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it seems like the jury is hung on this one....... bu**er..... maybe to be on the safe side i better leave them alone.... admittedly they dont look great, and our house is in the countryside, by a lovely lake, so maybe the vent would not be so aesthetically pleasing

maybe i will use internal extractor fans at either gable end, plus maybe some ducting to shift the air from the centre of the roof to the edges, and out the gable vents

can i ask one other question.... lots of people talk about vented ridge tiles.... we have ordered CPAC monier and the ridge tiles will be delivered on monday.... does anyone know if all CPAC monier ridge tiles are vented, or will we have to especially order them?

Here's a couple o pics of a breakfast bar,,, maybe other people have different name?

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where is the beer and pool table ?

Well they shouldn't.

Designers don't spend years designing and obtaining patents for a proprietary piece of kit that fails against the basic wind, rain, snow,sun.

My educated guess is that they leak when they have been installed incorrectly.

Then again my experience and education is all about construction so what do I know.

yea you said it eyecatcher

designers here "dont spend years designing and obtaining patents"....... that is why i am thinking that they might leak.....

i mean they are open to let the air flow out easily...... so wouldnt the rain flow back in just as easy?

Hey guys, you know the rotating roof exhaust fans for letting out the hot air from the roof....

they look like this - http://i00.i.aliimg.com/photo/v1/485639682/600mm_Non_Power_Exhaust_Fan_Roof_Vent.jpg

does anyone know if they let in rain water when positioned on top of the roof? they seem to be open to the elements, so i imagine in a windy storm, they could let in lots of water

Also, any other tips on how to get the most from one?

we went to meet the lawyer yesterday morning

he had done some digging and it turns out that the builder closed his company 4 years ago. he has another company under a different name (which probably owns his house), but the one he was trading as, and building houses using it's name, and whose headed paper he used when quoting us to build etc, has actually been closed down for 4 years

when my wife and i heard this we thought this would mean we had no entity to sue, but the lawyer has said this makes the consequences more serious for the builder, as he has been trading fraudulently, and has received money by deception. he said he is looking at even more serious consequences now

so today, the lawyer is writing to the builder again to see if he will settle, else it is off to the courts we go. the lawyer says the process wont take too long (ie couple of months max.)

thanks for advice with this guys - i will post back any news for those that are interested

Hey guys, i have an O visa based on marriage. it is due to expire 9th July. my last visa stamped upon entry still has 2 months to run

i am going home to UK soon for holiday for 3 weeks, then will come back, and my visa stamp will have expired, so i will enter on a tourist visa. i will then have to apply for another O visa based on marriage, in hua hin

i am thinking this - if i do a visa run now before my O visa expires on 9th July, i will get a 3 month stamp. i will then get a pass out (i forget the term sorry) that will allow me to leave thailand and re-enter without cancelling my 3 month stamp. this will allow me to go to UK, return whilst still on a O visa, and apply for my marriage visa, with my O visa still active

my question is this - is it easier for me to get a marriage visa (i have the seasoned funds) whilst on a O visa already, than whilst being on a tourist visa

or does it not make any difference to the application?

The lawyer and court fees are going to cost us 50,000 B all in. Translation of the emails, contract etc has cost us 6,000 B

We are in pursuit of 300,000 B +, so hopefully it is worth the risk

He has a kid here by an ex thai wife, plus he has a large house to sell that he is trying to sell for 15 million Baht plus, so he has the assets to repay us, plus he has reason to stay in thailand

i dont think i could look at myself in the mirror, or look my wife in the face, if i were to just walk away

He has offered us 50,000 B already in writing, so has accepted he is at fault. We just need him to increase the amount, but unfortunately i dont think he has it at the minute, as he has used all our funds up to renovate his big house, so he can sell it

"Perhaps you kinda "forced" him to quote you a superlow Cheap Charly price and he was too weak and in such money trouble that he simply agreed to it all without thinking twice. The typical Thai "Yes, no problem!" thing... Usually stories like yours are born through those Cheap Charly ways of thinking. Correct me if I am wrong, but I sense I am close to the true essence of your story here."

