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3 hours ago, sometimewoodworker said:

If a house has been successfully built using materials not rated for the use does not provide any proof that it is the correct way to do it, nor does it give any confidence that the structure is sound.

 

That the walls are difficult to break down doesn’t prove anything but the glue bond is strong. 

 

You can build a house using cardboard if you want and if properly waterproofed and sized it could be good enough for a pump house but you would not get me using it, the same is true of your 100mm load bearing wall house, it will work for a time but isn’t rated for the use.

 

I have found an AAC block that is load bearing at 125mm but not all AAC blocks are equal and the standard blocks used in Thailand have a lower limit of 200mm for load bearing use

 

 

so where is the load bearing on a small 4x4 extension ?

Two side walls will be tied to the existing building , with only two corners to form the front wall 

the only load onto the new walls would be on the front wall, which would have a wll plate fixed to fasten the lightweight steel mono pitch roof to , with the high point of the roof fixed to the existing building, so no load on the side walls from the roof 

are you saying 100mm oe 125mm blocks are not strong enough to stnd up and the bonded corners are not sufficient ?

Surely the bonded corners ar as strong as the clip or nails the use to tie the blocks in with ?

7 hours ago, sirineou said:

If done properly 10cm AAC is load bearing,

having said that ,

I would not Recommend it  it.

The operative  phrase  here is "If done properly"  and the locals here are used to working with columns.

  In addition the slab would have to be reinforced which would negate the savings from  not using columns. Also you would have to pour a ring beam on top to attach the roof metal, and since the AAC block is soft it has little tension strength, (what makes it load bearing is it's compression straight).  So that would also eat on your savings from not run  columns.

If I was doing that I would also use galvanised straps to transfer the wind load from the roof to the slab. 

When in Rome do as the Romans do !!!

7.5 AAC costs 28.75   bht at Thaiwasadu , 10cm is special order and I found it at 43 bht  

So for almost the same price as a single  10 cm AAC  you can get 15 cm of AAC by using the double 7.5 s . Also you will get a cavity if you do wished (highly recommend it) and would hide your columns!!!! .

For your interior walls, single 7.5 is adequate for additional savings!!

Also since 10cm would have to be special order you will have to buy extra to compensate for waste.

7.5 is everywhere, probably 10 places have it in stock in your area. So you can get a little as you want and if you need more, drive to Thai wasady, or Do home and get some more. 

 

 

thanks

100mm is stock where i am, but could go to 125mm , just creates more problems around the door and window, which are 100mm 

not sure what you mean by ring beam for roof ? Its a mono pitch, fixed at the high point to the existing building, with the only light load being on the front wall, which would have a steel wall plate strapped down, which would spread the light weight on the full width

why the need or a concrete beam ?

where is the load bearing , apart from the front wall? which will have minimal load ? 

9 hours ago, Pogust said:

I have built several small house extensions using 100 mm AAC blocks. A pump-house and a kitchen. No need for any posts. But do get a lintel above door and window. Doors and windows mounted with polyurethane spray foam, no need for mechanical fasteners.

 

If you ever tried to break down a 100 mm AAC wall you realize how strong it is.....

thanks

putting lintols over openings is a given, standard practice 

used foam before with windows, due to fixing problems in the cheap concrete blocks

But rof will be a lightweight mono pitch steel roof, fixed to existing house wall, with steel wall plate at the other end+

its an extension rather than a separate building, tied two sides to existing building and one front wall with door and window +size is 4mx4m max, so not a large unit or large spans 

I have built a couple of dwarf walls using these blocks with 45 degree angles and surprised how strong the actually are when impacted 

3 hours ago, freeworld said:

Don't know your layout or how the roof is supported.

 

100mm wide block is quite narrow so may because of stability and the joints are quite thin.

 

Here is a video laying qcon blocks, they show concrete posts at the corners and these look 100mm wide.

