sometimewoodworker

There is one point that hasn’t been suggested yet and it will very much depend on your plumbing and house layout. you can add a stored water heater. The benefits are significant if your system can accommodate one. the problem is that you can’t raise the water temperature from under 20C or lower to a comfortable 37C+ if you raise the incoming water to 25~30C you have no problem. the stored water heater can be your primary heater or supplementary heater the supplementary heater can be turned off for the 10 months it’s not required our build has incorporated a hot supply that has never been developed due to laziness but would suit the above easily, though heating the incoming cold would be simpler, just put the 2 inline and Bob is your mother’s brother!

I’m living between Udon and KK and our 6,000W heaters can give you a warm trickle, so absolutely don’t waste money on a 6,000 and an 8,000 may be enough if you don’t want a very strong shower at 42C. You are likely to manage a normal power shower at 37C

Of course it is. However anyone who buys finishes understands (or should understand) that the vocabulary used is a subset of regular English with words can, and do, have slightly different meanings (this is true for a vast number of areas where English has special meaning for a couple of examples look at legal terminology and spoken computing English ) So when talking about finishes there are 2 main categories of dilutable finishes solvent based and water based so in the vocabulary of finish water is not classed as a solvent. For paint, in general the terms are oil and water based paint, with oil including a variety of substances not usually classed as oil. So while your statement is true for water general English it is false when talking about finishes

For the kind of service you are suggesting I think that a price north of 70,000 Baht is more accurate

It is very likely that you need an actual electrician who has the tools and knowledge to sort out your system.

I bought the fans from the manufacturer’s shop MrKen in the CDC in Bangkok I got a reasonable discount as we bought about 13. You can find some of them in Boonthavorn Udon Thani These are some of the most iconic fans they are mostly silent and get used in famous places. We just visited Singapore and spotted them in the Raffles Hotel Long Bar one version is the electric Punkah possibly a unique fan I actually fitted them all myself as it isn’t rocket science just sensible mechanics.

My car can use either 95 or E20, I keep a spreadsheet of my vehicle fills and have data of about 60 fills over about 30,000km so I can quite easily compare the 20 E20 fills to the 40 95 fills. There is absolutely no noticeable difference in performance between the 2, however there is a noticeable difference in consumption/price per km I did the compassion over about 2 years of data and E20 cost more per km over that period, I can’t remember the exact difference but it was significant enough that I now use 95 exclusively. note all but 2 fills are from PTT stations. Of course my data are only proof for my vehicle and driving style. You may have different results but my guess is that they will be consistent. the majority of drivers don’t bother to record the data to allow accuracy and just look at the fact that an E20 fill is cheaper than a 95 one, so E20 is popular.

The requirement for a certificate of residence depends on the LTO office you attend. I did NOT require a certificate of residence I used my yellow book and pink card.

So it rather looks as if you have a solar/battery array. That would also be able to (if it doesn’t already) charge an electric powered or assisted vehicle, if that is the case then your ฿50,000 battery was a small part of a system that cost several to many times the cost of the battery. So comparing the cost of your battery to the cost if an EV is disingenuous at least. A solar/battery system is likely to be a vastly different comparison. To between ¼ the price of an EV to ½ or less not the 20 X that you claim. It also isn’t mobile and is arguably a single use item unlike an EV with power out that is dual use. If my deduction is accurate then you should really compare like to like

It is reasonably cost effective. You have ฿50,000 brick that you very seldom use, if you use it very often then a diesel generator is cheaper and more effective. However if you have an EV with power out technology you have a dual use item that you usually drive but can substitute for your ฿50,000 brick that virtually never gets used. There are other things that makes an EV a vehicle I am unlikely to buy, but it is undoubtedly a good option for short power cuts

Absolutely will not work. Thailand has a humidity that is virtually never under 50% and never much under 80% in the rainy season, so swamp coolers will just make everything hot and humidity of 100% Step 1) insulate step 2) double the insulation you first thought was too much idear 2. Is effective but you over estimate the numbers of AC units My Workshop is about 8 x 12 meters ceiling hight is 4~7 meters, I have 3 84” fans + 1 triple motor fan, poor roof insulation, but with 1 AC 36,000 BTU I can see a temperature of 22C with an outside temperature of 38C Spend money on big fans they can be virtually silent, mine were about ฿13,000 each AFIR, it’s an expense I do not regret. Buy cheap fans and on the slowest speed they are noisy, turn them up and and they are really loud.

Yes on the Huawei, yes on the price, but even the Huawei don’t hold a candle to the AirPods Pro on battery life, noise cancellation, and quality of sound. FWIW I have 2 pairs of Huawei freebuds pro and should have just paid for the AirPods Pro in the beginning, they are ½ the price but the battery life sucks in comparison.

