Problems During Construction

[Kringle]

Boon Mee, did you get the insulation info and if not let me know.

Cheers,

Kringle

Edited March 13, 2005 by Kringle

[Maka]

Regarding drains being coverd.

A week ago I had a snake in my house, in the middle of my office floor, and almost steped on it.

The "authorities" who responed to me call for help, and "disposed" of it ,told me that it was likely that it enterd the house thru a drain pipe. They also told me it was a cobra. After it was "subdued" I measured it at 3' 10".

Oh, and I live in Pa Phrao Nok, which I consider "in the city".

Keeping my dains coverd and watching my floors constantly, Maka

[Nignoy]

Slow drainage could be caused in inadequate/missing venting. My first house here had a toilet that would sometimes flush realllllll slow while making gurgling sounds. Adding a simple stack pipe where the drainage pipe exited the house solved the problem. Of course, trying to explain why I wanted to pay for extra pipe to extend to roof level when knee level would do never quite got across.

Inadequate sink/shower drainage could also be from bad venting, a situation that would become more noticeable when the septic tank is filled up to drain pipe level.

Oh, keep that drain cover on - and locked down. Had a friend who came back from a trip, saw his shower drain cover off and to the side. He put it back on, not thinking too much about it. The next day he saw a gold and black movement under his couch -- a 5 foot Banded Krait (so called 'two-stepper,' as that's about as far as you get when they bite). Since then, I have found these covers can work themselves loose very easily; so, after his story, I'm pretty religious about checking my drain covers. (Probably not a problem in the city, but this happened in the Doi Saket area of Chiang Mai.)

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I agree with Jim on this but would also add that it's not JUST venting to the roof line but that all drains should be vented from inside the house. Raised my venting outside and was informed by my good friend from the US that the reason I still had gurgling toilets is because ALL the drains were not vented, meaning kitchen and batroom sinks but little I can do now as the house is finished barring tearing out a lot of concrete. Next house, next house 555555

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From all the construction threads in here it seems that most of you must have australian trained builders to build your thai homes, dont want to seem to be aussie bashing all the time, but lots of your problems are everyday occurances here, we had a bungalow built 3 years ago by a reputable company, to sell it we will have to demolish it!!it has that many faults at least the drains in the featured shower were connected, ever had sewage come up in the kitchen sink?? 2 metre glass door complete with frame, not just loose ,it fell out of the wall onto the patio, we are one of many families trying to get our money back our old house is in better nick than the new one, we are treating all this as a training curve for when we build our new home in Prachuap, as a cuddly pom once said always look on the bright side of life!! Nignoy

[andy50]

as i said on a previous thread i always visit at least one buiding project when im in thailand, the standard of work varys from ok to appalling

,the plumbing on some houses/footings is laughable, and odviously not going to work from day one, and to make it worse they cast the pipe work into the concrete!

Edited March 18, 2005 by andy50