jonny5

HI I built my pool last year. 9.5x 4.5 with a 1mtr to 1.8mtr slope. SWG , inground , tiled , pump room, re bar and loads of cement .

Cost was 280,000bht. The locals did the work while I over looked them.

VCpeters,

Thanks thats a great breakdown..

3 hours ago, vcpeters said:

	Est		Actual
Dresses	฿12,000	$353	฿12,000
Monks  set Date	฿2,000	$59	฿2,000
Gay guys	฿12,000	$353	฿12,000
rings	฿1,500	$44	฿1,500
gold	฿45,000	$1,270	฿46,000
dowery	฿120,000	$3,529	฿120,000
Parking tractor	฿2,000	$59	฿2,000
music	฿18,000	$529	฿1,800
Saturday Party	฿30,000	$882	฿5,000
police	฿3,000	$88	฿3,000
Sunday Boos	฿20,000	$588	฿26,000
Drink	฿20,000	$588
Party gifts	฿2,000	$59	฿2,000
Emergency	฿5,000	$147	฿5,000
Sun  morn food	฿19,500	$574	฿27,400
Sun eve food	฿30,000	$882	฿36,000
Misc	฿6,000	$176	฿6,000
Power	฿5,000	$147	฿7,000
Cards	฿3,000	$88	฿3,000
Monks wedding	฿10,000	$294	฿12,000
total	฿366,000	$10,765	฿329,700	Total
				$9,697

 

Cheers Thats a breakdown....

 

Sorry i tried to edit post but couldn't.

I've been will the GF 15 years , got 3 kids , house , cars etc etc.

So thought it was time to get married. 

It will be a village wedding (Korat) , I was looking at the over all cost and breakdowns if possible?

Wedding party, Food, Drinks , pre wedding photos, all that sort of stuff.

Thanks hope that makes it a bit clearer

Just seeing to all the people who have got married, how much did you pay in total for all?

And if you have a rough breakdown that would be great.

TIA

Thanks..subject closed then...please admin

10 minutes ago, JWRC said:

That is not necessarily a snidy comment as you put it, Some foreigners do apply for Thai citizenship, 

Ok ..no probs..so do you have any information that could help me...as I'm not going to apply for Thai Citizenship.

Thanks

11 minutes ago, timendres said:

For what purpose?

Rice and sugar cane land...

19 minutes ago, sanuk711 said:

Become a Thai..............

Obviously that's out the question. 

45 minutes ago, jonny5 said:

Thats is what I just did. 30day extension then 60 days NON O based on child.

I stand corrected it is not a NON O, thanks Ubonjoe 

25 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

That was a 60 day extension of stay you applied for at immigration not a non-o visa.

You do not have to be the legal parent of your child to apply for the 60 day extension. It is only required to apply for the visa I posted about or a one year extension of stay based upon being the parent of a Thai.

Ok Thanks must be a 60 Day Extension then, but it was based on having children here.. either way saves me a trip the the office in 2 weeks.

So is a NON O single 60 day visa based on family, is the same as a TR 60 visa? is that right..?

If you traveled in on a TR 60 days, then extend 30 days, then 60 day extension (based on child) that would be ok....

Thanks for your info in clearing this up..

10 hours ago, Faeton said:

 

Thank you for quick answer. 

Dose it mean that I can make 30 days extension first based on my tourist visa and then a week before it’s finished apply for another 60 days extension based on my child?

Thats is what I just did. 30day extension then 60 days NON O based on child.

I just got a non o visa based on having kids here....60 days..

All i needed was there birth Certifications and there blue house book with there names on it, I went alone , in and out within 2 hrs.

Im not married...I didnt need to show 'legitimization' of parenthood....

I have done my TM30 form there months ago , so i think he must have my ladies details already on the system.

Very nice and fair immigration officer. Every office is different , so id check what you need .

19 hours ago, SantiSuk said:

Total chlorine, free chlorine, pH, total acidity, CYA and Calcium/hardness are the ones I test for. I find the cheap dropper bottles to be only broadly indicative and test strips also inaccurate. I use the dropper bottle ('Kokaido branded sold by Swimming Pools Thailand) for total chlorine checks in between my weekly check regime but I now find the pH dropper bottle half of the kit to be so difficult to colour match that I don't bother to use it any longer. Maybe the Emaux branded dropper bottles I see them showing in a link above are better!

 

I use a Lovibond Scuba II tester (German product) with reagent tablets for all but calcium/hardness. More expensive than the methods covered above but not as expensive as the pro test versions available online in Thailand. I've had to self-import from the UK (brought the tester with me on one of my trips and get top-up reagent tablets from them via my UK sister). I've not seen Lovibond products on sale in Thailand:

 

https://www.ukpoolstore.co.uk/acatalog/Lovibond_Scuba_Tester.html

 

For calcium/hardness I have used colour change tablets from Lovibond:

 

https://www.ukpoolstore.co.uk/acatalog/Lovibond_Calcium_Hardness___Total_Alkalinity_Tablets.html#a3791

 

The colour change tablets for TA from Lovibond are also good in my experience of a few years prior. 

