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casadecuenca
Joined 2013
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Sanitation and other problems

10 years ago

My first experience with Ecuador's lack of plumbing codes was in December of 2011. I spent 3 days in Salinas and there were very heavy rains and there was raw sewage running down streets because the developers who built many highrises put in no infrastructure to deal with it. In reality there are basically no plumbing or electrical codes in the country. I live in 4,000 SF house about 12 years old that was built by an architect. There are no plumbing vents in any of the 4 bathrooms and I have been told by several plumbers that they not used anywhere in the country.

Furthermore, the electricians here haven't a clue what a wirenut is, they just twist the wires together and wrap them with tape. I lived in a brand new highrise in Cuenca in 2012 and I had some lights installed and sure enough the electrician hired by the developer used tape and had no clue what a wirenut is.

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