampoo at the ready, never found rain so interesting until I got here😊

[@ro0140]

Nice to see a lot of projects to fix and improve the property, not sure if it is something you guys plan to do.

[@ford1546]

A big change from being a car mechanic in the UK. to where you are now. I already miss the old Alan. But life can quickly change when the old workplace makes big changes!

[@Finglesham]

I see that you have a stout umbrella. I bet they do not have the flimsy rubbish ones we get nowadays. Until I was seven I lived in a house that had no running water. We used wells and a manual pump. No bottles water either in 1947. Still , I have survived so far but certainly have all mod cons now. Good to see the area and I am sure we'll learn a lot.

[@Andrew-hx6lm]

Basically since your in a rural area of Mindinao, water being off grid is normal. But believe me mate most places in the philippines have mains water on a meter. You'll save more money via rain water cos water rates there isn't cheap. But to be in safe side, I'd put some sort of water cleanser tablets in the water storage. You should build a resistance(health) by time with everything there.

[@adrianfoy6790]

Alan Its actually drier where I am in Tarlac City . Not rained yet in over 2 weeks now . Its averaging out at 32 degrees each day at noonish . .

[@cabovermike]

I remember the 1st time i visited my thai g/fs fathers house, shock isn't the word, more like horrified is better suited, roughing it springs to mind, i asked myself , "could i live here" and basically the answer was no, its a big property with zero creature comforts, thankfully my g/f has been "westernised" since meeting me in 2009, she's built (or i should say her sons built) a beuitifull 2 storey 3 bedroom traditional thai home, upstairs big full length balcony and stainless thai style railings all around the upstairs and downstairs , plus a mix of double glazed and wooden windows, upstairs and downstairs showers and toilets, tiled marble look flooring in kitchen/living /dining rooms, oak wood staircase and landing area, all enclosed roof lighting and roof fans plus decorative chandeliers , 2 aircon units 1 up/1 down, two 55" hdtv's with wi-fi in house, basically all your mod cons inc cooker, microwave, fridge, washing machine etc, but no great creature comforts such as settee (yet) ! or comfy chairs and still stuck with the "thai style" rock hard mattress, its as if they dont want comforts, running water is stored in 45 gall plastic containers in both showers/toilets and a couple outside to gather water for flower watering, the village water is switched off most nights at 9 pm untill 6am, electric is pretty good untill a thunderstorm hits then its lights out for a few hours, i asked myself again "could i live here" and the answer is,. Dam right i could, back in uk now after 222 days (7months) in thailand and i'm asking myself the same question again, can i live here in uk, and the answers no, ive been priced out of uk and it shambles of a government and its free for all open borders, the weathers pants and as a nearly 70 y/o its time to move on, thailand for me on retirement o visa, ive got 2 cars in thailand and 1 in uk, so i'm basically ready to jump soon,.....

[@austinlloyd9757]

You should be saying OURS AS YOU ARE IN A RELATIONSHIP 😮😮😮

[@khennahsfarm2610]

Maybe bcoz he dont want to marry me?😝😝😝 ive been telling to him that even we are not married,i will put his name in all my property..i just want him to feel secure and my love for him is endless

[@kittylou22]

Interesting video Alan! We have bore holes here in rural Devon, the water goes through a treatment plant which kills any bugs etc and it tastes lovely, there’s no limescale either. Also, the water doesn’t really cost anything. What do you do about sewage there? We have a cess pit which a lorry comes out to empty it about every 9 months.

[@esseel7896]

interesting Al. what a nice culture shock i bet. cheers pal

[@paulirvine6336]

thanks alan

[@markpaul1154]

Like Plymouth, warm, but never stops pissing down.

[@foreignermakingmoney-phili1458]

Great vid

[@robertmurray2843]

You look sooo happy since you left england

[@kevinpage9229]

Good watch

[@rushymoto]

I have the same LG machine and it dose indeed have a 10 year warranty on the motor and its inverter. I got it in 2016 so it has a couple of years to go.

[@SantiagoPilgrim]

They probably still have better phone signal that Tonbridge, Kent.

[@austinlloyd9757]

Your better of living lije you are as thats a real life❤

[@duggy788]

its usually the pressure switch that gives trouble when the pump won't automatically switch on if take the switch off you will see a little port/hole which leads to a diaphragm they get blocked from time to time its an easy fix, i have the same make of pump also at the end of the pressure vessel there is a schrader valve which you pump air into the pressure should about 2 bar.

[@bernardcromarty485]

28 degrees? It's a tropical 7°C here in the UK! I suppose it must be a bit like being on a permanent camping holiday over there!

[@noelhyams2156]

Glad you are happy and living life how is your mental health now you have moved do you feel better in yourself and how old is your partner

[@EngineerLewis]

I wonder if you can show us any of the wildlife around the house - not spiders but anything else that shares your space or garden. Thanks for showing us real life in the Philippians 😁👍

[@Stop..carry-on]

I was wondering about the water system/collection system- you could add filters and some sort of uv light to the main tank to kill bugs/parasites. I take it you’re on a septic tank system?

