HashBrownHarry

22 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

So it's working now?

It never worked ( or was open ) for years after it was built. Apologies if it's opened since my last visit.

Yes, it's been working for a long time.

Judging by a lot of your posts it's been decades since you've been to pattaya - 'the good old days'

23 minutes ago, thainet said:

Oy mate give me credit. Not my work. .just saw in another thread, to give you an idea of the foil.

i'm just yanking your chain but it certainly highlights the quality ( or lack of ) of workmanship to expect here.

1 minute ago, thainet said:

Also you may think about installing reflective foil (comes in rolls) directly the underside of the roof. This usually done when a house is being built, but can be done later, although it won't be leak proof, but will definitely cut down on heat.

Pic attached.

i have this

Note - you should primer those welds

1 minute ago, thainet said:

Re Foam:

If they still use the same method, which is a guy spraying with a huge flexible hose connected to the truck/pump outside, it is extremely messy, dirty and can be toxic until it fully dries.

Plus your 1-1.5m of space is maybe not enough room, especially since you have ceilings already installed.

I would therefore strongly suggest you just go with the extra insulation on top of the ceiling.

Also not sure why you can't install a whirlybird..they are easy to install on the existing roof tiles.

I will look into the whirly bird option.

48 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

This is Thailand, get used to it. Sense as we know it does not exist here.

Where else can you find any business responding to less customers by jacking up its prices?

I'm very used to it but will be p i s s e d off getting stuck somewhere i don't want to be.

If a conversation at the checkpoint was taking that route i think i'd make a run for it.......lol

57 minutes ago, 4MyEgo said:

How much roof do you have up there, or is it as flat as a pancake so to speak ?

With regards to volume?

Not sure how to work that out, one of my buildings has 120sqm ( approx ) footprint, highest apex of roof i'm gueesing 1.5m, very shallow.

1 minute ago, 4MyEgo said:

You could look into what it would cost to replace your roof and get a higher pitch in it so that you have room for ventilating to the heat that would be trapped in there, seriously, you don't want to be throwing money at something that isn't going to give you what you want in the long run, again, depends on your budget, but for me, comfort is imperative in this climate as I am home basically 24/7.

 

Example went on a big shopping today (stocking up on booze too, YES !!!!!, hour drive each way, 6 hour return trip, got back at 3.15pm 40 degree temp outside, walked into the house, nice and cool, worth every baht invested.

Ain't pulling the roof off, can't be arsed with the hassle.

I recently ( last year ) upgraded all windows and doors which was a massive improvement, now just fine tuning i guess.

1 minute ago, Lacessit said:

I'm a retired research scientist. At one stage, I was a development chemist with a company manufacturing rigid, semi-rigid and flexible polyurethane foams.

Interesting.

1 minute ago, 4MyEgo said:

I paid 400 baht per roll for my R38 insulation batts which covers an area of 2.4m2, so I needed to cover an area of 320m2 which came to around 60,000 baht including labor, delivery and tape, doing the calcs on the above @ 600 baht per m2, that's like 192,000 baht, Jesus.

 

I paid about the same for the thermal reflective sisalation under the roof tiles, add two whirlybirds and I am still 70,000 baht better off and very cool in here.

 

Sounds very expensive, I would want to be standing in someone's house between 12pm-2pm on a very hot day like today to feel how cool it really is with that stuff your thinking of putting in, unless you have a small area under your roof to cover.

 

Put it this way, when someone walks in here they think the A/C is on, but its' not, and we are not uncomfortable at all, love it ????

 

I already have the rolls of insulation installed when house built.

I have about 220sqm total ( on 3 buildings ) i want done, so looking at about 120-130K which i'm willing to try.

8 minutes ago, liddelljohn said:

 The above quote is similar to my experience ,,  I investigated foam roof caoting  in 2001  but decided the negative outweighed any positive ,, went for whirlybirds  at back of roof ,, and thick insulation abover ceilings ,, 8dg  dg lowering of temp in house on average , easy maintenance   no leaks and  , no high costs involved in foam spary .

Whirly birds / roof vents not an option for me due to roof design.

Had it been an option would have tried before going to foam.

2 hours ago, TaaSaparot said:

Is that not Soul Beer Town before it got a facelift?

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1713919678636665/permalink/3573382099357071/

 

The takeover price was 6,900,000.00 THB but that price came now down to 5, 900, 0000.00 THB. It just had a makeover of 500k THB. The rent is with 300k THB prepay for 1 year is 120k THB per month and without prepaying 150k THB per month. It is easy to earn because the daily revenue is over 40k THB. There is NO key money involved. The present owner will provide due to the Coronavirus period the first 3 months free of rental. The first rent to pay is August 2020.

 

 

Daily revenue 40K, hmmmm - on the occasions i've been in there never appeared to be too busy.

Was much better with previous owner for sure.