 

 

100mm is standard bock size in many countries. especially the UK. So not sure why the need for a post on the corner when it would be cross bonded, which would be as strong, if not stronger then butting up to a post each side ? Ant the roof would be lightweight steel, mono pitch, bearing on to a steel wall plate, so spreading the light load ? No wind shear to factor in, wil be built between existing buildings, so sheltered from sun and wind 

Just now, sometimewoodworker said:

The blocks are not structural, so that could be a good reason.

they are reasonably solid, unlike the cheap concrete hollow blocks, and are bonded with adhesives rather than sand and cement 

Hi there

thinking of building a small 4m x 4m room using the lightweight blocks , 100mm thick , build off a concrete slab

Any reason why i need to use concrete posts on the corners, instead of just bonding the corners?

The roof will be a lightweight steel frame with steel sheets over, so no weight on the walls

Seems to be the norm to use either standard concrete posts, or to form reinforced posts on the corners and intermediates

Thanks

had quite a few speeding tickets over the years, had about 12 under my desk 

Told by Thais not to bother paying them so never did 

even the roadside stops, would argue no photo, no pay and again not paid one for years

have no problem taxing my motors , was taxed only last month 

but they are still registered to my old address, so not sure how many they get through the post now

where i am, there are no speed limits, no signs, no cameras and very few police, so no worries here , 

On 3/10/2024 at 6:37 PM, JimTripper said:

The city seems mostly for people that like to have sex a lot & drink cheap beer a lot. Looks like everybody is having a beer all the time.

 

I was just recently at a cafe having a smoothie. The guy next to me is on his second large bottle of leo beer.

 

I wonder why he has to drink that much beer in the heat and can't enjoy a fruit smoothie or a coffee in the afternoon?? Does he need to be wasted everywhere he goes??

 

 

maybe because its often cheaper to drink water than a smoothie or a coffee, plus it a nice cool, long drink ?

On 3/9/2024 at 4:44 AM, SAFETY FIRST said:

We are going to see more and more of these articles, so many losers coming to Thailand now, without money.

 

I see so many postings on social media, people asking 'how do I get work in Thailand'? etc. 

 

Its always been the case but now we have the likes of Dan About Thailand and similar broadcasting how cheap and that it's an oasis, a peaceful, beautiful sanctuary etc. these listeners are packing their bags and relocating. 

 

 

 

so is it illegal for me to take or pick up my friends from the ferry, even though i do not charge ?

Hi there

will be flying out of Don mueang airport on Wednesday

Can i get a re entry visa from there, and if so, where do i need to go n the airport and how much for single entry

Thanks

most people i speak to say that the prices charged are a rip off and much cheaper ti fly Surat Thani 

Im flying out in a couple of weeks, will save over 8.000 baht by using Surat thani, 

which is a pity because Samui is a nice airport 

Hi there

looking to fly out of Surat Thani airport and was wondering if there is still free parking ?

Will be away for around 10 days 

Thanks 

Hi there

couple of questions

im on a non O retirement visa

im leaving the country for a few weeks next month 

Is there an office in Don Meung airport  to purchase a re entry visa and if so, where is it ?

My existing visa is due for renewal in March , does this still keep the same after i return, or does the new renewal date become the date i actually land back here ?

if so, does this mean i have another year before renewal ?

Thanks 

9 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I see lots of shops in relative expensive areas selling weed. They wouldn't be in those places with high rent if they wouldn't make (relatively speaking) a lot of money. 

seem to have lots of weed shops here, still keep opening up, and paying very high rents too

but they are complaining there is too much competition and not making enough, surprise surprise 

6 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Ah...  Well, that makes it trickier...    

 

But... to be fair, I’d never carry any of that in my car in Bangkok either....  I’d request that any such items are delivered.... 

 

Thus: Can you not go on foot to visit said home-depot shop, order what you need and request delivery ?

 

yup, but unlike the mainland the delivery can be a long time and very expensive 

i used to have all my stuff delivered when  i lived in Isaan, but they didnt have to spend 9 or 10 hours round trip to deliver them either 

6 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

You chose to live on an island without considering the possibilities of getting to the mainland???? And now the ferry service has stopped. Maybe because there is not enough vehicle traffic. What do all the other residents do use Seatran?