What a crock of horsesh!t!!! How is it OP's fault that someone can't add up??? Exactly how could you force someone to quote stupidly?

I believe the portion you actually quoted explains it - reading skills and the ability to let a text "sink in" and analyse it would help.

Btw... There was a thread about teaching analytical skills on TV just today

The OPs only fault so far is that he did not give us the whole story - we know that 500k were paid and the house is 30% completed... We have no info about the original contract/agreement, the total house price, time frame, etc. but despite all this missing pieces in the puzzle several members automatically feel obliged to jump on the "fight for that poor, innocent, betrayed foreigner" train without even knowing whether or not he actually was conned after all. It's pathetic!

the guy took 500,000 B from us for the first step of the build. this was to set up builders camp, insert footings, insert columns and complete ground beams

he set up a small camp, then nearly completed the footings, before asking for more money. he told us to give him more funds, or find a new builder

it has taken us more than 250,000 B to get to the ground beams being completed (on top of the money we gave him)

you guys all seem to be assuming the builder was thai. he is not thai. he is English

do you still think we would not win against him in the courts, with this considered?

we have it in writing that he promises to build a house for us etc etc, then later it turns out he doesnt even have a work permit

there are many stories here in hua hin of builders who repeatedly take customers for mugs, and take their money from them

surely by backing down, as many of the posters suggest above, just gives the green light for unscrupulous people like this to carry on ripping of innocent people of their hard earned cash

are you sure i cannot make a website when i am in the UK, that outlines the facts of what has happened?

OK - think about it. When the ambient temperature is hot, extractor fans will only exchange hot air with somewhat less hot air. You will not notice any diff. Insulation over the ceiling will not be much a factor for keeping heat from draining down - b/c it's not much of a factor in any case.

we tend to find in our current house that the temp inside is a fair few degrees warmer than the air temp outside, at say 7am (remember we dont use the AC very much),

so wouldnt putting extractor fans on for say two hours in the early morning, and pulling a fair bit of that cool air into the house, whilst removing the hottest air (as the air near the ceiling will be the hottest) from the house, help us to reduce the average air temp within the house by at least 3 or 4 degrees, whilst not incurring much greater costs to our electric bill?

You could always move to Thornaby,

Much cooler this time of year.

roof tiles often go missing in thornaby, so keeping the roof cool wouldnt be such a problem i wouldn't think

a builder took 500,000 B from us. he then said he had ran out of cash after not even completing 30% of the initial phase

we are now taking him to court

i would like to also name and shame him. what is the law regarding this here in thailand?

if i were to put information about our situation on the internet, could i be sued for slander (especially if we did not win the court case)?

if i was to put the information on the net whilst i was in the UK, and the information was not on servers based in thailand, would i still be open to prosecution upon my return to thailand?

we have the Qcon bricks, we have small windows that are shaded throughout the day, we have reflective foil etc

what i am really looking for information regarding using ceiling extractor fans to remove hot air

we are not big AC users, so this alternative method is being considered

we will consider using insulation above the ceiling to keep the daytime heat from penetrating through the ceiling, but it is very expensive and our internal ceiling is 268 m2

we are having AC installed too. but dont want to use it all the time, and would like way of dropping the temp by a few degrees if we can

hey guys, we are at the tiling stage of our new build. the steels are all in, and 2moro they start to lay the tiles

we have the silver reflective foil for under the tiles, and we are going to put vented Shera boards in to get some airflow through the roof, plus air vents at either ends of the house

i have bought some extra vented Shera boards, plus a couple of 10 inch Mitsubishi ceiling extractor fans. i am thinking of putting these vented boards into the ceiling structure, and using the fan to extract hot air through the ceiling vents, and into the roof space. we could then turn the fans on at the end of the day, and suck the hot air out of the house, which will then be replaced by cool air from outside

i think this could work great especially if we have the fans on a timer, turning on at say 5am, and drawing some of the day's coolest air into the house before we wake up

it seems like a good idea to me, but i havent seen many mentions of people doing it, and the wife thinks i am a bit daft

i was also thinking about maybe getting some extractor fans fitted into the centre of the roof space, and then using some ducting to extract the hot air out the vents at either end of the roof

do you guys think it would be worth the effort? any of you have similar in your abodes? any tips on do's and don'ts?

