sleepyjohn

Hi, I'm helping someone out here......

As Thai law is based on British and French Law, and as restrictive covenants are such a useful thing, do they exist as normal here?

(I am thinking specifically of the starting of a restriction on a commercial unit as to it's type of business and the position of it's entrance. There was a covenant in the deeds of the last building I owned in England. No brewing/gluemaking/confectionery blah/blah etc.)

Can the restriction be positive (ie you MUST have a certain type of business) or must it be negative (you MUST NOT run a travel agency business) or no guideline?

Presumably the covenant could be entered on the chanoot on the next change of ownership?

thanks

This could be the problem:

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Youtub...work+in+Firefox

FireFox is not listed as a browser supported by YouTube as of 16 March. Hmmmm, that's about the time my problems started.

You've got it TDog

I just noticed my girlfriend on Youtube on her iBook whilst I couldn't get it on my Macbook.

Hang on are you using Safari says I?

Yes, and I was on Firefox.

thanks for all the input....

I went to buy epoxy and because of price (1050bt/about 500ml) I came out with polyester resin (fibreglass without the glass, 130bt/750ml). The high ambient temperature is a help in curing right now.

I got some syringes I have used for my dog, didn't use the needle it was too narrow, but the plastic tip that the needle fits on sticks out nicely into a suitable hole. It's about an eighth of an inch.

I have so far tried a test corner.

Tap the tiles to test for hollowness underneath.

Scrape out any loose grout and hoover.

I drilled holes in the floor mostly at corners of the tiles wherever they sounded hollow. The syringe nipple fits tightly in the hole so you can pump the resin in and under. Pump it in until you see the resin rising up a little between the tiles. After a test I made up resin mix with ample hardener as I want it bone dry in a day (polyester has a tendency to remain tacky). It actually hardened fully in hours and I tried using a wood filler from Homepro (59baht) to grout the same evening. The filler seems to be quite strong. The holes looked very noticeable when drilled but when filled are pretty camouflaged.

The only disadvantage with polyester against epoxy, that it shrinks a little on drying, doesn't so far seem to have mattered. Also I went to the vet to get much larger syringes (25ml) as with 5ml one's constantly filling otherwise.....and you need to keep moving as the rubber gasket starts degrading. If you get plenty of syringes you can use them for measuring the polyester liquid too. You need to do it in no more than 10 or 15 minute goes then chuck the syringe and make a new batch. If you let it start gelling it may still come out of the syringe but I'm thinking it won't run properly to wet through the substrate which is essential.

If it goes well from here this will save the ripping up and relaying (including mortar bed) sanding and bleaching and staining and varnishing of a whole floor.

So far so good going back for inspection today.

Apologies for reviving such an ancient thread, but does anyone know more about this. I'm very much interested in putting coloured and polished concrete floors throughout my home when I build it. Anyone up near Chiang Mai who has done this, or even seen it done?

Thanks.

Yes, I've done it many times over the past 35 years, no, I'm not near Chiangmai

Care to expand Excalibur?....I'd also be interested to learn your M.O. and how things came out.....

It's true Pond Life they had it.

Epoxy a bit dear I went for the polyester resin which I shall try out as an alternative first.

cheers old chap

Try the picture framing shops opposite the British council/consulate.

Strange but true.

Thankyou Pond Life.

Strange, yes, can't imagine what they use it for.

I'll nip down and see if they're still open.

There are numerous hardware type shops on Charoen Muang Road (from Narawat Bridge to the train Station) selling 1 litre (x2) cans of the stuff you are looking for.

Thanx Blinky and Pomthai.....

but I think your stuff may be the sort used for

1. Waterproof lining say a bathroom floor (the consistency of very thick paint when mixed), or

2. Bedding rebar (more a putty).

I'm looking for the clear runny stuff that in boat systems has one large bottle and one small, each with dosed pumps on top.

It doesn't have to be as fancy as that as long as it's runny.

What d'you think?

Possibly not the best time to be buying larger quantities of Epoxy. It does get used in a lot of home made bombs!

Huh? In this dimension?

Hi I need some two part epoxy, not just a mini tube but more +/- a half litre altogether.