 

I said I have used Lovibond's tablets for calcium/hardness. I have recently bought a test kit for calcium from Swimming Pools Thailand online store - a bit expensive and slightly complex to use first time around, but seems to work well:

 

https://swimmingpoolsthailand.com/en/water-hardness/618-hardness-test-kit-3812.html

 

Costs (converting UK currency to Thai baht at ex rate of 40:

 

Lovibond Scuba II digital tester ThB 5,800

Boxes of 100 Lovibond reagent tabs (typically last for 2 years of weekly testing except DPD1 free chlorine tabs which are also used in the total chlorine check so last 1 year). DPD1 free chlorine and DPD3 total chlorine ThB 250 each box of 100. PHENOL pH acidity ThB 320. Cyanauric Acid and Total Alkalinity ThB 800.

Total Alkalinity and Calcium Hardness Lovibond colour change tabs (250 tabs per bottle - lasts 1-2 years) ThB 600

Calcium test kit from SPT ThB 1,590.

 

 

{PS I was stunned that Swimming Pools Thailand reckon that "For most purposes for domestic pools, a simple, very inexpensive test kit for chlorine and pH levels such as this is generally all you need". Most ex pool pros I have seen posting on this site would not agree with that statement!}

Thanks for the info, i will take a look into what you suggested, much appreciated

19 hours ago, SantiSuk said:

 

 

16 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

You can certainly get the 60 day extension.

If you are the legal father of your children by way of marriage to their mother or by legitimizing your parenthood and have 400k bath in a Thai bank in your name only or proof of 40k baht income you could apply for non immigrant visa entry (category O)  at a immigration office.  

Then you could apply for a one year extension of stay during the last 30 day of the 90 day entry from the visa or when you have the 400k baht in the bank for 2 months or proof of the 40k baht income.

Thanks you that great information much appreciated. 

1 hour ago, BritTim said:

If you are currently in Thailand (my best guess as your post is unclear on the matter) you can apply for a 60-day extension of your permission to stay to visit your Thai children. For the most part, you only get visas from a Thai embassy/consulate outside Thailand.

 

Note: if you are currently in Thailand on a tourist entry, ask the immigration office if they will allow a regular 30-day extension of your tourist entry followed by the 60-day extension to visit your kids. Some offices will allow this, at others you can only have either the 30-day tourist extension or the 60-day extension to visit your Thai children.

OK thanks I'll ask immigration. 

11 minutes ago, Maestro said:

At the moment and until further notice, only the Thai borders are closed up foreigners, with a few exceptions that do not include you.

 

Sorry about the bad news.

I don't think you understood my question.. 

Maybe I wrote it wrong. 

I'm asking "what visa can I apply for as I have thai children in Thailand.

And if I'm on a Tourist visa can I apply for it in the country? 

Thanks 

Hello, 

I have two children in Thailand and wondered what visa I could apply to get? is it a Non O? 

Can you apply for it in Thailand or does it have to be outside of the Kingdom ? 

And what documents would I need?

TIA

8 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Cyanuric acid slows down chlorine release, yes. However, you do need to be careful not to overdo it, because high levels of CYA will actually compromise bactericidal activity.

I prefer the keep it simple stupid approach, free chlorine means you are zapping bacteria and viruses. I would use CYA at the bare minimum, 10 mg/L.

A slug dose of copper sulphate is useful in preventing fungi/algae taking hold.

Thanks Lacessit, 

So how do I test for CYA as the test strips are useless. 

Could you recommend anything.. 

7 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

All you really need to know is whether you have free available chlorine present, and the pH to make it effective,< 8.

OK thanks, but what about CYA.. Is this not the 'sunscreen' for Chlorine... 

Thanks Zappalot 

That post is exactly what I thought... 

14 hours ago, SwimmingPoolsThailand said:

For most purposes for domestic pools, a simple, very inexpensive test kit for chlorine and pH levels such as this is generally all you need and is the most common. Other, more sophisticated digital, colorimetric and photometric titration methods are also available. There are also test strips to dip in the water but they are not very accurate.

 

. Other, more sophisticated digital, colorimetric and photometric titration methods are also available.

What are these methods please.... 

The basic 1 you suggest is just for Chlorine and PH... But i feel there's more into water chemistry, then just the CL and PH levels. 

Regards J

Just wondering what everyone's using to test there pool water in Thailand.. 

I've a new pool and want to make sure the water is OK. 

Any info or links to what people use would be great. 

Regards J

Not sure what the 63 means... But on my SWG the display had 2 red led lights for about 2 days when I first added salt to the pool... 

I would add enough salt and just turn the pump on without the cell for a couple of days... 

Also take the cell out and clean it.