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The passport of a friend is withheld by court. Me and a friend are accused of a minor Offense. In the worst case scenario we would need to pay 30,000 Baht in damages and about 5000 baht as a fine , so not really something to worry about. But my friend is in Thailand and I am not. And the judge wouldn't want to separate the case so it is always postponed until I get back into Thailand which I do not have a plan for the next two or three months if not really necessary.

Even then (if I get back to Thailand) it would need up to another year to get through with all court hearings…

So they took my friend's passport and it is with the court now…

If ones passport is withheld by authorities - how to do 90 day reporting, renew extension of stay, renew work permit?

16 minutes ago, cheeryble said:

It is a legal requirement for the building to be surveyed by a qualified surveyor yearly.

Previous surveys should be available

As mentioned in my first post the committee doesn't care about any regulations, requirements or laws. Neither does the responsible district authority

Would the government shut down a building mixed residential / commercial in case certain safety standards are not be met such as no water hoses in fire cabinets or no water at all available in fire cabinets and many other issues? I mean I never heard of such a case in Thailand.

In the building we have an apartment such issues are to be found just everywhere. Unfortunately the district office responsible doesn't care if a foreigner is complaining about such issues. 

But when it was mentioned in the Line group of Co-owners that the government would be informed a committee member replied then the government would set a deadline to fix the issues within 30 or 60 days and if the deadline would not be met they would shut down the building and let the people move out.

Question is if he just want to scare people from taking action. What is for sure that the committee would not start to take action to solve the problems.

Furthermore it would be interesting to know if anyone can recommend a real estate experienced attorney...

Yes you are right. Such issues should be taken care of by the management respectively be talked over in an annual general meeting.

In this building it seems only the foreigners care.

They do not even have an annual general meeting anymore. Repeated complaints to the land Department, even supported by some Thai co-owners do not yield any results. Unfortunately one of the committee members has connections to the boss of the Land Department.

Most co-owners with Thai passports believe whatever they are told. You can show them a picture of a missing fire hose In a particular floor and they point out that the management says that there is a fire hose. They are fine with being cheated on, even worse, they like it. 

14 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

...because high levels of CYA will actually compromise bactericidal activity.

that's why you need to know CA as well which should ideally be between 30-60... With the normally used TCCA chlorine CA will be build up over time rendering chlorine useless if to high...

Total hardness should be know as well as Total Alkalinity (which is of help to keep pH stable if in the right range)

On 3/26/2020 at 8:51 PM, SwimmingPoolsThailand said:

For most purposes for domestic pools, a simple, very inexpensive test kit for chlorine and pH levels such as this is generally all you need 

 

This test kit does not even show you how much free chlorine is left to fight pollution/bacteria/algae.

Test strips that are very inexpensive give me at least a clue about how much free chlorine is left in the water. The total chlorine from the recommended test kit is completely useless since total chlorine includes the used up and thus useless bound to dirt/bacteria/viruses chlorine.

In addition I bought a digital pH meter which after calibration is really very accurate. It was just a few hundred baht...

Here is the situation: for five years I stay on Non-O, multiple entry, based on marriage. Very convenient since I travel out of Thailand frequently. Okay, in January we tried to apply for an extension of stay but one stamp on a paper from the revenue department was missing. So they only gave an extension of stay for two months. My current Extension of stay expires March 13. I fly out of Thailand tomorrow coming back March 3. I again fly out to Germany March 12 (Of course I will have the confirmation of the flight on hand to show to a potentially concerned immigration officer)

So actually I do not really want to apply for a reentry permit since it is a 1000 baht, not that much but still a waste of money, especially if not necessary. In my opinion it should not be a problem to get a visa exemption stamp, am I right?  I mean with all these reports about people getting problems I thought it's a good idea to ask for opinions ???? 

19 hours ago, bankruatsteve said:

 I don't know but our water from the supplier has been without issue for many years.

How do you know that it is without issues? Do you Frequently send a sample to a laboratory?

7 hours ago, JHolmesJr said:

 

Im sure it will cripple him in the next election ????

