Plumber and renovations in San Miguel de Abona

San Miguel splits between the residential complexes on the coast, the traditional town up the hill and the commercial and industrial area of Las Chafiras.

• Golf del Sur and Amarilla Golf. Developments with a lot of landscaping and buried irrigation: leaks are usually underground, with no symptom other than consumption that does not add up. This is tracer gas work. There are also communities with soil stacks and water coming through between properties.
• Town centre, El Roque and Aldea Blanca. Detached housing, tanks, flat roofs and buried pipework with years on it. Here it is mostly leaks inside walls, uneven pressure and family bathroom refurbishments.
• Las Chafiras. Commercial units and warehouses: faults that stop a business and have to be fixed the same day, plus maintenance of water installations in commercial areas.

• Tracing buried leaks in gardens, irrigation and supply pipes.
• Emergencies in commercial units in Las Chafiras and the industrial estate.
• Bathroom refurbishment and replacement of old installations in the town.
• Communities: photographic report and written quote for the committee.

What changes with the season

In San Miguel the most repeated call of the year does not come from a stain: it comes from a bill. The developments of Golf del Sur and Amarilla Golf have large landscaped areas and kilometres of buried irrigation, and a small break there is never visible. The water comes out, soaks away and keeps going. By the time the owner compares the bill with last year's, the leak has been open for months.

The rest of the municipality runs to other rhythms. In the town, El Roque and Aldea Blanca, detached housing with tanks and flat roofs predominates: roof leaks appear in winter, and pressure problems in summer when the pump has gone years without a service. In Las Chafiras the emergency is different: a commercial unit with the water off is a business closed, and that cannot wait until tomorrow.

Advice that is worth money here: if you have automatic irrigation, close the irrigation stopcock for a whole night and check the meter. If it keeps turning, the leak is in the installation, not in your usage.