Boundary Wall

[mariner29]

Just had a quote from the builder think he is having a laugh he wants 3000 THB per metre .He said the plot is 117 metres that comes to 351,000 THB the land is 200 wah or half a rai area i think cost should be around £1000 ish.

[Sir Burr]

How high is the wall? Or, is that the price per square metre? What are you making the wall with, block, or, stone?

Edited April 24, 2008 by Sir Burr

[Crossy]

Certainly sounds a 'bit' OTT, we were quoted a similar per-metre (length) rate for a retaining wall with driven piles to keep our fill from vanishing into the khlong.

Can you give a bit more detail of the style of wall, is it going to be load bearing (retaining) etc. etc.

Edited April 24, 2008 by Crossy

[Naam]

paid ~4,000 Baht per linear meter 2½ years ago . wall 2.20m high, thickness 30cm, no core but some steel inside on which i insisted. foundations ~60cm deep with lots of steel, retaining ~1.2m of soil. liked the work very much. it would have cost a fortune in Europe!

[Lite Beer]

Probably around 200,000 - 250,000 Baht depending on hight.

[Rimmer]

Just had a quote from the builder think he is having a laugh he wants 3000 THB per metre .He said the plot is 117 metres that comes to 351,000 THB the land is 200 wah or half a rai area i think cost should be around £1000 ish.

A 2mtr high, post and beam wall with block fill should be around 1700 baht a mtr.

Faced but not painted.

[apetley]

We're having our 2 metre high wall built for 1400 bht per metre to include labour and materials. 20 cm posts, rendered block construction.

[Tammi]

I can put you in touch with a Thai friend who builds stone walls. Pattaya area

Edited April 24, 2008 by Tammi

[Rimmer]

paid ~4,000 Baht per linear meter 2½ years ago . wall 2.20m high, thickness 30cm, no core but some steel inside on which i insisted. foundations ~60cm deep with lots of steel, retaining ~1.2m of soil. liked the work very much. it would have cost a fortune in Europe!

Very nice indeed Naam Most attractive and strongest walls you can build.

Could be that the builder has quoted for this type of wall as the costing for this would be about right.

Current price for this type of wall is around 600 baht a square meter face. That is costed both sides and what's in the ground.

So for a 2 meter high wall with half meter in the ground that would be 3000 baht a linear mtr but without any steel inside.

Yours has steel inside which is even stronger but would be a lot more expensive. Probably closer to 5000 a meter now.

[Naam]

paid ~4,000 Baht per linear meter 2½ years ago . wall 2.20m high, thickness 30cm, no core but some steel inside on which i insisted. foundations ~60cm deep with lots of steel, retaining ~1.2m of soil. liked the work very much. it would have cost a fortune in Europe!

Very nice indeed Naam Most attractive...

Rimmer, years ago we had a holiday in home in southern France where not only these kind of walls were "standard" but also the driveway, the pathways in the garden, around the pool and even inside the homes. therefore i can assure you that in this respect (natural stone/rock tiling) the so-called "european quality" is sh*t² compared to what i have experienced in Thailand and in another asian country.

[steelepulse]

paid ~4,000 Baht per linear meter 2½ years ago . wall 2.20m high, thickness 30cm, no core but some steel inside on which i insisted. foundations ~60cm deep with lots of steel, retaining ~1.2m of soil. liked the work very much. it would have cost a fortune in Europe!

Very nice indeed Naam Most attractive...

Rimmer, years ago we had a holiday in home in southern France where not only these kind of walls were "standard" but also the driveway, the pathways in the garden, around the pool and even inside the homes. therefore i can assure you that in this respect (natural stone/rock tiling) the so-called "european quality" is sh*t² compared to what i have experienced in Thailand and in another asian country.

Paid about 900 per lineal meter of concrete block (steel reinforced)  finished, but not painted about 5 years ago.  Height is 2 metres.  The neighbor lady who we shared the cost tried to quote me on square metres and I asked her if she had planned on making it a granite wall .  She tried to play stupid and say she got taken as she had to pay per square metre, but she was just trying to rip me off. The lady had built many houses before and she must have thought I was stupid.

[johnnyk]

That's as fine a stone wall as I've seen Naam, very tight with little mortar showing (one hallmark of a good wall) and I saw a lot of good ones while I lived in France. Saw more than a few crappy ones there, too.

Hope you bought him cold beer at the end of his long days!

Edited April 25, 2008 by johnnyk

[PadThaiGuy]

I would be standing by when the foundation goes in. It's a real bummer when they start to fall over.

[mariner29]

Block and render thats it 2 metres high all the way round, gate and obviously vehicular access .

Anyone know a builder PM, land is 800 sq metres 200 wah but lets not go down that road.

[mariner29]

What about my wall ?

[Naam]

What about my wall ?

where are the details? your question is similar to "i was quoted x Baht for a car with four doors which can carry five persons".

[mariner29]

I started the thread hmmmm

[JASON THAI]

My wall is about 84 metres long by 2 metres high it cost me about 230,000 baht which included builders cost and paint and the front fences & gate here's a few pics

[Beardog]

paid ~4,000 Baht per linear meter 2½ years ago . wall 2.20m high, thickness 30cm, no core but some steel inside on which i insisted. foundations ~60cm deep with lots of steel, retaining ~1.2m of soil. liked the work very much. it would have cost a fortune in Europe!

Naam ,

That is a very nice looking wall indeed! It looks like a lot of thought went into the design. I like it!

[lapamita]

for a soid wall like on picture above, incl 9"steel inside 1,80 high on a straigh land without entrance or doors is now 1800-2000 ( steel price increased heavy and cement) with private workers you get this done for 1300 if you make the SAUS or your workers( no ready made), price included sharp inside the land and front.

i make the walls with natural stones what cost 300thb sqm stone+50baht zement+120 baht sqm work ( very cheap 120) total sqm nearly 500 sqm

expenive but beautiful

for 2 rai i send around 450.000 all in all ( 190mtr wall)

[mariner29]

Thats more like it my builder is having a laugh 3000 thb a meter block and concrete 2 meters high should be around 1000-1200 THB.

[lapamita]

sorry, but you would not find anybody who do it for 1000,,, bcs if you buy the material the price is already a 1000.....with private workers ( 300 baht per day for 200baht per meter ) you would be off with 1300, and only if they make the structure with steel and no ready made pieces.

a company or prof. workers charge you 2000.

the inside decorstones i bought by my self 300 bt sqm ,, i forget to tell for the work him charge 100 a sqm for heavy tiles 30x10,,, and even this work dificult to find worker for 100

calculate north east 80-100, bangkok 160,pattaya 130,phuket and samui 160

[Gary A]

If you turn off Beach road into soi 5 Jomtien and drive to the next road, there is a new condo complex on the left side on the corner. It looks like they used the same guy as Naam to build the wall. VERY nice workmanship. I don't know the name of the condo or what the wall cost but it in nicely done.