[@the1beard]

blimey looks medieval

[@michaelward2082]

When I went to the Philippines in 2013 I never saw any toilets, just a hole in the ground, though I heard there was one in the local bank and hotels have them.

[@alan4x]

public toilets are few and far between and don't have paper..just a bucket of water to splash up your ass lol

[@michaelward2082]

@@alan4x still the same then, xx

[@alan4x]

@@michaelward2082 pretty much yes

[@neilwharton720]

The pump problem is not a big issue you should be able to sort it it’s not a complicated system 👍👍you may find the diagram in the tank has perished also the pressure switch might be blocked

[@salsabil2]

Good luck Allan..takes a lot of guts do to what you've done..any chance of seeing your lovely partner?

[@geoffvickers5447]

Its the C.R Alan not the bathroom. Just a few things and it'll be perfect for you. Your lucky I can't wait to move out there but have to wait until retirement. I'll be moving to Davao then also but have years to go before then. You'll have a mansion by then and the family compound will be like a posh little village.

[@m0bob]

If you read this message. Just out of interest, you only arrived in the Philippines recently and you are helping with the DIY, replacing the car brake pads etc. I hope you are not paying for everything. My wife is Filipino and she is concerned that you may be taken advantage of. Be careful! Rob from Romford. 👍

[@craigcousins6718]

Got your head and shoulders 😅😅 you got about as much hair as me lol 😁😁😁

[@robertmurray2843]

Why is infrastructure soo bad over there dont the local council have a water management system in place

[@JazzFunkNobby1964]

I don't know anything about wells and water tanks, etc but surely the pump is to get the water up into that tank on top of the tower and not to pump water into the house as you said. Gravity will let water flow to the house from the raised tank. No need for a pump to do that. It's why we used to have water tanks in the lofts of our UK homes.

[@jesusisking8502]

That's what I was thinking. Our setup is better, we have our 3 tanks set high on the hill from the house, they are being fed by the shed roofing when it rains. Even if the pump/electricity goes out we still get enough pressure from the gravity to do most things, though showers are a bit of a strong trickle and take longer. Our dam water tank is 3000 gallons, open top concrete type and is pure gravity but we use a pump to fill it first. I installed 18mm hose fittings and that increases our gravity fed pressure by about 15%, maybe a bit more and watering the garden with our dam is not that far behind a mains water or pump system.

[@JazzFunkNobby1964]

Sounds good man. Can you not increase the diameter of the hose from tank to shower so you get more water pressure?@@jesusisking8502

[@chriskeane6534]

Instead of filling the toilet cistern with a bucket of water to flush just pour the bucket of water into the toilet bowl directly l. Keep up the videos 👍

[@pellepp9628]

You said in the previous episode you didnt have anything to do?😊 fix the water system, put down som pipes in the ground and a water filter. Please put a lid on the well

[@jamessones4044]

You ever thought of a water purifier? Saves carrying 100kg a week !

[@chucky2316]

Just like being back in england all that rain alan 😂, do they have water rates like we have in britain

[@Shandybrother]

What internet connection do you have there?

[@markmawson1]

First job I would do is wire up that switch from the water pump to somewhere in the house rather than having to go outside to switch it on every time I needed it.

[@BigPaul62]

Do you get snakes on the property?

[@user-sf7kl9uh7k]

Can you drink it?

[@neilobusk]

If I tried to have a shower like that here in Manchester... would for sure get arrested.... even though I do collect rainwater... lets have a competition ...bet I can collect more here.. warm and wet...a good place to be.......... Any old ww2 relics out there... ? be another great vid.. N x

[@mcqueenfanman]

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[@JamesWilliam70]

I'd probably sweat my tits off putting a screw in the wall at those temperatures ..I think it would take a few months to climatise before i got into all that fixing up. Anyway, looking forward to the fix up vids! 👍

[@austinlloyd9757]

Omg monica must have gave you lots of cakes 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@scotspie501douglas7]

you must be well off with a nearly new car

[@stephenwilliams926]

Have you had the Shits yet 😮

[@paulirvine6336]

next weeks video it will be fk this im back in uk where i can turn a tap on lollol

[@user-tk4qd5tq2o]

Any nice beer bars or strip clubs there?))

[@bestnurumassagegel1354]

not much evidence of paradise, its a backwards step, early days though I wonder if the lack of Normality that you've been accustomed to with get you, looks like everything is a struggle, also, it's okay while you are healthy, but what happens if you get sick out there, me and my Mrs who is also a Filipina were due to fly out for a holiday in San Marcelino which is in Zambales Philippines, but I ended up in hospital for two weeks with a perforated bowel which caused sepsis and peritonitis. God knows what would've happened. If I'd of got on the plane and it happened in the Philippines. I probably wouldn't be here now. It's a very big consideration to go and live somewhere. That has no reliable emergency services. We do have some land that we did plan to build on, but definitely having second thoughts now I've ended up with a stoma bag

[@Aguyfromthe60s]

3rd world country, 3rd world problem’s, you’ve stepped back in time 100 years.

[@grahamlittlefair8107]

Third world living.

[@geoffreyrawlings9736]

Seems a bit third world. Your following your dream so got crack on .