Apologies Laserblazer but preceding my post was an unbelievabley badly written advertisement for Web design (or something similar) that must have been deleted by the moderator before you posted. Hence my apparently flippant (or read as sarcastic) remark.

To Blue Yes, it seems the weevils are here for good as the trees were originally imported from the Canary Isles. There, there were natural predators to keep the weevil population controlled, here, and in other countries the weevil is safe as it isn't part of any food chain. I have been told that in ...

Now that is what I call fascinating.

That's the one - couldn't find it before

I'm in the hill above Loule and like many others my neighbours have been hit badly by the weevil. I have a Date Palm, planted from a pot 24 years ago and is now approx 8 metres high, it is magnificient and a central focal point of a terrace. As you can imagine,I would be seriously upset to lose it. ...

Galp people coming down from Lisbon on Tuesday to discuss tank. Will post the latest conditions and prices when received. Again, thanks to all for input.

No water bill - borehole until of course the Camera decides to meter all boreholes

To Rolf66 You could well be right for normally I get between 4.5 and 6 days per pair of bottles depending on number of bods taking baths, amount of cooking and drops in outside temperature. But the last pair lasted just three days with no change of circumstances. I intend to take this up with my BP ...

Shanagarry Once again, many thanks. Yes, the hot water boiler is also gas and yes, the heating is on 24/7. I did this working on the principle that if the pipes cool down it will take more energy to get them up to temperature but leaving it on, each room thermostat would control it's valve. Now you ...

Thank you Shanagarry, very informative. I have just moved to Portugal after having a house (in the Loule area) for over twenty years and searched Google for 'gas tank Portugal' and came across your post. Before we came my only concern was the cost of heating the house over the winter months and have...