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According to him it is his place and you are an unwanted trespasser on the property. In his mind you are nothing more than a stray dog that needs chased off. If you believe you have a right to be there or ownership claims to anything there, then get the police and a translator together with him to clear the air on who owns what. If you are too weak to do even this, then I can't see you demolishing anything and it's doubtful you'd even have that right.

I have a lot of makita tools and many are excellent and would buy more. But I have had bad experience with makita service in Thailand. The worst part is how they sit on a tool I need back and make me wait for months with excuses and lies about how long it will take. Most makita tools are well made and may never need servicing. But their table saw and thickness planer are exceptional and both have numerous design flaws and can fall apart quickly and regularly. Comparing notes with others with these tools it's not an isolated conclusion. What I have learned with Makita is never return a tool for service--even if it is still in warranty. Instead isolate what part is bad and order it.

Thailand is not a rich country. It is not clear why it is so important to create a bureaucracy that spends money trying to "help" foreigners by shackling them with something they don't want and does nothing for the Thai people that are in more desperate need of their money spent in constructive ways.

Thai's misusing technology is a major fault seen everywhere; just add this one in there with every village loud speaker system and all the needless poisoning done everywhere to name a few.

A gas heater like that seems to make so much more sense than electric in this case--appreciate that and it's strange none of the stores have recommended it. Would it be possible to use a single unit such as this to run hot water to everywhere needed in a house vs installing individualized units? That would make a compact solution though for further away taps extra time would be needed to bleed off the cold water in the pipes before the heated water arrives.

20L/min is the spec for the shower hardware. It is normal practice to match the heater to the allowable flow. The amount of flow selected is valve controlled to personal preference. The only inline heaters over 12000 watts I have found are 3 phase which I don't have. I don't like heater tanks as much; they run can out and take up more space.

Is there a calculator or good method to determine the correct heater size in watts for a shower? In this case I need one for a flow of 20L/min. Hafele says a heater tank is required for that much flow but I would prefer a regular demand heater if there is one that could do the job.

Is it possible to find T5, T8 or similar form factor lights that can be dimmed? It's ok if PSU/drivers/special cabling are needed. So far I have only found ribbons but they do not put out enough brightness.

Surprising to see the OP keen to post so many problems over so long a period of time yet apparently not bothering to follow through with the consumer protection agency which would seem to be the most important place to be communicating rather than here.

A farmer with 6 rai is a recipe for poverty seen all over Thailand. This failed model needs abandoned in favor of something that can increase the standard of living of the poor.

I believe what you are after is just a bond breaker if placing the new concrete directly against existing.

What you are describing is a type of construction joint.

Membranes are a type of vapor retarder intended to minimize the transmission of moisture upward through the slab from sources below. I have never heard of this being used for an outdoor pour.

What you may be after is called an isolation joint. When pours are done at different times in different shapes and sizes they will move, shrink, and expand a little differently. An isolation joint allows this movement to occur without cracks. Agree it would be nice to find the expansion joint material here.

How ridiculous to give out the instruction to eat so many eggs. Next they'll say it plenty of salt on your food.

Eggs are no longer classified as a sin food like they used to be. And surprisingly, neither is salt. The new guidelines say if you have a healthy heart which most do is not to worry about salt intake; it's inconsequential. So many reversals in our lifetime. I'm convinced we really don't know that much about nutrition so have what you want, enjoy and don't worry about it.

It's a good idea and desperately needed, but without enforcement it will be a wasted effort. The locals treat the forest like a free all you can eat buffet. It's all fair game and they take what they want. Every single tree will ultimately be burned down, cut down, or otherwise killed and no one will care. The cycle of deforestation will repeat and go back to square one. I don't see any other possible outcome from my vantage point unfortunately.

Was a little hard to find, but I can now recommend charn-chai.com which has 3M resin splice kits in stock and has great delivery service.

new airless tires should be perfect for electric cars as they are light and have low rolling resistance

The rolling resistance is no lower than bridgestone ecopia tires sold in thailand. I also fail to see how this is more beneficial to electric vs conventional.

i am still wondering why they have not gone into production full scale

The answer to 99% of the questions in the world is cost. That's why this tire can only make sense in certain special cases.

I found a number of Thai web sites advertising the 3M splice kits for underground junctions like here. Baffling because when asked every one of them so far says they don't have anything like this. Anyone know where one might find these types of products?

Has anyone thought about Apple Home?

Any recommendations on where to buy electrical components online?

update: I found a number of web sites, such as arunservice, that offer grundfos pumps for around 5000 baht less than home pro / directtoshop.

I don't mind expensive, but I just don't want to get ripped off. Below is an example of why I would be reluctant to buy anything from directtoshop/HomePro without checking around first. In this example they charge double for the exact same item! That's 10,000 baht down the drain for nothing.

I find it curious Franklin calls for a 20A breaker even though the pump needs far less? See table row with red highlight. Is it a good idea to keep the circuit with only the pump or is it reasonable to use any of the remaining amperage for other electrical use? The reason I ask is if I could share the circuit with a demand water pump I could eliminate the need for an underground cable splice.

Grundfos is proving hard to find retail. The one link provided earlier is to a seller that usually has extremely high prices compared to others. Can anyone recommend any other online sellers to compare to?

......there are special steel serrated edged plugs for qcons but I cant afford them!

They cost 3 baht each.

Let me start by saying my experience is the price of basic insect screens with cheap plastic frames and parts have mind boggling prices--and they are total junk fitted using a bead of silicon that covers up and ruins the high quality look of your beautiful window frames. But then if you look at the price of security screens they are just insanely expensive. Given a choice between the two, I'd go for the latter because even though they are overpriced at least you end up with a high quality product with a durable frame built to last available in a rich powder coated color range that looks great and adds a layer of security to your property. I listed web sites of two manufacturers of security screens earlier. Recommend looking at each, haggle a lot. At the end of the day, I don't think the difference in security between the two is significant for a thief with the right tools. They would both stop some types of thieves, but not others. And some prefer breaking in through the roof anyway.

yes--screen doors open out and physical doors open in. i like this arrangement, it feels natural, and as another mentioned it is typical in other countries. Screen doors on the outside share the same list of advantages i mentioned earlier that window screens on the outside get which is particularly attractive for security screens.

i like security screens because they cover 2 things at once--they are an insect screen and provide security both. For security, others may prefer roller shutters or window bars and/or security doors. For the dual purpose reason i also prefer blinds in insulated glass--two functions are covered by the window. winmaster mentioned earlier carries blinds in insulated glass and the gap is still able to be argon filled.