Just 1 rainy season isn’t going to compact the fill to allow you to build on it without cracking unless you either excavate down to original level for “pad and post” foundations, build on a raft foundation or use piles. we used the services of the chief Khon Kaen professor of building science to do a soil bearing report after 7 years of settlement of fill, he didn’t know the time since fill and was pleasantly surprised that our fill was structurally sound enough that we didn’t need to go down to the original field level for our foundations.

There is a post I made that was deemed to be to be useful enough that it has been pinned at the top of this forum, that includes the need for eye protection, I just didn’t repeat myself as though required in some cases and with some finishes you almost need SCUBA levels of sealing to be completely protected against organic vapour, and I haven’t needed that much so far. This is why a seldom use solvent finishes as RTB water based is good enough for almost everything I do and is hard wearing, 10+years with cats using it as a springboard,

The information matches, my and other users I know, experience of using PROTEGO products, though I use the interior finish that is actually a bit more expensive than the DECKING OIL how ever as with all solvent based finishes wearing protection is an absolute must, for a solvent/thinner like AAA I use triple surgical gloves as the thinner will eat through a single glove with short exposure and having had the experience of skin contact, through gloves failing, and that was minimal, I don’t want it again. I also wear a mask with organic cartridges as knowing how my skin feels makes me convinced that I don’t want the vapour in my lungs and since I usually spray my finishes my exposure is quite high. I find it easy to know that the filters are working as I smell almost nothing when using the mask but when I take it off the smell can almost knock me off my feet. The other point is that solvent finishes and foam brushes are completely incompatible. Nylon brushes are usually OK and natural bristles are also good, but even with cleaning most are disposable however careful you are.

You may call it by any name you choose, pink elephant sounds nice 😊 better than OA or O. However its name is an extension of stay if you want or need you can add from an OA Visa, from an O Visa or which ever category of visa you extend from

An extension based on a previous OA entry also requires health insurance, so NO it is not only the OA VISA that has the requirement.

You may get more help if you specify the village, town, or city for help, and you meant that she has an iPhone and iPad ;)

Autocorrect messed up. It is RTB, best purchased from the RTB store on Lazada

It isn’t the best finish for the job There is little difference between polyurethane advertised for wood and polyurethane advertised for concrete, the polyurethane advertised for concrete can be less flexible material than the then the polyurethane advertised for use on wood, but since it’s a poor material for use on concrete you probably not find many products designed for that purpose. For information as to why it’s not a great product for concrete see the link https://www.floormasters.co.nz/polyurethane-concrete-floor-coating-dont-do-it/ as to UV stabilisation, the reason why you don’t find many products which UV stabilised is, they have to be softer this is because the UV stabilised products are all significantly softer than the non-UV stabilised products. I personally use R&B interior and interior polyurethane. They are water-based and probably the best base polyurethane available in Thailand. Today, there is little benefit in going for a solvent based polyurethane over the best quality water-based polyurethane, I haven’t used them so concrete only for wood as I have no need to try to use a product that isn’t the best for the purpose. When using the interior of urethane, the coating is hard and hard wearing, when using the exterior polyurethane the coating is always softer so it’s less good for many situations and it certainly would be less good to use on the floor.

Regrettably, though I spoke to both Apollo and Fortis, Fortis was the one of the 2 who had someone willing to talk to me first so that is who I am contacting, though I may also contact Apollo. That was one of my points to consider I will not have that situation as SWMBO will be with me. However the consultant in BKK hospital did not inspire me with confidence, as though he spoke good English it was so heavily accentuated and fast that he was very difficult to understand, (note that was before I saw his fee that is hart attack inducing)

Easily, and I’m certainly considering that though, I’m going to try Khon Kaen University Hospital first on the basis that it’s easier travelling. That would be me, as I pay directly and my insurer reimburses me.

I had already decided on both the business class flights and quality hotel if I go there. It’s the absolute money grab that I can’t stand. My insurance will be enough to cover the bill, though the surgeon fee is so high it is only partially covered. I would rather spend my own money on travel than give it to BKK Hospital. Due to some extremely fortunate circumstances, I can reasonably easily afford the trip, though I haven’t decided yet. If going I will probably go to Chennai. I am going to talk to a doctor their, probably, tomorrow or later today at the Fortis Malar Hospital. You have given me a couple of points I will need to discuss, again thanks

Thank you very much for pointing out something that I had no knowledge of. Again thank you for those links I will certainly consider other options. FWIW I now have a partial breakdown of fees So it’s a total money grab!

You’re absolutely correct, the laparoscopic was 245,000. The open surgery was 240,000 so little difference It’s almost irrelevant. The laparoscopic was fixed price. The open surgery was variable. That is why I am considering an India trip.