Green Home Elements

I saw their exhibit during the ‘Araw ng Davao’ in March at Victoria Plaza grounds, it was just the stuff I’ve hunting for, for quiet a long time. I ask for some information and their staffs were just so courteous to accommodate me. It took me quiet a while to visit their office for the actual demo, but about weeks ago I finally had the chance.

This is the exact location of their office here in Davao.

• Unit 1 Davao Airport View Commercial complex
• Carlos P. Garcia Highway,
• Buhangin, Davao City
• Tel. No. (082) 235-1115
• Email them at Philippines@solazone.com.au
• Or visit their site at www.solazone.com.au

 So I guess I don’t need to explain here lengthily why we’re opting for solar powered gadgets – besides the green concept, there’s no electricity passing by our farm in the boondocks yet, so this is the best option we can get.

We need a water pump to carry water uphill, we tried assembling a ram pump, but we failed the first try we’re still working on it. But this solar-powered submersible inline pump is just the most convenient so we requested for a demo … We tried several wattage capacity of solar panels to hook up the water pump, it did perform well up to 20watt solar panel –  the pump’s performance was very impressive, it can pump up to 13L/minute.

Their units are made of Australian green engineering technology; in fact, their business partner is an Australian that comes to the city from time to time.

The whole assembly – the panel, the pump, the converter and other implements would cost us more or less P25,000, though it’s a very viable investment, we never thought it would cost us that much so we went home thinking whether to take it or take our plan B which is to buy a self-engined power spray.

Anyway, we’re still on the limbo whether to push through or not with the project, not that we doubt the quality of these implements – but because ‘come-on da’lin’ they’re not cheap, but in time maybe …. These are the good guys with good hands installing all that panel-converter-battery-light assembly … smile!

You can visit their office at the address mentioned above if you wish to have a quotation or see their units on work.

Would you believe I change my kid’s room door knob twice a year? Yeah, and they’re not just cheap knobs one can find at a ‘Made in China’ hardware store, they’re knobs that bang a brand and almost knock me off with its price, some even come with authentic certificate with it, but you know kids can come unruly at times running and catching each other around the house and when they get to their room, it’s likely that you hear the door banging – then followed by whining and crying – ahhh, any mom who has at least three playing kids around altogether can somehow find that connection to what I’m talking about.

I’m just wishing Toronto Locksmith is just around to come and do repairs whenever this problem would happen, sadly, the least the I can do is get a hammer and a screwdriver and bang it hard to forcefully fragmentize the latch so the door would open. I know services from expert – like Locksmith Toronto can be hired to fix this problem, but when put on a situation where you need to do something right at an instant – I can only think of ‘come-on I’ll just buy another one’.

As I write I haven’t bought a new lock yet, they’re still using this folded think paper slot in between to latch the jamb and the door together … the lock I smashed from here is beyond repair so obviously I needed a trip to the hardware store again to find a new one.

I’ve seen this lock while looking for functional alternative online, it’s a wooden door lock, though I have this desire to have this installed, I think at this stage of my kids’ life – this door lock won’t do – probably when they pass running-whining around the house stage. Its lovely isn’t it? It’s also an eco-friendly way of locking doors in.

Brilliant eco-door home idea!