Paphos Life

Hi Everyone

Having just sealed our flat roof where our water tanks are I noticed that they have 'seen better days'.

The 2 tanks and solar panels are about 14 years old so with this in mind can anyone let me know the following:

- What's the average life expectancy?
- Average cost to replace (and recommendations)?
- Better to wait until they fail or replace in advance?
- Any other observations?!

Cheers

Darrell

Iris 2 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 2:50 pm Hi Everyone

Having just sealed our flat roof where our water tanks are I noticed that they have 'seen better days'.

The 2 tanks and solar panels are about 14 years old so with this in mind can anyone let me know the following:

- What's the average life expectancy?
- Average cost to replace (and recommendations)?
- Better to wait until they fail or replace in advance?
- Any other observations?!

Cheers

Darrell

Are your tanks metal? are they rusty are the solar panels rusty?

Iris 2 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 2:50 pm Hi Everyone

Having just sealed our flat roof where our water tanks are I noticed that they have 'seen better days'.

The 2 tanks and solar panels are about 14 years old so with this in mind can anyone let me know the following:

- What's the average life expectancy?
- Average cost to replace (and recommendations)?
- Better to wait until they fail or replace in advance?
- Any other observations?!

Cheers

Darrell

In order to clarify which thermal solar system you are talking about, here a photo from a typical cheap Cypriot system... is it like yours?



Max

The solar panels one can see at my photo are only 5 years old, not 14 years than yours, and started already leaking on the left hand side. So to your question: 14 year old cheap solar panels, open circuit, are already blocked with calcification and leaking, as well as the boiler. If it is a PVC water tank it should be OK.
Just phone Green Air Paphos, Mr. Andreas, for a quotation, Tel 26 941 555.

Max

There is a company in Kissonerga that replaces these.
Just off the roundabout by the football stadium
Can't remember their name sorry, but can probably dig a little deeper ...

Just load this on google maps https://goo.gl/maps/yvZXxDFaWM4JthnR8
and it's the next place to the north!!

Thanks everyone...

Yep, like the photo above. The cold tank is the plastic type but looks tired, as does the piping etc.

It is a holiday home so I may wait...no point spending if we don't need to!

Iris 2 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 6:03 pm Thanks everyone...

Yep, like the photo above. The cold tank is the plastic type but looks tired, as does the piping etc.

It is a holiday home so I may wait...no point spending if we don't need to!

I personally hated it in the past, many years ago, when I used to come to Cyprus only for holidays, to find out that in my holidays I had to fix several problems which accumulated in my absence and instead to relax I had to sort things out....
What also happened to me was that I got a phone call from Cyprus that something on my roof is leaking... and water sitting a long time at a flat roof is not that funny!! So in the end I needed an extra trip for that...and I was glad I did before more damage appeared.

Max

J B wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 5:39 pm There is a company in Kissonerga that replaces these.
Just off the roundabout by the football stadium
Can't remember their name sorry, but can probably dig a little deeper ...

Just load this on google maps https://goo.gl/maps/yvZXxDFaWM4JthnR8
and it's the next place to the north!!

Found it ....
It was June 2017 and the cost was €600
Photos here https://photos.app.goo.gl/ktsRfoQQEF5rnCRz8

Solar Heater Lux Ltd
Paphos Address Details
Address: 21 Kassima Street
Kissonerga, Paphos
Telephone: 26933464
Fax: 26944985
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