How to Choose a Kitchen Sink

By Ah Pek | Oct 15, 2007

In my course of work as a plumbing contractor some many years ago, I cam across many house buyers or house owners who. when renovating their kitchen, tends to choose a kitchen sink that looks very beautiful, but impractical to their lifestyle. There are certain things to consider when buying the kitchen sink.
The number [...]

How to have uninterupted water supply (pt2)

By Ah Pek | Jul 12, 2007

Another very simple way to utilize the water in your storage tanks in cases when water is disrupted is to have 2 separate supplies going to your kitchen sinks. Almost all housholds uses the double sinks nowadays and lots of them have one sink with water from the Mains as required and the other coming [...]

How to have continuous water supply even if there is water rationing.

By Ah Pek | Jul 11, 2007

Under the Water Department’s regulation, when installing the plumbing system for a new house, the water from the Mains goes to the storage tank and the kitchen sinks. From the storage tanks the water is then directed to all other outlets like the bathrooms and toilets. It is from this age old regulation that I [...]

How to overcome Low Water Pressure in your Bathrooms

By Ah Pek | Jun 13, 2007

Water pressure from the mains are regulated by the water authorities so there isn’t much you can do except to complain to them if your area is really facing serious water pressure problems. Sometimes when there is a water shortage, they divert water from housing estates to a higher priority area like a hospital. Low [...]

A Sitting Toilet or a Squatting Toilet

By Ah Pek | May 11, 2007

Sometimes I get very unusual questions from my customers. When I was a plumber, lots of house owners asked me this question when they want to extend another bathroom in their house.
Which is better, A sitting Toilet or a Squatting Toilet.
It’s such a silly question when I first heard it, but when I hear it [...]

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