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You might be able to save it from further degradation by protecting the drip line with another material fixed on top of the polycarbonate... perhaps a Shera board or similar? Sorry... off-topic I know.

I'm guessing... zero maintenance huh? Is there a drip line that is causing that localised degradation in the middle of the sheets?

I had to google this term... do you mean Septic Tank? Fosse Septic What make and model of septic tank did you buy? What was the missing part? Normally they come as a complete unit which you then have to pipe up to your sewerage pipe(s) and leach tank and vent.

Halfway between the Hua Yai road overpass and the Soi 3 overpass... it spans 4 lanes in each direction.

Actually they were closed to allow the use of large cranes to lift the new prefabricated reinforced concrete foot bridges into position after offloading them from large transport trucks. It was a safety operation... no traffic under heavy lifts. Sukhumvit was only partially closed for a few hours, so just a minor and temporary inconvenience.

Correct! They are 4" PVC drains from the concealed gutter above. They will discharge into a 12" collection header which will be run the length of the building and discharge into a manhole/sump at the side of our access road. We want the water to drain away from the retaining wall, not towards it. You can probably see how the roof drainage system works better from above... The 3 x 4" upper roof drains discharge onto the lower roof above the Thai kitchen which in turn has 5 x 4" drains which discharge into the 12" collection header (not yet installed). Once it is all painted (under the roof line) I hope that it won't be quite so noticeable. I'm not concerned about painting the PVC drains and septic tank vent above the roof line... sure they will fade from UV rays in time but they are not visible from standing eye level.

If you read the post that I quoted you will see that I had not done a 90-day report since December 2022 because I had not received a reminder email... so I forgot. I am asking if I should do my next report in 90 days time from my last visit to immigration (which was today)?

Of particular interest and entertainment was the Bluetooth speaker light mounted above the deck on the East side of the house... I'm sure it will give the workers hours of pleasure while they finish off the remaining tasks... received_644457787669079.mp4

And last night all the switches were turned on for the first time...

And all the LED lighting, both internal and external has been installed...

Well the concrete access road work is progressing well... it has been hot and dry so a good opportunity to get moving with it.

Well I went into The Immigration Office in Jomtien Soi 5 yesterday with all the required paperwork for my retirement visa extension. It was all checked and I was asked for a copy of my drivers license as proof of address. I got that copied, then signed it, and then signed a couple of cover papers which the IO had filled out, and was given a yellow numbered plastic tag and told to come back today to collect my passport. When I went there today it was extremely busy with people queuing outside in the sun... not a good sign. I went straight inside and approached counter 8 with my plastic tag, and was given back my passport complete with new 12 month extension stamp... no questions about 90 day reporting. In and out in under 1 minute... fantastic! So am I safe for another 90 days, then shall I try the online system again or should I report in person 90 days from today?

From the link in the OP...

The big guy giving his navel some fresh air is actually the head electrician... 555. Is that a look of quiet confidence whilst his compatriot flicks the breaker whilst wearing his welding goggles?

I just confirmed with my builder that they are copper.

Thanks STWW... I will pass it on.

And our external architectural feature is getting installed as well as the external cladding... I think that it's really going to look impressive when it's finished.

Today (Monday 14 August) was a flurry of activity as the new electrical cables were installed in HDPE pipe underground and reconnected... we are live again now! Also drainage pipes were laid under our access ramp to take any water away from our neighbour's property.

The local government has been kind enough to resurface the old dilapidated concrete road from the village to our farm in bitumen, for which we are most thankful. It has been painted too and some of the local villagers have been asking the in-laws why we are so special that we get a free road upgrade... 555. DJI_0183.MP4

I hope that you are wrong too... time will tell I guess. I will mention the smooth rebar idea to the builder and see what he thinks... thanks.

I don't know what the builder installed... from the cut cable at the breaker it looks like aluminium, not copper:

Work has also started on our access road... it is 4m wide reinforced concrete and is being poured in 8m long sections. We will be using a 20cm high HDPE water seal as a construction joint between the 8m sections, rather than the traditional Thai way of making construction joints by cutting the concrete then filling the cuts with bitumen. The road will slope very slightly towards the East where a spoon drain will be installed to drain off rain water. The first 8m section was poured on Wednesday. And on Thursday the boxing was being removed and the concrete was cured enough to be able to walk on and the next section was being prepared. This is the 20cm high HDPE water seal to be used for the construction joints:

On Thursday afternoon the ARC-CMR team had finished their work and had cleaned up... the house is nearly at lockup stage now, although there is still a lot of painting to be done.

Our double glazed uPVC windows and doors arrived on Monday and were fitted over the following 3 days. A great job by the ARC-CMR team and I would recommend them to anyone considering something similar. Ours are 6mm clear/8mm air gap/5mm clear insulating glass and all the hardware components are Deuceninck from Belgium, all assembled by ARC-CMR in Banglamung, Chonburi. We had one small hiccup when I noted that one of the sliding doors was in the wrong location, but it was quickly resolved without any drama. One important thing to remember when ordering sliding doors and windows... the architect normally provides a drawing or two called a "door and window schedule" and these are typically drawn in elevation view from the outside looking in... however in our case the installation team assumed that they were drawn from the inside looking out... hence the error in orientation. Anyway, after a bit of magic involving rotating and reversing panels and locks, the error was corrected and everyone was happy.

We isolated the electrical problem last week (no pun intended)... it wasn't an earthed active feed... the cables were stripped when they were being pulled through the 2" PVC pipe that was buried underground and that is why we were consuming so much power via earth leakage. Stripping occurred at the PVC pipe elbows because the cables were pulled only, not push-pulled. An unfortunate and expensive lesson learned by our builder and his team. The cables have now been cut as they are unusable and new cables will be pulled through an HDPE pipe and tested before reconnection.