Naam

4 minutes ago, paddyfield7 said:

A friend of mine made a different attempt. He bought a house, maybe 10 years old, being covered with very, very dark brown clay bricks. He recently painted the whole roof with white roofing paint and says inside the house it is now 4 to 5 deg C cooler. Not sure you can do that with any other tiles.

makes quite a difference but 4-5ºC is a gross exaggeration.

32 minutes ago, Artisi said:

no wind OK, but the whirly is still an exit for hot air in the roof space

"no breeze = insufficient air flow"

33 minutes ago, zeekgarcia said:

are these attic vents with fans in them, what you are talking about?

Does anyone know of anywhere that sells anything like these here in Thailand?

And could you use them with the standard cement roof panels like the red one below

 

Thanks

a whirly is easily installed in your corrugated sheets as it comes with a fiiting attachment. but as mentioned... no breeze = hardly any ventilation ventilation. airflow intake is required too!

the pictures show roof fans which to the best of my knowledge are not available in Thailand. i installed half a dozen temperature controlled in our Florida home.

10 minutes ago, zeekgarcia said:

Are you talking about attic vents or maybe putting a fan at the gable vent? 

fan at gable vent. make sure there's enough intake on the other end. perhaps you have to make an intake in the eaves. your description is not clear.

1 hour ago, Kwasaki said:

I luv my Chang beer my excuse is I think it has a secret drug in it making you want more. ????

nothing wrong loving Chang or any beer. but using the beer price to compare which country is cheaper is

goodness gracious! the beer comparison goes on.

1 hour ago, Thomas J said:

Naam no you either did not read, or you do not understand.  Irrespective of any other items here in Thailand that are inexpensive, when the THB is strong the price of imported products costs the importer less and hence prices should fall.  That has nothing to do with taxes, or domestically produced products. 

it's you who doesn't understand Thailand mate were 2+2 might equal 7.5 or in some cases 2.1

13 hours ago, CNXexpat said:

On 8/10/2019 at 8:46 PM, Naam said:

income tax, property tax, hot chillies, coconuts, durian "cheap³".

Did you read the first posting? It´s about IMPORTED stuff. Not really difficult to understand.

no income tax cancels out any price increases for imported stuff. does of course not apply to poor expats. not really difficult to understand.

19 hours ago, madmen said:

Google food for foreigner. 2 kg mature oz Cheddar around 550b including postage

another secret source.

18 hours ago, Thomas J said:

19 hours ago, Naam said:

Fuel cheap, lecky cheap, gas cheap, food cheap, beer cheap what more you want

Naam, you miss the point.  First off cheap compared to what?  I am from the USA and I can tell you gas, food, beer, wine, etc are noticeably more expensive in Thailand. 

for the record... this is Britman's quote not mine but i agree with it. moreover in my case (being a German and not a slave of the IRS) i very much enjoy Thai tax laws which enables me to cover all our living expenses in Thailand with the € 73,000 (THB 2.5 million) the greedy German taxman does not claw out of my pockets.

based on this fact any price increases or weakening exchange rates of the currencies i am invested is totally irrelevant. by the way... we have lived 15 years (1989 till 2004) in the U.S. and were according to US tax laws "US Persons" liable to pay income tax which was (compared to German tax rates and a wee bit "avoidance") quite fair. but the aftermath treatment of foreigners due to 9/11 forced us out. arriving from abroad is was with a few exceptions "who are you, what are you, why are you? what is the purpose of your visit? a home in Florida does not entitle you to enter the U.S. you pay taxes and employ a U.S. Citizen? not interested! we are the INS not the IRS"

after all these years my wife is still craving for a life in the U.S. she would start today planning the move if we saw a possibility. but there's none and the side effects would be that our banks would treat us like outcasts or lepers.

summary: I❤️???????? (my wife doesn't)

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Second, the point is that the prices SHOULD BE FALLING.  If it was a weak THB the stores would be raising prices to compensate for the higher costs.  Conversely, goods being brought into Thailand are NOW COSTING LESS so someone not the customer is benefiting from the strong THB. 

i fully agree with you.

26 minutes ago, southcoast said:

18 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

Fuel cheap, lecky cheap, gas cheap, food cheap, beer cheap what more you want. ????

A democratic country would be a start...

yeah  right! we demand a democratic country and higher prices.

3 hours ago, TheGhostWithin said:

Prices will have to fall soon, no doubt the number of people finding themselves on reduced hours and out of work is coming. Thailand is about to enter economic contraction in construction, and tourism. Two main hirers within the Thai labor economy. If prices don't fall, people will begin to act. And the Thais are very good at acting when they feel they are not being given a fair go. 

Thais will not act and that also applies to the 2½ million labourers from Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia who will be fired first and sent back to their home countries.

Just now, Jip99 said:

 

Which infers that you think Brexit only accounts for 4 Baht ?

I wish....

i think Brexit accounts for much more.

27 minutes ago, thirdleg said:

People are trying to make out that it's only Britain that is getting hammered and laying the blame fully on Brexit.

Maybe without the uncertainty of Brexit we would be at about 40.

an assumption which (i think) is too optimistic.

13 minutes ago, thirdleg said:

The baht has strengthened against a load of currencies

you don't say!

4 hours ago, thirdleg said:

I can still get 36.8 on Western Union right now. No fees whatsoever, bank to bank

lucky you

2 minutes ago, yodsak said:

Using agents to supply 800k is not a misconception in Pattaya.  Hard to find someone that Quote selection doesn't have the 800k supplied.

i stand corrected but ask to be excused for my lack of knowledge as i don't mix with people who participate in clearly criminal actions.

17 hours ago, yodsak said:

20 hours ago, Captain 776 said:

cant understand WHY anyone wants to pay an agent several thousand BHAT just to make copies for you.

They pay them several thousand baht to supply 800k   [allegedly]

i think that's a misconception. i know a number of people (and that includes me) who use agents to handle extensions as well as 90day reports but based on matching all legal requirements, i.e. 800k in a Thai bank.

the answer to the Captain's "don't understand why thousands of Baht" is "because they can." as simple as that.