Impeach this (again):

 

Gallup: 60% of Americans say they are better off now than when Trump took office compared to just 36% who say they are not. That is higher than during the reelection campaigns of Obama, W, Clinton, or HW Bush. 60% of independents say they're better off than three years ago.

Now, if I take a huge loan and buy a new car and house I am better off as well. For now. Look at the debt Trump amasses. During his campaign the stupid cheered to him when he announced he would get rid of the debt. They believed him when he said his tax cut would bring more money in than it would cost. All bs so far... He inherited a booming economy and again the not so smart including him connect it to him, from the first month of being president.... Just that should ring a bell, but yeah...

36 minutes ago, WalkingOrders said:

He said a type O visa for marriage with multiple re-entry. If married to a Thai and living here, why a 90 day border run? Sorry it made no sense to immigration officials or me either.

we fly out of thailand at least 6 times spread all over the year, so why waste 1 day at immigration for an extension of stay? Not the same as a border run, yes but still...

On 1/24/2020 at 10:42 AM, bbi1 said:

Which Hatari model and how much? Also where did you buy it from?

https://youtu.be/O9HtsdLdYpM

We bought the AIR PURIFIER HATARI HT-AP12 during a discount offer with Homepro for about 4500, normal price incl. spare filter is 4888 Baht

9 hours ago, mike787 said:

I think they are doing a fine job.

yes, since the agencies responsible are doing nothing effective the air purifiers available are doing a good job.

40 minutes ago, Elkski said:

If I knew the air was going to be so bad all around Thailand the last 3 weeks I would not have taken my trip to Thailand.  I suggest you cancel or change your plans to somewhere with fresh air

Ever looked at one of the linked maps showing real-time pollution? Phuket right now is 42 and this is in Phuket town. So what you say is definitely not true. 

Of course you cannot see dust particles coming out of your AC. They are just too small. And this is what makes them dangerous.

Anyway your AC does only filter out the dangerous particles if it has this functionality. An ordinary AC does not filter out PM 2.5 dust particles.

In our bedroom we have a Samsung air-conditioner which filters out PM 2.5 dust particles.

In the other rooms we have the Hatari purifiers. They are the cheapest yet most effective. We check with a digital meter for PM 2.5 dust particles to make sure.

3 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

Thanks for that...

 

If you know...  If you run just your air con in purifier mode right now, but don't run any separate air purifier units, what kind of room PM2.5 levels can the air con unit get down to..by itself?

 

 

Our Samsung AC is just as good as any 2.5 air purifier. Within about 30 minutes pm 2.5 is brought down to about just below 20 (from 70). Note that not every samsung model has a built in pm25 purification system. It is printed on the model if it has one.

In our lobby/living room we have the Hatari purifiers, found them to be the cheapest option. Works also very well.

We check using a Xiamoi Purifier with PM 2.5 digital meter to see the actual numbers.

meanwhile, yesterday Jan 20, about 1 km from the runway of bkk suvarnabhumi airport...: 

Just did it yesterday and they told us that it is a once-in-a-lifetime thing. Because our Phor Ngor Dor 1 Did not have the certification from the tax department (Wanted the extension of stay based on marriage / prove the income by working contract in Thailand).

Science developed new methods to plant rice using a lot less water. Whilst for example in Vietnam new methods are partly enforced by the government In Thailand any progress is widely refused. Som Nam Na

i bought mine with swimmingpoolsthailand.com for 159 baht

what helped me a little bit with our damn stupid management was the recommendation issued by the Ministry of Public health of the Kingdom of Thailand. That impressed at least a little bit. There was no excuse why not to follow their recommendations. Of course they didn't admit that they had no clue what cyanuric acid is, that they had no idea about that free chlorine is different from total chlorine or any of the science related facts. but making a show every day to these people who call themselves management eventually, after a while, made them buy another chlorine, calcium hypochlorite. Now they use both chlorine's, TCCA is lowering pH and calcium hypochlorite is bringing up pH so pH is a bit more balanced now. 

But be prepared for probably a long way to go to educate the clueless. I mean even the Ministry of health is not really correct by suggesting a pH range up to 8.4.. That's against what  any pool experienced expert recommends.