Is this overkill/how much?

[proton]

Sister in law in Bkk Sansiri house having the back converted into a kitchen, not a huge space, pic about half of the area. Builder delivered 125 concrete piles to bang in, seems a bit over the top to me, only a one story construction going up. I was wondering how much these piles are as we need some work done and one guy said they were 1000k baht each which I did not believe. 

 

[KhunLA]

Since you can bang 'em into the ground, 1k sounds about right.  

Overkill would be an under statement.  Hope she got permission from next door.

[Yellowtail]

Generally, most anything you do not want sinking away from the existing structure will need piles or footings. Piles are cheaper and easier.

 

Do you think the B1,000 is too much or too little? Does the price include driving them?  

[proton]

7 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

Generally, most anything you do not want sinking away from the existing structure will need piles or footings. Piles are cheaper and easier.

 

Do you think the B1,000 is too much or too little? Does the price include driving them?  

Don't think these cost that much 240 for the whole job including the kitchen

[Bangkokhatter]

considering the recommended depth for piling is between 18 and 23 meters around Bangkok I would imagine they are going to connect them together, though looking at pictures not sure how.

 

If 1000THB is for the installation also then it's a good price.

[Yellowtail]

3 minutes ago, proton said:

Don't think these cost that much 240 for the whole job including the kitchen

Well I guess it would depend on whether delivery and installation is included. The first one would be pretty pricey. 

 

Something may have gotten lost in translation, stranger things have happened...

[proton]

On 6/12/2022 at 7:16 PM, Bangkokhatter said:

considering the recommended depth for piling is between 18 and 23 meters around Bangkok I would imagine they are going to connect them together, though looking at pictures not sure how.

 

If 1000THB is for the installation also then it's a good price.

You were right, they use small 1.5 meter ones due to the constricted access and join them one on top of another connecting the re bar somehow with a bit of welding. Watched them bang 4 in so thats 12 meters so far. 

[sometimewoodworker]

On 6/12/2022 at 7:06 PM, KhunLA said:

Since you can bang 'em into the ground, 1k sounds about right.  

Overkill would be an under statement.  Hope she got permission from next door.

Not too sure about overkill seeing how easily piles go into the ground in Bangkok, also depending on the driving method it can provide virtually no disturbance if you use human pile drivers, more likely entertainment value ???? 

 

[Morakot]

On 6/12/2022 at 12:06 PM, Yellowtail said:

Do you think the B1,000 is too much or too little?

Hang on. That would mean 125,000 THB for the foundations of a single story extension that seems less than 10 sqm.

 

Surely that can't be right.

 

 

[Morakot]

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Is this overkill

Let's say they're connecting 12 pieces that would mean they will end up getting ten pillions (18m long) out if this. Ten pillions for a 8-10 sqm floor plan should be sound if not slightly too much.

[proton]

32 minutes ago, Morakot said:

Let's say they're connecting 12 pieces that would mean they will end up getting ten pillions (18m long) out if this. Ten pillions for a 8-10 sqm floor plan should be sound if not slightly too much.

They did 13 pieces for one pile altogether, home pile.com seem to know what they were doing, apart from reversing into out car leaving us without one for a week!

[Morakot]

1 minute ago, proton said:

They did 13 pieces for one pile altogether, home pile.com seem to know what they were doing, apart from reversing into out car leaving us without one for a week!

Sorry to hear about the car. ????

 

The website looks good https://www.home-pile.com/

 

So what's the total price for the ten [?] pillions, incusing material and labour?

[proton]

7 minutes ago, Morakot said:

Sorry to hear about the car. ????

 

The website looks good https://www.home-pile.com/

 

So what's the total price for the ten [?] pillions, incusing material and labour?

Not sure, over 100k at least Thais tend to be a bit secretive about the details, just boast about the total cost, 240k in this case

[Saanim]

Was the fence wall (shown on the picture) also piled? And the house foundation?  If not, why to do it for a kitchen in such narrow area?