Hey Guys, we are in the process of a new build, and would like to install hot water

we would like the water to be available in 3 sinks and 3 showers in the bathrooms, one bath, and the sink in the kitchen

i went to a couple of electrical stores today, and they seemed to only have either large tanks made by stiebel eltron

or smaller instantaneous heaters around 6 - 8000 B, made by stiebel eltron, siemens etc

the smaller heaters are only suitable for one room the guy said, so we would need 4

the tank in the roof has no timer, so keeps the water hot at all hours, so i imagine is a very expensive way to provide hot water

i was hoping for a nice combi style boiler like back home, that runs on gas, and provides instant hot water, only when the taps are turned on

the different hot water points in the house would be about 8 metres away from the tank / boiler / heater, if we chose a central point in the roof

any idea what the best solution would be, and anything else i should consider please?

we found some nice stone with coloured flecks in it, for about 4,500 B a m2. there was black tops going for about 3,000 a m2 also

we need about 6 m2 to go on our L shaped counter, plus a 2.5m x 1m island

for the 6m2 fitted, they are asking about 11,000 B. seems a bit steep to me, especially as we will be spending 27,000 on the marble.

does that quote sound steep to you guys?

i wonder what sort of interrogation methods the BiB use to persuade people to confess to having a hidden stash that is going to put you away for at least 10 years

i cant see any bruises in the photo

 

 

 

The Land bank is a selling agent for land and properties, mostly repossessed on debt.

 

Every Thai-Bank of any significance has a website with a "land for sale" section. Mostly repossessions. Sometimes only in Thai language, but I am sure Thai wife can translate. After all it will be in her name anyway after the deal is done.

 

Advantage: Generally, if a property can not be sold within 2 to 3 months, price will be reduced. Also: It's land with proper land title (otherwise Bank would not have granted a loan in the first place.)

 

By using this approach, one can still find properties reasonably priced.

 

Of course, if Thai-Wife insists on buying from a real-estate agent that has his "office" conveniently located next to the reception-desk in a Farang Hotel, then......................ah well. Nuff said.

 

Cheers.

 

In fact this can be one of the most expensive ways to buy. The thought its a repossesion the price will be low is incorrect. Prices are almost always higher and the bank will make purchaser pay all transfer fees/taxes rather than a private sale of50/50 split. Believe me, I have trawled these websites for over 5 years and am yet to see anything reasonably priced, let alone a bargain

 

can you post some links PattayaPhom so that we can take a look?
 

Does anyone know of a UPVC window supplier in Hua Hin / Cha Am area?

We will try Home Pro and Thai Watsadu 2moro, but i would prefer to use a smaller independent supplier if possible

i have found two aluminium window suppliers and one for wooden windows, but would like to check the prices on UPVC

Can anyone point me in the right direction please?

police enforcing a 1 oclock close at the minute i believe

not sure about the karaoke bars near hilton.... i imagine they will still be running till 4 or 5 am

Usually places like Burma bank...

this is on the east coast apparently Jack according to the guy above.... i am guessing burma bank is on the west right?

13 military guys on a several day fishing trip bertween Trat and Chumpon

i thought the gulf of thailand had very few fish stocks in it...... those guys have absolutely caned it !!

how come they have caught so much, but here in hua hin i am always hearing people say the sea fishing is poor?

unless they have been using their milatary explosives to stun the fish

where are all these fish being caught guys? can anyone who can read thai shed some light on this please

i am guessing it is the Andaman Sea..... how much does it cost to get on a boat for a day's fishing in this area?

http://www.siamfishing.com/content/view.php?nid=167041&cat=article