Saturday, February 7, 2009

The monsoon season showing its early effect

7th February 2009

As has been reported all over the news, Brunei is currently experiencing a record-breaking rainfall rate, bringing with it natural disasters affecting some unfortunate people.... including ourselves! A few days back when I visited the site, I was surprised to see some patches of wet ceiling at the garage and wet kitchen. It was frustrating and my contractor was informed immediately afterwards.


Even the contractor was not pleased with the news. After investigation, it was found out that the water leaked in through the installed pipe holes for the air-conditioners which are placed on the first floor balcony. It never happened before during normal rainy days, but I guess the unusual monsoon period proved to be damaging.

Fortunately, the air-conditioner company acknowledged the problem and the matter is now solved when they sealed off the pipes with some white plaster, as can be clearly seen in the picture below. Problem gone, thankfully!


On the positive side, it was actually 'convenient' that the leak shows itself at this stage, making repair works easy to carry out. I just couldn't imagine if it had happened after we have moved in...!

Oh, and below are pictures of our two water fountain bases at the main entrance already installed. What's left now is the bowl and some minor piping works.

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