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Apologies if this question has been previously answered but I cannot find an answer through searching.

I'm from UK, been married for 3 years but haven't had the need for and extension to stay due to working outside of Thailand. This is now not the case so will be applying for the extension shortly at Phuket Immigration Office.

My question relates to the KR2 copy that is required for the application. I've read in a few threads that you need a copy of the KR2 but it has to be no older than 6 months (see below snip from another thread). Am I correct is stating that the KR2 we received when we got married 3 years ago cannot be used and that I have to get a new copy from our loca amphur? Is the KR2 required at all immigration offices or only some?

To get the copy of the KR2 at the local amphur do I need anything other than the original KR2 and ID's?

Is there anything else now needed that is not on the list below? I see that proof of income is missing.

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

T.

From Police order 777/2551

2.18 In the case of a family member of a Thai(applicable only to parents, spouse, child, adopted child or child of his/her spouse):

Permission will be granted for a period of not more than 1 year at a time.

Paperwork.

1. Application form T.M. 7 with one photograph size 4x6 cm. and Visa Fee 1900.-Baht

2. Copy Marriage Certificate

3. Copy Kor Ror 2 from amphur office (not older than six months)

4. Child's birth certificate (if any)

5. Copy spouse house registration

6. Copy spouse identity card

7. Copy passport, non-Im visa, arrival card.

8. Interview the husband and wife for confirming status of husband and wife

9. Map to residency

10. Picture of house and family, in house and outside showing house number.

Driver must have been well sozzled if his blood sample still shows over the legal limit even though sample was taken 6 hours after the incident (reported yesterday).

Only an observation but there seems to be a lot of companies tracking on the TV site.

You could try the Watermark Patisserie on the Bypass Road (after Toyota coming from Thepkassatri Rd). Dunno about whether they do wholesale but their cakes are awesome and are made in-house.

Im also interested, would like to see some pictures. Ive checked the webpages of different well established Bangkok gyms but they dont tell what equipment they have and dont have pictures to show exactly what machines and free weight equpiment they have. They mostly talk about having luxurious relaxing areas and show pictures of millions of threadmills

There are pictures on The Lab's facebook like page. I visited last week,and it reminded me somewhat of my old high-school gym, i.e., back to basics with no electronic machines or luxury. There's monkey bars, climbing ropes, free weights etc. They have fitness classes, and muay-thai classes also.

But that's all you need to get fit. Don't know why you'd need an electronic machine and luxury surroundings to get fit. Just do bodyweight exercises at home. Works as well as, if not better, than most gyms. And it's free.

Yes, but you're missing the point. The point of hitting the gym is to get all hot and sweaty over very fit girls in skimpy tight-fitting workout gear getting all hot and sweaty. In my experience, gyms are the best place in Thailand to pick up hot girls who you know are into health and fitness. You can check them visually out in a multitude of interesting positions before you even make the first move. And not many "bar girls" use gyms. These girls are "hi-sos" and entrepreneurs. My success rate went through the roof when I stopped going to bars and nightclubs and hit the gym every day.

Hehe, love it.

I have no connection to any Thai business. I am a retired Aussie only. Your cynicism is normal and understandable. I said "..in my experience..." , not 'I imagine this to be the case' and in this instance, this cynicism is not entirely justified. Rational letters of complaint will always be read and if they are part of a bigger movement, they will draw a reaction.

Rarely will I comment upon someone's inability to effectively communicate; but in this instance I feel it is justified. I have worked in large service organisations which by their very nature will, from time to time, upset a percentage of their customers. In my experience letters of complaint will be vetted by a junior who will discard those which are insulting, contain agressive or bad language, threats, or which make irrelevent criticisms. Your missive, unfortunately, hits every one of those bases.

People who are promoted to senior management in such companies are very seldom fools. They are clever and astute and are dedicated to their business. This means they will always try to provide the customer with a better experience and better value where possible. This business attitude translates to increased profits. The most valid criticism one can make of these people is that they are often insulated from the customer's experience. Consequently they appreciate constructive criticism.