 

Go on a scooter to the shop and ask them to deliver. I am sure there is a guy with a pickup who will oblige.

not enough vehicle traffic ?

not enough seaworthy boats to cope with the traffic 

How many boatys have Raja lost lately ? one caught fire, one sunk, one got wrecked in the port and if you manage to catch one to the mainland, they xan take up to 1 to 1.5 hrs longer than advertised due to the bad condition pf the boats 

Yup, Seatran  if they can. they are more expensive, but much better condition and more reliable

yup, i suppose i could go asking how much they would charge 

 for transport and paying their price to bring it, but a bit pointless when im already there buying 

how much would they charge to go back to the mainland and then to here , 5 hr trip minimim ?

its the humidity that kills me here on Koh Phangan 

was 37c at 08.15 this morning , riding the bike was like having a hot hair dryer in your face

But even worse, we have very little water here. The turn it on about 6am and then off again about 9 am, then no water till around 17.30 till around 19.30 9r 20.00 if we are lucky

but because everyone is filling there tanks, filling buckets, having showers, the water is just a dribble most of the time, have to crouch down to get enough water out of the shower

The property is rented and has no tank system so not good , not in this heat

Anyone else tried taking a vehicle from Koh Phangan to Samui lately ??

need to go catch Raja ferry from Kho Phangan  to Samui, taking the car

Seems Raja ferries have now stopped going to Samui from Phangan with no idea if or when it will resume

Told to catch boat to Donsak, 3 hours, then another boat to samui,  1.5 hours

now have to go shopping in Surat Thani instead, 3 hour boat, plus 1 hour drive each way

think its time to get rid of Raja and its old boat wrecks and get someone better 

13 hours ago, sometimewoodworker said:

Old houses yes of course, many. New build very few. New or old build with plaster board walls, none that I have seen.

 

Few builders or people getting building done here who try to use practices just “because they are standard in the (U.K. U.S.A. Australia etc)” find it in any way easy to get the materials or workers able to use them. If a material were in demand it would become available. Take AAC blocks, they are widely available now, 20 years ago they were seldom seen.

 

The building practices of the U.K. U.S.A. Australia etc require the conditions usual in those countries along with the workforce trained in using the materials that are standard in those countries. The U.S.A. & Australia are majority temperate climate countries so building methods are mostly developed for temperate climates, Thailand is tropical so the methods and materials are for tropical building, stud walls with plasterboard are not the best way for the climate. All the noggins and timbers are expensive because wood as a building material is very expensive here.

 

 

i agree wood is very expensive here , which is why when building new internal walls, metal stud with gypsum boards is a quick and reliable way to divide rooms 

see it used more and more on commercial buildings, but they do have limited sizes and fittings

s how do you make an old timber house more habitual if not lined internal ?

if not gypsum board what other boards to be used ? brittle cement boards, plywood ?

but it seems the Thais prefer to run all their electrics on the surface rather than internal,  Im in a concrete house at the moment, recessed sockets, but surface wiring 

3 hours ago, sometimewoodworker said:

Since plasterboard walls and timber frames are as rare as hens teeth here due to the fact that they will both be eaten by termites. The likelihood of you finding clip in boxes is low. They almost certainly can be found, but it’s not going to be easy because nobody uses them.

 

 

not sure where you live, but there are thousands of timber houses in Thailand, mostly made out of hardwood, so less problems with termites, although they do get them

but to fit sockets and switches without using clip in back boxes means lots of noggins and timbers, but it seem that's got to be the way

these boxes are pretty standard for stud walls in the UK, can even buy the UK boxes on Lazada, but they don't fir Thai sockets unfortunately

But thanks anyway 

hi there

do they do plastic clip in back boxes for plasterboard/gyproc walls ?

am rewiring and re boarding a timber frame house and would save me fitting a lot of timber noggins/studs 

On 3/29/2023 at 1:41 PM, phetphet said:

Samui. 

went to  do a TM30 last year, from Pattaya to Kho Phangan last year

told to go away and do it in Pattaya, not Samui

wouldnt let me do a 90 day report either

told  him to stick it and have never been back

HE

problems with Samui