Perimeter Wall

[Jahil]

Hi everybody.

I want to let build a perimeter wall (2 meters high) around my land in Wiang Chai.

Does anybody have an up-to-date idea about price per meter?

Does anybody know a good contractor for this kind of job?

Thanks for help

[wildoates]

Just now doing a wall, I pay 1250 baht per 2 1/2 meter section for labor, I bought all materials, 50 meter of wall will be about 60000 baht. I hired the local village people, doing an OK job.

There is a company that does prefab walls, they are about the same price. http://www.readyfence.biz/bumrung.htm

Edited August 12, 2009 by wildoates

[Jahil]

Just now doing a wall, I pay 1250 baht per 2 1/2 meter section for labor, I bought all materials, 50 meter of wall will be about 60000 baht. I hired the local village people, doing an OK job.

There is a company that does prefab walls, they are about the same price. http://www.readyfence.biz/bumrung.htm

thanks for the quick answer.

do i understand correctly: the material cost was 60.000 bahts???

how high is your wall?

[CDNinKS]

So if I do the math, that looks like about 1750 Baht per meter.......

As Jahil asks, how high is your wall?

I have been quoted between 2000 and 2500 baht for a 1.7 meter high wall, so it sounds like that is quite a bit more than your cost. I am just now waiting for an estimate from R-fence.

Edited August 13, 2009 by CDNinKS

[brahmburgers]

If you ask me, I'd suggest don't build a wall, unless you feel you really have to.

There are already millions of Km of un-needed walls throughout Thailand. And wherever there's not a wall, there's barbed wire.

I've got several rural properties, and the first thing I do when I secure them, is start taking down barbed wire (not a pleasant job).

I've only built one section of wall, about 30 meters (about 0.01% of my cumulative property lines) because my hill tribe neighbors were mindlessly throwing trash on to my property.

Let's give an example of 'openess' to Thais, and show them that walls are not an absolute requirement for property lines - as they currently think.

If you look at US suburban neighborhoods, most don't have walls between or surrounding houses. That's because Americans, in general, don't have that built-in paranoia that's prevalent throughout Thailand/Asia. Look at China's iconic "Great Wall." It was built on the miserable backs of hundreds of thousands of slaves, and could be breached with a hooked rope. Ok, I'm getting carried away, sorry.

[chang35baht]

Which gives you ( if my calcs are correct) total cumulative property lines of around 300 kilometres.

Wow. You must be the biggest land owner in Chiang Rai. Or has this mass of land come from the family of your new bride?

I now understsand you when you say you are immersed in outdoor projects.

C35B.

Edited August 14, 2009 by chang35baht