Building in Kep.

whiteribbon · Post by **whiteribbon** » Sun May 02, 2021 6:00 pm

rogerrabbit wrote: ↑Mon Jun 29, 2020 2:54 am @whiteribbon Would love to hear how life has gone in the new house? Does building start to show any age yet? Any problems? And would be interesting to see how the garden looks now days. Anything you would have done/planned differently?

Also how expensive is the pool upkeep (electricity etc.)?

The pool costs around $60 a month in electric. I do the maintenance myself (not difficult at all) but have a company do it in my holiday rental and they charge around $80/month.

Life going well, still love the house and love how it ages. But of course after living here for some years there are some things I would've done differently:

-The full length wooden bifolding doors in the living room are gorgeous but a pain to use. Would use/replace with aluminium frames in the future.
-I would hire an external extra quality control guy, the inverted concrete roofs were not poured/waterproofed correctly. Something I trusted the main contractor too much with.

But besides this, there's not a thing I would change.

Bitte_Kein_Lexus · Post by **Bitte_Kein_Lexus** » Sun May 02, 2021 6:36 pm

$60/month is interesting. I've always wondered. I want a plunge pool but not sure if it's worth it.

Sorry to hear about your roof, but if it's any consolation: I've never seen a flat concrete roof here that didn't leak. 90% of those boreys have issues, hell even the roof at Aeon I had obvious leaks... I updated mine with bitumen a few years down the road and it's been fine since, but all other builds since then I've used steel roofing. Cheaper and workers are less likely to fuck it up.

whiteribbon · Post by **whiteribbon** » Sun May 02, 2021 6:51 pm

Bitte_Kein_Lexus wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 6:36 pm $60/month is interesting. I've always wondered. I want a plunge pool but not sure if it's worth it.

My pool is 10M X 4M with an average depth of 1.5M. I keep the filters running for 8hours a day.
My neighbours across only run their filters for an hour a day but have to spend loads more on chemicals.

Jack.R. · Post by **Jack.R.** » Fri May 14, 2021 4:41 pm

What about a solar panel connected to the pump?
I reckon with 800$ you should have enough panels to run a pump and it would work about 7hours a day.
But it dipends on the pump/pool size.

whiteribbon · Post by **whiteribbon** » Fri May 28, 2021 6:27 pm

Jack.R. wrote: ↑Fri May 14, 2021 4:41 pm What about a solar panel connected to the pump?
I reckon with 800$ you should have enough panels to run a pump and it would work about 7hours a day.
But it dipends on the pump/pool size.

That’s definitely something I’m considering for the future. Have all flat roofs so ideal to put some solar panels on top.

Jack.R. · Post by **Jack.R.** » Fri Jun 04, 2021 6:39 pm

If you just use them for the pool pump it is quite a simple set up as both should be working on DC current. I am not that great with electricity but panel producing DC + DC stabilizer or in line controller should be able to connect directly into the pump and work as long as there is sunlight. No need for fancy electronics as anyway you won't have power to spare if you size it for that. But someone more experienced with circuits can correct me if i am wrong.
However if you want the panel's power to go trough your home than you will need a whole array of electrical components and more panels as you will experience a bunch of losses by going from DC to AC and back to DC.

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