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Forum: Portugal
Dec 24th 2017, 4:00 am
Replies: 53
Views: 26,341
Posted By Troia

Re: Heating Options

As captainflack clearly explains you can consider a heat pump of some sort. I think it is the ideal for a location as Caparica which displays mild temperatures, but can nevertheless get very cold...
Forum: Portugal
Oct 21st 2017, 3:56 am
Replies: 4
Views: 3,918
Posted By Troia

Re: Fire extinguisher

Buy water or Co2 based, not dust. Because dust ones when go off there is a hell of a lot of cleaning up to do....and sometimes guests like to play with them
Forum: Portugal
Oct 16th 2017, 1:35 am
Replies: 26
Views: 33,511
Posted By Troia

Re: Electrical wiring

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_circuit

Criticism
The final ring-circuit concept has been criticized in a number of ways compared to radials, and some of these disadvantages could explain...
Forum: Portugal
Oct 15th 2017, 10:44 am
Replies: 26
Views: 33,511
Posted By Troia

Re: Electrical wiring

The wiring system in the UK is the ring system. In Portugal and the rest of Europe is the Radial system. ~

Radial system has been proven to have significant advantages.
Forum: Portugal
Oct 15th 2017, 5:49 am
Replies: 26
Views: 33,511
Posted By Troia

Re: Electrical wiring

The UK uses the Ring Circuit wiring system whereas Portugal (as most of Europe) does not.

Moreover the law is quite clear: only certified electricians (by the Portuguese regulator) can do the...
Forum: Portugal
Oct 7th 2017, 5:02 am
Replies: 49
Views: 3,474
Posted By Troia

Re: Property Purchase Help

Be aware of vendors that stay in the house after the deed is completed.

Many horror stories where the legitimate new buyer could not take them out of the house for a couple of years.
Forum: Portugal
Oct 7th 2017, 4:56 am
Replies: 8
Views: 8,558
Posted By Troia

Re: Midwives

You can run into trouble if the system thinks that you are not providing medical assistance to you and the fetus. If things go wrong the law will go after you and you may find yourself having to face...
Forum: Portugal
Apr 10th 2017, 9:43 am
Replies: 33
Views: 2,618
Posted By Troia

Re: Portuguese language

Why not?
There is a German gentleman that was a candidate to Mayor in the Algarve.

Very popular there...spoke Portuguese flawlessly
Forum: Portugal
Apr 9th 2017, 1:43 am
Replies: 33
Views: 2,618
Posted By Troia

Re: Portuguese language

Wrong....
Forum: Portugal
Apr 7th 2017, 12:21 pm
Replies: 53
Views: 4,977
Posted By Troia

Re: Peeved off with PT Neurologist.

To take in consideration this:

People with cancer are entitled to a substantial reduction regarding IRS, if your wife every year (along with you) submits the iRS forms. You have to get an hospital...
Forum: Portugal
Mar 27th 2017, 2:39 am
Replies: 53
Views: 4,977
Posted By Troia

Re: Peeved off with PT Neurologist.

If the doctor prescribes transportation this will be provided by a company that the hospital will choose be it the Bombeiros or not
Forum: Portugal
Mar 26th 2017, 5:25 am
Replies: 7
Views: 741
Posted By Troia

Re: Any 'techies' out there?

its is open with adobe pdf reader, no worries
Forum: Portugal
Mar 26th 2017, 5:23 am
Replies: 53
Views: 4,977
Posted By Troia

Re: Peeved off with PT Neurologist.

100%
I have an endless admiration for portuguese nurses, besides being highly professional they also input some maternal/paternal traits. It is really a shame they are so badly paid. A few days ago...
Forum: Portugal
Mar 25th 2017, 1:50 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 13,409
Posted By Troia

Re: External paint good quality

I go with CIN which my builder friend says is better quality.

Looks like that within each brand the quality for the same paint reference varies in time (like wine) and as my friend says CIN is...
Forum: Portugal
Feb 16th 2017, 5:01 am
Replies: 6
Views: 2,379
Posted By Troia

Re: Cofidis credit card

I have had not a good experience with cofidis when I bough something from Ikea (which at the time worked with Cofidis, dont know if they still do). They overcharged my CC, charging one extra...
Forum: Portugal
Jan 19th 2017, 6:41 am
Replies: 2
Views: 788
Posted By Troia

Re: Carnival 2017 in the Algarve

EMR thank you for your reply.
They will be staying in the Lagos area, but will travel around.
Forum: Portugal
Jan 18th 2017, 9:04 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 788
Posted By Troia

Carnival 2017 in the Algarve

I am asking for some UK friends visiting the Algarve from the 25th February to 1st March (Carnival Season), about related festivities etc.

Thank you
Forum: Portugal
Jan 18th 2017, 8:23 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 1,098
Posted By Troia

Re: trench depth

Brasilian site
Forum: Portugal
Nov 22nd 2016, 5:15 am
Replies: 19
Views: 6,304
Posted By Troia

Re: beware of canary date palms

Yep, now imagine the needles travelling to the nether body parts and creating all sorts of havoc in there...
Forum: Portugal
Nov 21st 2016, 10:03 am
Replies: 19
Views: 6,304
Posted By Troia

Re: beware of canary date palms

Oh no, did not know about this.

Hope you are OK
Forum: Portugal
Nov 12th 2016, 6:57 am
Replies: 8
Views: 1,455
Posted By Troia

Re: Log burners

Peter recommendation very good! You get at least more 10% heat

A straight line flue is not mandatory, offsets are allowed, there are rules for that, any good installer will know
Forum: Portugal
Oct 27th 2016, 4:53 am
Replies: 5
Views: 1,272
Posted By Troia

Re: Making a garage habitable

If you want to do it strictly legally you should submit a modification project to the relevant Câmera asking to include the garage area in the habitable area of the house (it will no longer be a...
Forum: Portugal
Oct 6th 2016, 4:40 am
Replies: 7
Views: 980
Posted By Troia

Re: Property with low utility bill will have increased IMI?

That idea has been droped by the government some time ago, actually never was applied, too stupid and lots of leaks in the law proposal structure
Forum: Portugal
Apr 2nd 2016, 7:09 am
Replies: 12
Views: 1,450
Posted By Troia

Re: Donation of Half a property

what matters is the regimen you both had when the property was bought.

I assume you married with comunhão geral de bens (everything you both ever had belongs to both) or comhunhão de bens...
Forum: Portugal
Feb 5th 2016, 9:16 am
Replies: 52
Views: 6,378
Posted By Troia

Re: fracking gas and petroleum exploration in Aljezur

Dear me, especially liveboard sometime ago we have exchanged messages where you broadly told me where you live. So I may have some not so good news for you. If I am correct with your location they...
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