11 minutes ago, paddypower said:

Good question. Say I drive from NST to Surathani, whats to stop me. ?

Exactly.

I'm going for a jolly on Tuesday that will take me through at least 5 provinces, not in the slightest concerned about the check points.

2 hours ago, Lacessit said:

All suppliers will tell you the foam has flame retardants in it. What they don't tell you is, with the cycling of roof temperatures by day and night, those chemicals break down and are no longer effective. Might take a few years, but the risk will be there.

Pardon me for asking but how do you have so much knowledge of chemical properties and how they degrade?

20 minutes ago, checkered flag said:

I live in the North and know what traffic can be like on holiday weekends. I had to go out this morning and traffic was very light with no sign of the hordes from Bangkok. Nothing and 90+% of license plates where local. I can't believe the published pictures (they come from the Nation) about lines of cars. It looks like fake news. Probably from years past.

I want the lockout to end as much as anyone and initially thought it might force the issue. No such luck!

Majority probably turned East at Saraburi and headed to Isaan.

3 hours ago, Toshiba66 said:

Police say Elliott admitted hitting Onn with a pool cue, then stabbing her to death with a 23-inch machete when she resisted. 

 

Ok, I get the Pool Cue. 

I even get the Ya Ba even though you would have to be brain dead to take that stuff.

But he had in his home a 23 inch Machete? Really? What kind of person has one of them in their home? Only a complete loser in my mind.

RIP to the poor girl. 

I have several machete's you describe scattered about my land, they're mainly used for working in the garden but by the end of the day are strategically placed.

You're very naive if you this this is not common and not only are they kept at home, similar waepons are in most vehicles.

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

No. A good gogo makes big money. A barbeer in a grotty bar area does not. She might have made more money doing the girl's hair, but even that doesn't add up to what she said. She probably made that one time when the US navy was in town, but hardly all the time- low season?

I disagree, i would say a good bar beer ( as you like to call them ) make more more than a good gogo.

Some of the bar beers ( as you like to call them ) are open almost 24/7 ( or were ) and there's always people in them, they have much much lower overheads, rents and girls salaries and electric bills etc than what a gogo would.

The top one or two gogos only make big money ( or used to ).

1 minute ago, Lacessit said:

I would never use spray foam. One short circuit in the ceiling space, and the potential is there for the foam to be thermally degrade,either by fire or heat.

Foam is most commonly polyurethane. The degradation products of polyurethane are hydrogen cyanide, among plenty of other toxic compounds. Fibreglass insulation is far safer.

Leaks won't improve by spraying on foam. All that is doing is delaying the inevitable.

The flamability theory is one i will discuss with 'potential' supplier.

56 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

So true. Pattaya has had billions of baht coming in, but nothing is spent on maintaining what is already there. The only things that happen are those new projects from which a large amount can be skimmed off, and because so much money "disappears" they are invariably disastrous. Eg the new beach walkway which fell apart soon as made, the Bali Hi carpark which never worked, the marina which collapsed.

The disaster that is Pattaya was, IMO, entirely created by city hall. The only reason the malls don't fall down is that they were built by private companies.

Explain why the car park never worked pls.

1 hour ago, bbi1 said:

I would suggest using the gym in your condo. Doesn't cost you any extra as you are already paying for it through your monthly rental fee of your room.

In my experience unless you are staying in a very high end condo the gyms are normally rubbish. Equipment not changed since condo opened, never maintainer, never cleaned.

49 minutes ago, smedly said:

so this is internal travel

 

sounds like they don't trust data from the provinces that claim zero infections

 

what about bus train and private vehicles

Exactly, they have no way at all to control who comes and goes ( apart from at the airport i guess ).

2 minutes ago, SoilSpoil said:

Each province has its own restrictions. Lot of confusion, frustration and anger among a lot of Thai. 

This is one of the biggest problems IMO, is that the governor of each province can set his own rules, not sure how that makes any sense at all?

1 minute ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Thanks for the heads up, ill steer clear of that joint.

Google 'PRS gym pattaya' that's where i train when i'm in town, very clean, good equipment, great pool.

Not cheap.

I would never sign up to any long term membership in any of his gyms or whatever else he has.

The eqpt in his gyms is generally wrecked as well, they do not put safety first!

1 hour ago, canopy said:

The source I am familiar with out of chonburi is 600 baht/sqm for one inch of thickness. You have mentioned 300 for a long time so I wondered if it might be out of date.

 

i spoke with them yesrterday and this is the price i got as well, 600tbh per sqm

1 minute ago, Leaver said:

Another member has posted there are 125,000 properties currently for sale in Pattaya. 

 

Are you claiming there is a property Boom, Boom, Boom, here?   

I'm claiming you never post anything but doom and gloom, there's xxxxxxxxxxxxx amount of properties for sale, so what?

Enjoy life, it might never happen!!!