I would prefer to buy the clear type with no filler additives as I would like it to be as runny as possible.

Any ideas where?

thanks v much

yep thats right, sika make heaps of good stuff, homepro and the like sells it, its usually around the silicone tubes area. as it comes in a tube also.

Here's what I'm thinking though.....

Oh....first I had a good look at the floor.

There's plenty of loose or missing grout. That's one issue.

When I pull up one of the perhaps dozen loose small parquet tiles the floor underneath varies from perfectly sound to crumbly.

I'm thinking that a flexible bed will allow the tiles to move when walked on thus busting the grout unless it too is really quite flexible.

SO I'm considering this:

When I renovated a wooden yacht back when I used a lot of epoxy.

You can mix various fillers with the basic clear epoxy for various uses, but when you start with some rot in say a beam end the thing to do is use straight epoxy mix. When you first mix it it is quite runny (which is one reason for the fillers). The epoxy is runny enough to soak into any rot. When it goes off of course you have strength in that piece again.

My thinking is to get the tiles all as flat as possible. Then use a syringe to run the newly mixed epoxy down through the grout gap (or even through a small drilled hole) so gravity takes it underneath. It would solidify any crumbly mortar bed and also bed the tiles down very solidly.

Then do the grout separately. If the tiles can't move at all the grout doesn't really have to be very strong.

Now this is all a bit of a job, and I don't even know where to buy straight epoxy

(as in http://www.westsystem.com/ss/product-selection-chart/)

so if Sikaflex can work that would be great. But seems to me that PVA glue dries off pretty inflexible so as a grout it would easily crack if the tile moved.

Thoughts?

Clear Epoxy source?

thanks again

Thanks for the answers I shall experiment.

I'm guessing the Sikaflex, from it's name, stays rubbery maybe like silicone after it's dry. Is that so?

Hi I want to help renovate a parquet floor. It's made up of the smallest standard size teak tiles about 7inch by 1 1/2 inch.

The condition is:

Maybe two dozen loose tiles which move in their space.

About 20% of the floor the grout has come loose.

The floor has previously been sanded down and bleached and stained a beautiful honey yellow. It's then been finished in two part epoxy varnish. This all means resanding it all may be difficult or dangerous as the tiles may get too thin. Also means individual tiles can't be sanded as they'll revert to their natural darker colour. Which also means that if possible I'd like to reset the individual tiles in their spaces and bed them to the same level as the surrounding, then carefully scraping out old grout and re-grouting wherever necessary.

I'm aware that redoing the whole floor is the best option but it's too much hassle and expense so a good touch up's on the cards. So:

1. What glue do they normally use for sticking down the tiles?

2. As the traditional glue is obviously not great quality are there any better alternatives ?(two come to mind......latex glue and epoxy.....but I'm bearing in mind that the bed underneath needs to be sound for the glue to do it's job....I'll check that today).

3. What is used for grout?

4. What could I use for a better grout? (I'm thinking fine wood dust mixed with something)

5. Thoughts on the grout being compressible to allow expansion of the wood in wet season?

6. If the bed underneath is not too sound thoughts on some coating which might soak in and strengthen it(A100?)

cheers

Thinking I will go and get to know Chang Mai for a few weeks.......

cheers

you should know that according to a property survey by a big UK agent, maybe Richard Ellis, Chiangmai is the most oversupplied city in SE Asia.

There are still new condo blocks.....ie new competition for you.....going up everywhere and fighting for sales. With such poor zoning (zoning is the real driver for capital gains) they will continue to be built until, just like a moo bahn or a haw puck or a shop gets copied and copied, there's simply no worthwhile return in it.

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Amazingly (or not given the ownership history of land here) there is no landlord/tenant law in Thailand.

You are however protected under Contract Law.

Your chances in a court case (in which there is no reason to believe you will not be properly treated) are as good as the contract you signed and the receipts you kept.

The lesson being ensure the contract is good and specifies about repayment.

Thankyou for your keen observations Wordchild.

