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Forum: Portugal
Apr 10th 2024, 3:29 pm
Replies: 76
Views: 4,739
Posted By fergus

Re: Intelsat 901 27.5w coming to the end?

I am making some assumptions here and someone may already have advised this. If you are using the phone to watch TV, then I presume you are connecting the phone to the router via wifi. On the router...
Forum: Portugal
Jan 11th 2024, 1:02 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 351
Posted By fergus

Bank interest withholding tax

My bank is saying that tax ta 28% will be taxed from any interested earned in a bank account in Portugal. I wondered if anyone knows how as a UK tax resident I get to claim back the tax. The bank...
Forum: Portugal
Dec 30th 2023, 6:10 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 517
Posted By fergus

Re: Lunch near Faro airport

I've had some good meals in Faro. I would check out review sites as they come and go quite often. Most recent was a small place down a narrow street. I t was a great lunch. If you like traditional...
Forum: Portugal
Dec 22nd 2023, 4:12 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 419
Posted By fergus

Dentist in Tavira

Can anyone recommend a dentist in the Tavira area. Just need a filling. Thanks.
Forum: Portugal
Dec 13th 2023, 8:43 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 539
Posted By fergus

Re: Floor tile cleaning

Does anyone happen to know a tool hire company in Tavira area that I could hire a floor scrubbing machine from?
Forum: Portugal
Dec 10th 2023, 5:47 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 539
Posted By fergus

Floor tile cleaning

We have floor tiles that start to get dirty after a while. It looks like ingrained dirt. They are sand stone coloured and throughout the house. I have done deep clean on them before with vinegar and...
Forum: Portugal
Nov 23rd 2023, 7:31 am
Replies: 14
Views: 640
Posted By fergus

Re: Solar water heating panel covers

My pressure relief valve did allow me to attach a hose. I had thought that it would not but it turned out that it was the right size. There is some hozelock or equivalent fitting (1/4 inch I think)...
Forum: Portugal
Nov 22nd 2023, 9:57 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 640
Posted By fergus

Re: Solar water heating panel covers

I am not an expert so what I am about to say may be wrong. If it is I am sure someone will let you know.

I believe the air vent is there to allow air to escape from the liquid that is in the...
Forum: Portugal
Nov 21st 2023, 6:41 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 640
Posted By fergus

Re: Solar water heating panel covers

You are right that it is anti-freeze and there is plenty of cheap stuff around. I do buy the 'branded' stuff as it is 'food grade' which means that should there be some contamination of the hot water...
Forum: Portugal
Nov 15th 2023, 10:37 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 640
Posted By fergus

Re: Solar water heating panel covers

First thing to be sure of is that you have the necessary antifreeze within the solar panels. You can get it from aki. This prevents the water in the panels from boiling! Here is a link...
Forum: Portugal
Oct 24th 2023, 2:51 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 308
Posted By fergus

Solar water tank repair recommendations

Hi, does anyone have recommendations for companies near Tavira that could look at the water tank for our solar. Like most others it is an external tank that sits above the solar panels. The tank is...
Forum: Portugal
Oct 12th 2023, 10:14 am
Replies: 4
Views: 845
Posted By fergus

Re: Habitation Licence

Sorry to hear what you are going through. Getting a habitation licence can take time. We bought a property and then did some renovations work. Once the works were complete we were told that we would...
Forum: Portugal
Oct 8th 2023, 1:00 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 1,088
Posted By fergus

Re: Someone to fish cable through conduit

Thanks to everyone for their ideas and suggestions. I decided to get a highly rated device that runs ethernet over coax which I ordered from Amazon, in Spain. It has a 7 day delivery timescale and...
Forum: Portugal
Oct 7th 2023, 12:15 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 1,088
Posted By fergus

Re: Someone to fish cable through conduit

I have used powerline adapters and found them to be unreliable, which is why I wanted a cabled solution.
Forum: Portugal
Oct 3rd 2023, 5:45 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 1,088
Posted By fergus

Re: Someone to fish cable through conduit

Thank you to everyone that took the time to reply. This simple job has really been a pitta. Not more than 6m run, upstairs to downstairs. Finally got the fish thing through, connected it to ethernet...
Forum: Portugal
Oct 1st 2023, 5:28 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 1,088
Posted By fergus

Someone to fish cable through conduit

I need to run an ethernet cable from upstairs to downstairs. There are already have three coax cables in the conduit. They cannot be pulled through, either end. I have tried to fish a cable through...
Forum: Portugal
May 13th 2023, 6:45 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 591
Posted By fergus

E-scooter grant

It seems that it is possible to get a subsidy if you buy a electric scooter. The maximum is €500. It seems that you need to first buy the bike and then apply. You need to provide an ID, NIF, an ATA...
Forum: Portugal
Apr 18th 2023, 7:22 am
Replies: 6
Views: 537
Posted By fergus

Re: Ali Express - Import duties and IVA

Thanks for the reply. I have seen on the Ali Express web site that they are able to dispatch from within Europe so, hopefully, that will mean all will be straight forward.
Forum: Portugal
Apr 17th 2023, 1:12 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 537
Posted By fergus

Ali Express - Import duties and IVA

Hi,

has anyone bought anything from Ali Express and had it delivered to Portugal. If you did, was it held up in customs and were you charged duty,etc., similar to when stuff comes from UK?
...
Forum: Portugal
Apr 14th 2023, 3:01 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 565
Posted By fergus

Plumber in Tavira- recommendations

Hi,

I need a someone to replace a wall hung toilet with one of the same design.The original has a crack in the porcelain and I want to replace before it breaks. Can anyone recommend someone that...
Forum: Portugal
Feb 17th 2023, 6:05 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 1,150
Posted By fergus

Re: Beef suet

I was in the market at Olhao the other day and the butchers had odd sized blocks of fat. I presumed they were taken/cut from the animal when it was butchered. So I expect, if you visit a butcher at...
Forum: Portugal
Nov 25th 2022, 5:46 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 5,588
Posted By fergus

Re: new EDP prices from jan 2023

After I changed my Potencia, I was sent a new contract by EDP. It had the current price of 0.1570 (tarifa simples) and then the new price from January of 0.1068. That looks like a reduction but the...
Forum: Portugal
Nov 21st 2022, 5:03 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,105
Posted By fergus

Re: How many kVA do I need

Thanks everyone for your replies. We are running at 6.9kVA now so will see what happens. It didn't suddenly go dark so under 'normal' conditions we seem to be okay. We will see how it goes once it...
Forum: Portugal
Nov 20th 2022, 5:37 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,105
Posted By fergus

How many kVA do I need

Been wondering for a while what kVA I need. All the more pertinent now with energy prices on the up and up and the standing charges do add up over a year. So, we have an american style side by side...
Forum: Portugal
Nov 19th 2022, 2:28 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 2,555
Posted By fergus

Re: Electric shutter repairs - East Algarve

I can recommend this guy. Works hard and fast and knows what he is doing. He doesn't speak english to well. This is the mobile telephone number for Senhor Orlando. 968036976. He is in Sao Bras. I did...
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