How to Plan Sump to Avoid Water Scarcity

Yesterday, my dad and my daughter went to his friend’s house, which is the backside of our house. It is a casual visit. My dad often visits them to spend their free time. During their visit, Dad’s friend tried calling the water tanker guy from their phone. That time, my dad enquired why the water tanker… They said no water was there in the sump. To which he asked when onwards you are taking tanker water?...

May 9, 2024 · P K Arun

How busbar helped in solving low voltage issue

When we were staying at the rental property, one incident happened. I explain that real incident so you can understand one useful benefit of having a Busbar in the meter box. I have my own online business. I was not going anywhere for job. I was just working from my home with my PC and internet connection. Everything went smoothly until one day, my computer UPS started beeping. Power is there....

May 8, 2024 · P K Arun

Customer questions about the electrical system

Got the below question from one of our All-Access Pass Customer: Hi Arun, First of all thank you very much for sharing your experience and lessons learned in house construction. I am benefiting a lot after going through your articles. I am planning to construct a house in Kochi, Kerala. Two floor house for own use. I have a couple of questions about the electrical system. 1. Is Busbar required for home use?...

May 8, 2024 · P K Arun

Ac Installation Things to Know

In this article, I will share all the charges you will pay to install AC and a few things you should be aware of… In most cases, AC installation is not Free. It’s a chargeable service. Below are the details of all the costs I paid during my AC installation. Reason Charges Installation Charge 1,416 Stand 1,000 Drain Pipe 500 Wrapping Tape for AC 350 Wire 300 Vacuuming Process 500 Total ₹4,066 I’m using Panasonic AC, and the above is what it costs me in my house....

May 7, 2024 · P K Arun

Temporary or Permanent Solution for a AC Issue?

2 days back, I got a price drop alert on an Amazon product in my email. This is the product I thought of buying after when I started using AC in my home office room. I immediately noticed one mistake I made in my room. This is not just me who usually does… This is a common mistake made by almost all users in their homes if they use AC....

May 5, 2024 · P K Arun

Electrical contractors and AC -- don't rely on them

When we were building our first house, we were complete newbies… We didn’t have many ideas about contractors, labourers, etc.; we simply went with the construction flow. Luckily, one of our dad’s friends helped in most aspects of our construction. Everything went well in most cases, apart from the Electrical contractor. We had a lot of issues and verbal fights with the electrical contractor for various reasons. In short, he doesn’t know much....

May 2, 2024 · P K Arun

Guy Fell Into Open Sump

A few days back, I shared my thoughts about FRP cover for sump here. Within a few days, I came across some bad news related to a similar/same kind of sump cover. You can watch the live incident here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Vor6MMLeNg A software engineer guy fell inside the open sump and lost his life. If you look carefully, you will see the sump cover used in the building is an FRP cover or a sump cover that doesn’t have a lock mechanism....

April 28, 2024 · P K Arun

Fix Curtains Gap

While lying on my bed and scrolling through YouTube shorts, I came across an awesome curtain tip everyone must know. When I returned to my second home, I took my bedroom curtain and implemented the tip… and it worked!! Immediately, I started writing this email to share this tip… I myself needed this tip in my home. In our bedroom curtain, always have a gap between the two curtains. When we keep our windows open at night for ventilation, that small gap always gets bigger…...

April 24, 2024 · P K Arun

Electrical Rework for Comfort Issue

On the 14th of this month, we hired our electrician to fix one issue we had been adjusting for several months. After managing it for a few months, we decided not to adjust and fix that problem. We hired the same electrician who did our building’s electrical work, so he understands much better about wiring and all… Moreover, he is an awesome electrician who knows and does only quality work. He never compromises on quality work, no matter who informs him…...

April 23, 2024 · P K Arun

AC installation is done -- here is what happened

I already hired a private guy to do my AC installation setup who understood the importance of the AC Vacuuming process, even at a higher cost than what I would give for a company installation guy. Installation was scheduled on Saturday with a private party. Meanwhile, I also raised a complaint with Panasonic regarding the technician. They also shared a direct contractor guy’s contact number to speak with him this time....

April 19, 2024