If you send another letter stressing the company's good points (there will be many), followed by an analytical, ordered, courteous and dispassionate list of your grievances, I guarantee it will reach senior management whereupon it will have at least a chance of making a difference.

Contrary to popular belief, 'big bosses' are ordinary people who have worked incredibly hard to get where they are and who truly appreciate hearing the truth. But, like you and me, they do not respond well to desk thumping, loudmouths whose reason deserts them during bouts of anger.

If you write again, and I hope you do, please consider the above and when you have concluded your message, take it to someone who is used to composing formal, written communication and who can correct your errors. Translation services are not expensive and it would show respect and courtesy to address a Thai person, in a Thai business, selling a Thai product to a largely Thai community, in Thailand.... in his own language. To do otherwise helps to perpetuate the negative myths some Thais have of Falangs. As a westerner and native English speaker, I therefore feel you could have represented yourself in a more appropriate manner.

You forgot to sign it..."Yours Sincerly TOT Managing Director"........

He can compose "acceptable" prose and make it all PC...it will still end up in the bin, as most "large service organisations" do with their letter's of complaint, as they are not interested about the peasants using their services, and being a Farang peasent in this case will put it in the bin even quicker...

I do agree but unfortunately this wasn't a rational letter of complaint though. Very difficult for a native english speaker to understand so a local will have no chance, no facts or figures in it, just mumble jumble.

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I give it a season before it shuts down, same as the previous two attempts. But good luck anyway.

I hope you never have a fire in your roof. These foams are very inflammable and highly toxic. 2 breaths of the black fumes and you are history. Do some fire research first.

PU Foam contains a fire retardant agent. Tested to B2 (DIN 4102).

I replaced a Linksys WAG320N with my current TP-Link and having much better results. The Linksys did overheat and never re-established connection in a timely manner. In my usage was worse than the D-Links. But perhaps that the model, unit, or just bad luck.

i have a Linksys WAG320N (bought in Dubai) and it has worked flawlessly for +12 months now and great coverage also with the N.

Seems have good and bad experiences from all brands, some get lucky, some not so.

Edit: - Using it on 3BB.

The foam has an R Value of 9.09

Which dimension has this R-Value, [sqmK/W] (ISO) or [sqftFh/Btu] (USA)?

For R-ISO = 9, you need about 25 cm of PU foam, which would be perfect and would fulfil the highest building standards. For R-USA = 9, you need only 4.5 cm of foam.

I asume that it is the R-USA value. In Thailand the foam is generally sprayed in a thickness of 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5 cm).

R-USA.

@DMC1, is it expensive to have done? Good point about it trapping the heat in during the very hot summer months.

It cost me about 500 baht per square meter. This was nearly 3 years ago. Also, they included 3 spinning vents into the cost.

I've just had a quote back for one company, it is 580 baht a square meter, no mention of any extras though. Now to mull it over.

Hi WarpSpeed, thanks for the reply and useful tips. The DE Filter is a PLD50 that opens from the centre, 2.8M2 filter area, 2.7Kg of DE medium. Pump rig is below the pool surface 2m underground.

I contacted Sta-Rite and their techie told me it would best to put the slurry into the overflow holding tank as close to the intake as possible. What I actually did was to make a contraption out of blue pipe. I took 3 metres of 4inch blue pipe, stuck a T-piece on the bottom of the pipe and capped the bottom of the Tee off. Then when I lowered this into the overflow tank, the outlet from the blue pipe was directly on the tank suction intake, then I just slowly poured the slurry down the pipe into the suction and job done. I could see the slurry getting sucked straight in. The contraption is now waiting the next DE replacement.

The Sta-Rite filter says that the DE medium should be replaced when the pressure drop increases 10psi from the startup pressure of the freshly cleaned filter. Mine has been running 6 weeks now and the pressure has only climbed 1psi (from 9psi to 10psi) so looks like it will be another few months before it needs doing again. Pool is sparkily clean too.

Cheers.

The foam has an R Value of 9.09

Which dimension has this R-Value, [sqmK/W] (ISO) or [sqftFh/Btu] (USA)?

