challenging old facilities matter - main pipe outside your house

after the new water tanks project, what next?

believe that most of the residents will say is building repainting, we can understand that, but if we go by the principle of "safety first", then some old facilities which can post some safety hazard are worth considering too...

one particular area is those main pipes which connect the water from the roof top water tank to the all the unit of Vista Condo, you can notice these main pipe easily, just outside your unit, the big top down pipe next to your PBA meter.

in fact, all these main pipes haven't been changed since the construction of Vista Condo, which means they have reached 20 years of age, and since few years ago, we have been receiving report of these pipe burst or leaking, serious case like water flooded the corridor & resident's house, not so serious one is just caused the floor near the leaked pipe wet.

normally what we did is to get the plumber to tie around the leak area with metal bracket with another layer of plastic-like material to stop the water from flowing out, while this method works but before long other section of the same pipe will have the problem too, in short, the pipes are near to the near of their life span :(

another concern of these main pipes is the inner part of the pipe may have rusted badly, we also worry this may affect the water quality which use by our residents everyday, so for this reason we always encourage residents to install a water filter, at least for the drinking one.

after the water tank project is completed, we will call an EGM for residents to decide what should be the next project which we will approach state gov't to help on the 80/20 basis, by the way we will call an AGM either this month end or early next month, we welcome residents to share with us their suggestion.

thanks.