And thanks too Naam I wasn't aware it could be fixed now and settled later like an "advance booking". I think you're saying you fix the deal for settlement at a future date but at the rate of the day of the initial forward agreement.

I shall offer this and Wordchild's advice to my friend and wait on how interested he is before pestering anyone for further detail about where to do etc.

2. i don't know what "IB" means.

Interactive Brokers.....

cheers John

no need to use any proxy because simple forwards GBP/THB would do the trick

by "forwards" are you saying it's possible to buy futures or options on the baht Naam?

although it has to be done offshore as i was told it is difficult to do forwards domestically.

once a UK customer places an order which is invoiced in THB he should buy forward (matching payment time) THB vs. GPB.

correct.

thanks for answering and would love any more specific info from you or anyone......

cheers.

I was amazed at Bangkok Bank in Bumrungrad Hospital recently. Not only did I have to pay to take 300,000 baht cash out......which I had to travel across town for........I had to pay to put the unspent portion allocated in case they had to open me up again next day, 100,000 baht, back in some days later!!!!!

Jeez......

Hi

I am visiting a friend Thursday. He has a small but modestly successful precision machine tool business here. It has run for some years now.

70% of his custom is in Britain. This means his return and margins have dropped alarmingly. I have tried to encourage him that if he has survived this far it's a sign of strength. I have also suggested he may be able to hedge against the currency issue. I said I don't know of Thai currency contracts but that Singapore might be a fair proxy for the region and they may have some instrument suitable.

Can anyone suggest a suitable, reasonably do-able strategy?

cheers

You could try giving it out at school gates on the "the first one's always free" basis.

Thanks all for the good information

They have 1 in Pattaya.

They list 6 in Bangkok, why did you only try 3?

I think calling three should be enough. I thought they might have given up on Thailand.

The main dealer 'phone number is 02 374 0021 or 02 372 2797 and they're located in Ramkhamhaeng Road.

Thanks I'll try that tomorrow.

I don't suppose anyone knows if they carry the same lines as in the US or orders for US carried stock numbers can be made here.....I know exactly what I want from the US website and sizes from previous boots.

cheers

Thanks all for the good information

They have 1 in Pattaya.

They list 6 in Bangkok, why did you only try 3?

I was bored and thought they might have left Thailand.

The main dealer 'phone number is 02 374 0021 or 02 372 2797 and they're located in Ramkhamhaeng Road.

Thanks I'll try that tomorrow.

I don't suppose anyone knows if they carry the same lines as in the US or orders for US carried stock numbers can be made here.....I know exactly what I want.

cheers

Hi there

I wanted to buy some Timberland items online from the US but they don't ship here or many places at all.

So I googled Timberland Thailand and came up with

http://www.timberland.com/storeLocator/map...r_search=Search

They listed 7 stores.

I called three of the supposed stores. Two didn't ring. The third, in Pattaya I believe, rang but didn't answer.

Is there in fact a Timberland store in Thailand and if more than one which is the biggest?

cheers John

Just in case anyone else gets a broken screen.

I ended up finding an AUOptronics BE133 screen in a regular notebook repair shop (original was a Samsung.)

It cost about the same as importing a discount screen from the US. The quality is the same there are only a few manufacturers

Apple 11000 baht.

Mine 3900 baht.

It was quite a job as I was told I had to remove the hinge cover and undo the hinges by taking off the top cover which is about as much as you can do on a Macbook. It meant considerable fiddliness getting it all back together. A guide I found said this is not necessary and it would reduce the work a LOT.

I though the layout kind of primitive, the sleep magnet just fell out unglued, the wiring was not well guided into the hinge area and could easily pinch, the 20 pin connector had no snap shut it relied on tape and I happen to know causes problems for people I had to have two goes just to make it connect properly.

I'd be interested to know if anyone's managed to get the hinge cover off without a major demolition.

Hope this may help someone save some money.

John

TG are excellent. The best airline in the world.

Is that the same TG who 5 years ago refused to extend my changeable 1 year return when I was unable to travel, despite a clear hospital letter recommending I wait?

What TG in effect did was take advantage of my illness and sell my ticket twice.

ps: still been unable to go, so they would have lost nothing.

Done.