For R-ISO = 9, you need about 25 cm of PU foam, which would be perfect and would fulfil the highest building standards. For R-USA = 9, you need only 4.5 cm of foam.

I asume that it is the R-USA value. In Thailand the foam is generally sprayed in a thickness of 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5 cm).

R-USA.

@DMC1, is it expensive to have done? Good point about it trapping the heat in during the very hot summer months.

Hi All,

Came across an interesting advertisement in the newspaper for a company that installs a product called PU Foam onto the underside of the roof (a type of expanding polyurathane foam). The foam has an R Value of 9.09. which gives good insulation, and claims to have soundproofing properties, can prevent water ingress, vermin getting in the ceiling etc.

My house gets pretty hot in the summer time and wonder if anyone has any experience with this insulation method, good / bad points etc.

Cheers,

TS.

PP, Check out the pli website wiki, written by a TV member joncl. http://www.pli-image...?wakka=HomePage has everything you need to know.

If I bought the Breambox HD PVR http://www.satthai.t...reambox800c.php or the Openbox HD PVR http://www.satthai.t...r_openboxs9.php would I be able to just put my True smartcard in the slot and receive my True package as normal?

Or would I have to do anything else to be able to use the True smartcard in the PVR?

I don't have the True HD package or a HD telly, would the PVR still work?

I would be interested in knowing if this is possible too?

Will the DM800 accept our True smartcard and work right out of the box?

It's not quite as simple as right out of the box as software needs to be installed into the box and the box configured for True / UBC satellite & channels but yes the True smartcard will work in the box.

1. So what are advantages over using a genuine box over a clone?

2. Does using a clone box have any major disadvantages / problems over a genuine box or does it function exactly as a genuine box except for ripping off the OEM and built using cheaper components? (installing PLi software, picture quality etc)

3. Does the cost difference of a clone outweigh the advantages of buying genuine box?

Cheers,

TS.

Firstly, hope this is in the right forum, was a toss up between here and the linux one.

Ok, so been doing a bit of research and want to get a Dreambox going on my TRUE / UBC mainly for the PVR (True PVR is pathetic by all accounts) but also to view other satellites in the future maybe with a motorised dish etc.

I have heard from a satellite supply shop (that shall remain nameless but doesn't exactly get rave reviews from other posters on TV) that it is impossible to get a genuine Dreambox in Thailand and that all the sat-shops out there only sell clones. Can any of you gurus confirm or deny this. If it is possible then can you guys recommend a good supplier that come through with the genuine article.

I was looking at the Dreambox DM800 HD SE, which is a fairly new model of the older DM800 HD (faster processor, HDMI connector over DVI etc etc).

Any advice, livinlos, joncl, prasert, astral .....

Cheers,

TS.

Thanks again for your help. It is much appreciated.

Hi,

Thanks for the replies. Some further info about filter is:

Make : Star-Rite

Model : PLD50

Filter Area : 2.8 Sq M.

Precoat : 2.7Kg

Operating Manual only talks about putting DE slurry into skimmer, doesn't mention to use a 3-way valve. I guess I'll see how easy it is to put the DE direct onto the filter grid.

Ste.

Hi All,

I've been reading TV for a while but this is my first post so be gentle on me.

I've recently bought a house with a small / medium sized swimming pool and although I've had pools before this setup is a little different. It is an overflow pool where the water overflows all sides of the pool into a holding tank before going through the filters and back into the pool (nothing weird here).

The DE filter doesn't have a 3-way for backflushing so I guess the only way to clean the DE filter when the pressure gets high is to open the filter casing, remove the filter grid and hose it down (still no problem). Now comes the problem...how to I recoat the filter grid with DE powder? Since the pool is an overflow type there is no skimmer to pour the DE slurry into.

So do I :

1) Pour the DE into the overflow tank and let the pump suck it into the filter grid

2) Put the new DE directly onto the filter grid

3) Attempt to pour the slurry in through the filter basket upstream of the pump (being careful)

4) Another way?

I hope you pool guru's can help me out with the best way to do this. Also would it be beneficial to install a 3-way valve into the system?

Cheers,

Ste.