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49 minutes ago, Megasin1 said:

This is on a news forum??? Unbelievable!!! This should be on some factual forum buried so deep that only the most interested traffic law geeks can find it !!! 

Is there really nothing happening of any importance whatsoever that this is being posted.....

Heres some breaking news, it you go out in the rain with no umbrella, you could get a wet head and ruin your hairstyle.....

Ever heard of infotainment? ????

Thank you for everyone comments; a lot of good advice.

However I'm slightly surprised about the turn of the conversation here!

I am neither a plumber nor a hydraulics engineer. I simply came here to get some practical help, as well as understand the rational behind your kind suggestions.

Btw, a long-term interlocutor to this forum contacted me via PM and presented this insight (see below).

Again thank you everyone for sharing their ideas and experiences! I weighted the pros & cons, and  I've made up my mind; it's very likely that I will get a tank when I install the pump.

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It is very common in Bangkok to have a pump in a shop house to get water to the top floor. A common Mitsubishi water pump say 250W will do the job. [...]

I lived in Bangkok for [XX] years with no tank jus pump as did all my neighbors. Ours were under the stairs. 

If you have room for a tank, say, in a carport then it does give minimal supply security but most guys with tanks live in outlying areas with dodgy supply not in Bangkok.

 

6 hours ago, overherebc said:

Parked my pick up and came back to find a traffic cone at the front and rear ( in line with the wheels) Reversed and flattened one then drove forward and flattened the other. Did check there was nothing inside them first.

That's a little bit ungrateful. There's a kind soul who decided to look after your car while you were away.

They nicely cordoned it off by placing protection and signage around it, so no one would bump into it.

What you do you do in return? Mowing everything down, instead of being happy. ????

46 minutes ago, Saanim said:

Wondering why this question in the OP?  There are surely few previous threads here where it's explained that to run a pump sucking directly from a municipal water system is not only dangerous (for the owner and for the neighbours as well) but also against the law.

 

I searched the forum, but there seems to be a time limitation on how old the results can be.

Care to dig up some of these old threads?

12 minutes ago, sometimewoodworker said:

There are many that can theoretically can be used without a tank.

 

That having been said there are practical problems and potential legal ones.

25 minutes ago, MJCM said:

IMHO the best solution should be: Mains - Storage Tank - Pump - House.

Thanks for the useful background info.

So it seems a storage tank rather than a pressure tank would be a sensible solution.

12 minutes ago, AsianAtHeart said:

May need a little bleach/chlorine added to the tank on occasion to control growth of algae (if the tank is too dark to permit the entrance of sunlight, this will be less of an issue)

Maintenance for adequate water quality is one of my key concerns.

How much work does it take to maintain it. There might be prolonged times when the house is not used.

11 minutes ago, hansombeast said:

The pump simply pressurises the system, to run without a tank is plain silly, as the government may turn the water off for days as most people I think would have experienced here

Would a reasonable pump not have an auto shut off for such a situation?

23 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

buffering for pressure there are tanks as small as 100 or 200 liter preferably placed protected from sunlight

Are there different types of tanks to consider?

Pressure tanks that are fully connected to the system? (Booster pump adding additional pressure)

Or "open" tanks that merely store water and would need a shut off valve to stop overflowing. (Pump repressures entirely)

I'm looking into installing a pump to increase the water pressure at the house.

The house is in an urban area and connected to a municipal water supply (BMWA).

The water pressure often fluctuates so that the pressure is too low to comfortably have a shower upstairs. However there is (almost) always enough water pressure downstairs.

My questions:

• Are there pump systems to increase the water pressure that don't require a water tank?
• If so, would this be a recommended setup for my situation?

Yes, making cookies is not the way to go as others have said.

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On 9/7/2022 at 12:03 AM, DezLez said:

Not much of an expert at 24,000 baht/month!

Yeah, but for three days work it's not too bad. ????

1 hour ago, Maybole said:

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14 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

"duty of care" regarding themselves 

Legal fiction or fantasy?

Thank you Bruno.

On 8/18/2022 at 7:41 AM, Bruno123 said:

It's Cherry Wine

This looks interesting. Any reputable vendor who sells this strain?

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Prominent Thai doctor

... farts in public!

5 hours ago, JoePai said:

They should be paying her !

I am sure they did when the restaurant hired her.

Her fee probably covered her fine in the end.

4 hours ago, BritManToo said:

She's a hired topless dancer.

I'm guessing she did what she was paid to do.

Exactly! This person is a hired professional.

I cannot believe how people buy into this moral phantasy that the lady was an overexcited patron who took her kit off.

Collective pretense for the sake of what?

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I believe the Guinness sold in Thailand is brewed in Asia, what I can’t understand is why they never sell draught Guinness in a can.

It's brewed in Malaysia by Heineken Malaysia (formerly Guinness Anchor Berhad) https://www.heinekenmalaysia.com/brands/guinness/ .

The Thai distributor called TAP group https://www.tapb.co.th decided not to included canned or bottled Guinness (anymore) and only sells draft in Thailand.

Elsewhere in Southeast Asia, outside Malaysia, you can find cans and bottles of the devil's lovely buttermilk! I recently saw regular cans and bottles of Foreign Extra in Indonesia.

1 minute ago, proton said:

They did 13 pieces for one pile altogether, home pile.com seem to know what they were doing, apart from reversing into out car leaving us without one for a week!

Sorry to hear about the car. ????

The website looks good https://www.home-pile.com/

So what's the total price for the ten [?] pillions, incusing material and labour?

1 minute ago, OneMoreFarang said:

It will be a complete new installation of everything. Most of the old pipes and cables are gone already.

Perfect!

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Is this overkill

Let's say they're connecting 12 pieces that would mean they will end up getting ten pillions (18m long) out if this. Ten pillions for a 8-10 sqm floor plan should be sound if not slightly too much.

On 6/12/2022 at 12:06 PM, Yellowtail said:

Do you think the B1,000 is too much or too little?

Hang on. That would mean 125,000 THB for the foundations of a single story extension that seems less than 10 sqm.

Surely that can't be right.

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

pipes in pipes

Exactly. That's how I've done this too.

However, if you're dealing with existing installations, it's not so easy. In that case you may just brick it up close to the pipes and use expanding foam for the last part around the pipe.