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Hi all,
I hope someone can help me please.
I'm in Mexico right now & no one here knows what they are doing. Even locals say that.
Anyway, this rental I moved into has had NOTHING but problems, so cosmetically it looks nice & large, but everything else is crap.
It took months for me to get the landlord to bring in a professional (if you want to call him that) plumber to fix the water leaks in the toilet & sinks & they even caused more leaks. I paid full price & never got the 3 functioning bathrooms until after 3+ months.
Then the pilot for the hot water heater outside kept going out because of the heavy winds. Finally a neighbor recommended his plumber friend. Turns out he's NOT a real plumber, they all have handymen come here pretending to be electricians & plumbers..
He replaced the thermostat (I assume it was that) & the button you press to ignite the pilot.
All was fine.
Then I started to get rocks in the water scratching my face. He spoke to them & they agreed to let him clean out the hot water tank & the tank on the roof. There were TONS of hard white rocks (I have pics & videos if you ever want to see them LOL)
Then 2-3 weeks later I started to complain to him that something happened with the water pressure. I would turn on the hot water in kitchen sink & within 1-2 minutes, the pressure would decrease.
I also told him the hot water for the shower was now luke warm.
They don't listen here, so when he came during the day when it was hot with sun outside, he's like SEEEE, there is hot water as IF I was crazy.
He ignored me about the water pressure issue.
THEN 2 weeks ago or so I had NO WATER and I thought it was something he did.
I opened up the sliding door & the hot water tank had fallen on the ground & it was trashed. It had to be replaced. I know, don't say it LOL
I had HOPED this would fix the hot water issues (sometimes there IS very hot water, but many times there isn't.). If I don't have to turn the cold water on while washing dishes or taking a shower, obviously there's something wrong with the hot water.
On Saturday I took a shower & it was NOT HOT. Initially when I got in it was nice & hot, then withing 5 mins. it was colder water, not even lukewarm.
I thought maybe the pilot had gone out, but when I got downstairs, I could hear it making a noise & within 20 mins. I had boiling hot water again AND I take long showers, so even while taking my 30-45 min. shower it never heated up the water again.
Please tell me you know what's wrong with that & the water pressure.
In my en-suite I noticed that the low pressure from the sink was even less pressure then it normally is & both "plumbers" said that's normal that it's not a lot of pressure because it's upstairs.
Well that's obviously NOT TRUE, but I'm not a plumber either LOL
I would like to have some ideas as to what is going on before I get the guy to come back in because he installed the hot water tank so he's responsible, although it's obviously not the hot water tank because I've gone thru 2 of them now.
Also, even after he replaced the switch/button & temperature dial, all was fine until it started to get cooler outside, but on Saturday it was pretty warm outside, so I no longer think it has to do with that.
In 3rd world countries they don't insulate their pipes which is why I'm mentioning this.
Thanks a ton
I hope someone can help me please.
I'm in Mexico right now & no one here knows what they are doing. Even locals say that.
Anyway, this rental I moved into has had NOTHING but problems, so cosmetically it looks nice & large, but everything else is crap.
It took months for me to get the landlord to bring in a professional (if you want to call him that) plumber to fix the water leaks in the toilet & sinks & they even caused more leaks. I paid full price & never got the 3 functioning bathrooms until after 3+ months.
Then the pilot for the hot water heater outside kept going out because of the heavy winds. Finally a neighbor recommended his plumber friend. Turns out he's NOT a real plumber, they all have handymen come here pretending to be electricians & plumbers..
He replaced the thermostat (I assume it was that) & the button you press to ignite the pilot.
All was fine.
Then I started to get rocks in the water scratching my face. He spoke to them & they agreed to let him clean out the hot water tank & the tank on the roof. There were TONS of hard white rocks (I have pics & videos if you ever want to see them LOL)
Then 2-3 weeks later I started to complain to him that something happened with the water pressure. I would turn on the hot water in kitchen sink & within 1-2 minutes, the pressure would decrease.
I also told him the hot water for the shower was now luke warm.
They don't listen here, so when he came during the day when it was hot with sun outside, he's like SEEEE, there is hot water as IF I was crazy.
He ignored me about the water pressure issue.
THEN 2 weeks ago or so I had NO WATER and I thought it was something he did.
I opened up the sliding door & the hot water tank had fallen on the ground & it was trashed. It had to be replaced. I know, don't say it LOL
I had HOPED this would fix the hot water issues (sometimes there IS very hot water, but many times there isn't.). If I don't have to turn the cold water on while washing dishes or taking a shower, obviously there's something wrong with the hot water.
On Saturday I took a shower & it was NOT HOT. Initially when I got in it was nice & hot, then withing 5 mins. it was colder water, not even lukewarm.
I thought maybe the pilot had gone out, but when I got downstairs, I could hear it making a noise & within 20 mins. I had boiling hot water again AND I take long showers, so even while taking my 30-45 min. shower it never heated up the water again.
Please tell me you know what's wrong with that & the water pressure.
In my en-suite I noticed that the low pressure from the sink was even less pressure then it normally is & both "plumbers" said that's normal that it's not a lot of pressure because it's upstairs.
Well that's obviously NOT TRUE, but I'm not a plumber either LOL
I would like to have some ideas as to what is going on before I get the guy to come back in because he installed the hot water tank so he's responsible, although it's obviously not the hot water tank because I've gone thru 2 of them now.
Also, even after he replaced the switch/button & temperature dial, all was fine until it started to get cooler outside, but on Saturday it was pretty warm outside, so I no longer think it has to do with that.
In 3rd world countries they don't insulate their pipes which is why I'm mentioning this.
Thanks a ton
