sometimewoodworker

It seems that your studies did not include anything to do with night storage heaters! If it did you would know that cement is a good storage medium for heat. The mass of the cement tiles will nicely absorb the heat from the solar furnace AKA the sun, and then radiate that through the night keeping you nice and toasty warm. So in fact metal roofs are far better than cement, as they don’t store anything like the amount that cement does.

Regrettably that post very much glosses over the difference between using aluminium foils as a reflective barrier and using them as a radiant barrier. Given that in Thailand the heat is virtually always from the roof, a radiant barrier with the high gloss surface facing down in contact with the underside of the roof is extremely effective, there is a need for the underside to face an air space, the topside doesn’t need an air space.

I agree No they don’t. You missed the full information in your physics classes, or you’re really confused in your wording. Radiant barriers function by NOT radiating heat, they can be hot (very hot) but they don’t radiate heat well. Reflective barriers function by being good reflectors of heat so don’t get hot. Correct You are confusing the 2 different functions (this is not helped by the double sided silver film sold in Thailand) a radiant barrier needs a relatively clean surface the reverse side has no effect on the functioning of the radiant barrier. This is only if you have double sided film and want to allow reflection back to the roof surface. You can use single sided silver faced plywood boards with the silver face down and they will be as effective. I used single sided foil in my install as it was half the cost, as effective and I did remember my physics lessons 😉

Yes there is though you don’t stick it onto the roof. It is the radiant barrier film i went from a roof that was over 60C to one that was ambient temperature 37C full story, including some who disagree vehemently that it could work. It does https://www.coolthaihouse.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4476

I don’t accurately recall , quite likely K Bank does not need it however the account I have with them seldom has over 20k in it so I wouldn’t have hit the 50 general limit for unverified transactions. So since I’ve been in to several banks I assumed that all of them had implemented stronger controls.

Well! I also live in Thailand, and have lived in various areas, and have never needed to run the ACs 24/7/365, even at the moment when the temperature got to over 40C so it is far from OBVIOUS to me. However I do have rooms with doors that can be closed so don’t have a desire to condition the full 200sqm + at the same time.

I only have U.K. master cards, I use Agoda. My cards are accepted.

FWIW I have authorised SCB to not require face scan I have scanned my face with Bangkok Bank, Kasikornbank & Bank of Ayudhaya (KMA Krungsri). The face scan is not always successful first time.

Those who have done so have self evidently done so against the regulations for the NDID system It is likely that those who did so slipped through the cracks The Bangkok Bank web page is not wrong and is mirroring the NDID information, from the faq page of the NDID site What qualifications must I have to use the NDID service? Must be of Thai nationality https://ndid.co.th/faqs/ The mistake made by Bangkok Bank was that any non Thai national was allowed to register for a NDID not that the current website is wrong. Do note that the service provider (in your case Bangkok Bank) has the responsibility of identification and verification of identity. The only exceptions to the registration could be those who have permanent residence or have gained nationality. If you are so confident that the websites are wrong then you will be able to go to any other bank and register with them using your current registration. It maybe that you can since you have erroneously have been allowed to register or you could loose the registration you have now However and much more importantly every other foreigner will be able to register! Do you care to roll the dice? Do you know anyone (non Thai ) who has recently got an NDID? I know that I was not able to register, I don’t remember who I asked as I have 4 banks that I use.

I think that you may not understand the function of the self clean function of the majority (not just Samsung) AC units. The majority of AC units do not run 24/7 nor 365 if your units do you have no use, or need, for the self clean function. However you postulate that with the fan running 24/7/365 there will be little condensation, this would be true only if the humidity in the house was always very low but that is never true in Thailand, so you have conditions that will permit slime mould growth so regular cleaning of the water drain system is a very good, if not essential, idea. However the majority of AC users switch them off for periods of time, usually several hours long, when switched off the internals of the unit has both condensate water and is cold enough that more condensation occurs within the indoor unit. The way to avoid mould and corrosion is to run the fan for long enough, in some cases up to 30 minutes possibly more, this will dry the both the condensation water remaining and the internals of the unit so reducing or eliminating the slime mould build up and water remaining on the inside of the unit. the self clean option does nothing for the filter units of the AC these need regular cleaning, the more dust or hair (we have 3 cats) in the house, the longer the run time, the more frequently the need cleaning, anywhere from monthly to quarterly will usually be required.

Is Bangkok bank lying on its own website then ????? Is Bangkok bank lying on its own website then ????? Is Bangkok bank lying on its own website then ????? Is Bangkok bank lying on its own website then ????? TIT you can bend and break rules with sufficient pieces of pretty pieces of paper. Does the fact that you were able to do something that is against the rules specifically posted by Bangkok bank make the rules invalid or that they are lying on the website?

NB there are Wago, copies of Wago, copies of copies of Wago all the way down to items that are not very safe. The major differentiation is that Wago plastics are heat resistant and self extinguishing as you go down the scale the plastics become less heat resistant and more inflammable. The majority of the copies along with the genuine Wagos will actually stay connected at significant multiples of the 35A ish current that a 20A breaker will disconnect at, so much so that the insulation will melt off and the connector stays connected, John Ward an English electrician has posted a few interesting videos, as I recall the current he got up to was over 150A and the 2.5mm wire was at least very hot. this is one of the tests

If you have the standard posts, often at 4 meter centres and those have a ring beam it the top and if required part way down. The that structure is bearing the weight of the roof so is load bearing, for example like this if you add fill in walls etc you have a small house, the roof is supported by the posts and tied down to them, FWIW the tie downs on a roof like this must be stronger than an enclosed structure If you don’t have posts supporting the roof then the walls are load bearing QED. Don’t forget that Thailand like other countries does have wind! Wind even if not a typhoon exerts force on roofs and walls these forces come in all directions from pushing down on the roof to lifting it up and of course pushing it sideways, post and beams are designed for these forces, Thai AAC over 200mm are also capable of withstanding these forces. Thai AAC at half the load bearing thickness however interlocked the corners are not rated for this use. Can you use them? Of course you can. Is it a good idea? Absolutely not. The cost difference in material between 100mm and 200mm blocks is an insignificant amount when compared to the overall cost of building. all the talk of comparing Thai AAC 100mm (an unusual size) to UK 100mm blocks is totally irrelevant. The U.K. doesn’t use the same specifications of AAC blocks that are standard in Thailand. Thai AAC blocks are predominantly used in 75mm thickness and always as a fill in wall never as load bearing walls. It is foolish to think that a U.K. building practice can be transplanted to Thailand without all the other design elements surrounding it.

There are several, if not many, different grades of AAC blocks, the materials used vary as do the structural strength. There is not one standard, so without doing research into the details I can’t answer your question.

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