spanish plumbing

[dom brennan]

hi all I've got a chance to go to spain for work experience for 2 weeks, is there plumbing much different from ours e.g. is it copper or steel in the houses.

 

[kozak1968]

I worked abroad in the 90s in Greece. In between DJing I did a few favours for local and earned more dracs than I did behind the decks. The plumbing out there are weird sizes and silver solder is the preferred choice. Enjoy the sun and lazy days! It must be the same in Spain!

 

[markfxy]

its copper soft soldered 15,18 and 22mm 1mm wall thickness so its a bugger to bend although they do use a lot of uponor q&e and multilayer you wont see much in the way of compression fittings over there

 

[basildog]

You will love their gas work !!!!!!!!!!!
Bottles in the cupboard next to the sink or under the sink for a hot water heater !
Propane in the house is very common
Their waste is fun too with traps normally in the floor
I think they use a lot of microbore and in plastic now it all seems to be buried in the walls too ?

 

[REDSAW]

an old mate of mines there, he says ex-pats pay uk prices and its all pushfit!!
southern spain.

 

[basildog]

an old mate of mines there, he says ex-pats pay uk prices and its all pushfit!!
southern spain.

That would not suprise me at all as when I was there they all get off the plane with their easylet certificates and are suddenly master builders ,estate agents or plumbers !
They all do gas work for the ex pats who are either too stupid to realise that there are some qualified Spanish guys about or they are too lazy to learn the lingo .
To be honest they normally get what they deserve !
When I was there I have never seen such appalling work being done and mainly by Brits to other Brits ,I was asked to drive an excavator but I only lasted the morning as when I had done the job I phoned the owner to say I had finished he went mad and said he wanted at least 2 days hire from the job so told me to just drive up and down a bit !
Left it running as the key just kind of snapped and told the owners what a cowboy he was although it backfired as he somehow wormed his way back in with them but I left with a clear conscience .