Story One
A young couple with a small child had a house built by a builder in the area of Mani. They were advised that it was ready and they moved over to Greece. Much to their dismay they found that they were not connect to mains electricity so they found themselves camping out in their brand new 2-bedroom stone house with a small child.
Candles for light in the evenings and a camper gaz for warming milk and cooking.
Camper gaz had a leak near to candle - BOOM!
All 3 suffered burns - lucky for the small child Kalamata hospital did it's very best and there are no scars. Mum and Dad have a few scars. The application and installation of mains electricity was processed very very quickly!
Story Two
A middle aged couple fell in love with a renovation project. They bought the package i.e. the land, the ruin and the builder to renovate it.
The couple decided that they did not want mains electricity and were very happy to use solar energy and gaz.
A gaz tank was installed just outside the house. Couple went back home for some weeks and were horrified when they received a phone call from friends back here that the house had burnt down!
The fire brigade has filed a report and the District Attorney is still investigating. Some years have passed and the couple are still waiting for the decision on what caused the fire and also on the insurance.
Story Three
A retired couple bought land and had a house built this included the installation of a gaz tank and piping for gaz central heating.
They had a lot of problems with the heating among a lot of other things - they asked the builder to check out and were assured that all was in good working order?! Sometime later they employed a professional plumber/heating engineer to check out their system and his advise was NOT to use it since it was danagerous.
Over the last 4 winters the couple has used a wood burning stove in their new house with cental heating. They now have a new neighbour who is a professional plumber specializing in gaz central heating. A kind offer to check out the heating system was accepted. All piping is copper and much narrower than it legally should be for gaz piping. We are still waiting on the report for the state of the gaz holding tank.
If you are planning on having a house built ensure that the builder/engineer knows that you want gaz central heating and ensure that you have apply to the Technical Chamber of Commerce for an engineer to check out the stages of your build - this is an additional expense but....
If you already have had gaz central heating installed it just might be a good idea to get it checked out by an independant specialist. It could save your house and possibly your life!
