Case: Drain hose from the washing machine
4.12.2013
When we came over to Davao one year ago, the biggest wish of
my wife was a washing machine, an automatic - as we know it from back home in Germany. To
my wife, the available types of washing machine are too simple. Her
expectations were based on German standards. But yet we bought an attractive
Samsung model.
And in order that nothing can happen - neither flood nor
burglary - the machine was installed in the second floor. The water up to the
machine was controlled over a hose. The waste water over the hose was directed
into a sewer pipe that was attached to the house wall. This was not a very nice construction, but a
useful one, as you can see it often here .
But after a year full of functioning well, small and bigger spots
of water appeared underneath the washing machine. The hole was discovered quickly : It was the
hose, which should normally direct the water from the machine. He became "brittle"
at the top of the surface and when you touched the hose it broke into small
particles. Yes alright, but why?
A friend told me that we were victims of UV radiation which destroyed
the plastic after a certain time. We should have covered the drain hose! That fact
is known to everyone here . Only mixtures of plastic and rubber would be stable.
Now this realization costs us a new drain hose for 350
pesos, a shade coverage of about 100 pesos and a craftsman who demands 600
pesos. But the real problem is not solved because the new hose is made of
plastic again. So we are thinking of a shade cover which is reflecting the sun
rays especially protecting it from these harmful UV radiations. We will see
.....
Best regards
Ludwig from Davao
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