Trusted plumbing across Hermanus and the Overstrand.

Plumbing Notes
For The Overstrand

Short, practical pieces about how plumbing actually behaves on this coast: the blended water supply, the managed pressure, and the things worth checking yourself before anybody charges you to look. These are in preparation.

What Is Actually In Hermanus Tap Water

Where the blend comes from, what the biological plant at Preekstoel removes, and what the network still carries to your aerators.

In preparation

How To Drain A Geyser Without Wrecking The Element

The order of operations, why the breaker goes off first, and what the sediment coming out of the drain cock tells you.

In preparation

Reading A Pressure Gauge At Your Outside Tap

Static against dynamic, what a twenty-four hour trace looks like when the cause is demand, and when a pump is the wrong answer.

In preparation

Boundary Manhole: The One Minute That Decides Who Pays

How to read what you find under the cover, and which Overstrand number to use once you have.

In preparation

Closing Up An Overstrand House For The Winter

The meter photograph, the stopcock, the geyser breaker, and the four things worth doing before you lock the door.

In preparation

Plumbing CoC, Gas CoC And What Each One Is For

Which is legally required, which your insurer wants, which your conveyancer will ask for, and when each should be issued.

In preparation

In the meantime, the detail sits on the service pages. Start with water pressure or leak detection.