LazySlipper Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 6 hours ago, William C F Pierce said: NOT a disgusting attitude. It's part of Thai culture that if you do some one a favour, they feel indebted to you until they have returned the favour. If a Thai employee works extra hours to help their boss in an emergency unpaid. The Thai boss will feel they owe the employee a favour. This is an aspect of Thai culture that is worth learning to keep you in the good books of everyone concerned. Being a foreign teacher I can tell you first this does not apply to foreign teachers in Thai schools. Been here working for almost 15 years. You can bank on what I say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 4 hours ago, LazySlipper said: Being a foreign teacher I can tell you first this does not apply to foreign teachers in Thai schools. Been here working for almost 15 years. You can bank on what I say. I worked as an international engineer building cellular networks for over 20 years and I always found that if I helped out the guys that worked both for and with me that they would do that bit more for me if I asked them. I worked with Filippinos, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankans and yes, Thais too, and that is what makes the work easier. I never made a big thing out of it and never considered it as a debt to be repaid in any way shape or form. You can bank on that too. Just because it does not work for you in your particular job, it doesn't mean that it doesn't work in other schools or that it doesn't work at all, because it does as many other posters have said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeab1980 Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 (edited) 5 hours ago, LazySlipper said: Being a foreign teacher I can tell you first this does not apply to foreign teachers in Thai schools. Been here working for almost 15 years. You can bank on what I say. I was a teacher here till last year when i retired 10 years same school. I can say i was treated as described in the post you answered to. If i did any favours/unpaid work it was paid back in favours and goodwill always. So not realy a banker. As described it is part of Thai culture and a good practice i have used many a time when building our house with Thai labour. Edited June 6, 2017 by jeab1980 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBuwanaDogbossKing Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 On 2017-5-29 at 8:43 AM, Clarinet man said: Excuse me chaps and I really don't mean any offence! I am at a loss to understand how can you guys live under those conditions? No allowed to work on your own homes . A lot of the work is of substandard. And in most cases you are getting ripped off . Or is it a whole country of farrang lost souls? Once again I don't mean to offend but I am at a loss that is why I left . Take everything you read on here with a pinch of salt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBuwanaDogbossKing Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 On 2017-5-29 at 9:09 AM, transam said: In the UK it is illegal to do many things, for instance, electrical work on your house, and gas pipe work is a no-no. You want to do alterations to your house, the borough engineer gets involved..Drainage, the water board is involved, plus they all cost you money before you do anything... Absolute rubbish, you can legally do any work you want on your house in the UK, the only stipulation is that specialist work such as electrical and gas need to be inspected and signed of by a certified competent person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 1 minute ago, SirBuwanaDogbossKing said: Absolute rubbish, you can legally do any work you want on your house in the UK, the only stipulation is that specialist work such as electrical and gas need to be inspected and signed of by a certified competent person. Sorry chum, gas must be installed by Corgi registered/licensed folk, you cannot do electrical work for the safety of folk who may buy the property... Well that was my info 15 years back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattd Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 28 minutes ago, transam said: Sorry chum, gas must be installed by Corgi registered/licensed folk, you cannot do electrical work for the safety of folk who may buy the property... Well that was my info 15 years back... Exactly right regarding Gas, except Corgi was replaced in 2009 by the Gas Safe Register and to carry out certain tasks on an electrical installation of a home would require a provable level of competency, the below is a quote from the UK HSE Executive website under the FAQ 'Can I do my own electrical work' It is particularly important that anyone who undertakes electrical work is able to satisfy the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989. Basically, best leave that to the experts! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Mattd said: Exactly right regarding Gas, except Corgi was replaced in 2009 by the Gas Safe Register and to carry out certain tasks on an electrical installation of a home would require a provable level of competency, the below is a quote from the UK HSE Executive website under the FAQ 'Can I do my own electrical work' It is particularly important that anyone who undertakes electrical work is able to satisfy the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989. Basically, best leave that to the experts! Yeh, way back in the UK I re-plumbed everything and the electrics and jumped through all the hoops, even running a drain l had to pay the water board 350 quid so they could inspect what was underground, though they gave it back after seeing no problems... Edited June 6, 2017 by transam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YetAnother Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 the huge confusion regarding thai immigration (for us expats) spills over into the thai community; if a thai doesnt like you and sees you working on your house, they can try to report you to immigration, immigration likely comes out and the whole thing results in more confusion; well, hopefully loss of face for the guy reporting the false problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuiseppeD Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 On 5/27/2017 at 7:13 PM, ubonjoe said: Doing a bit of work on your own home is OK. How much you can get away with depends upon where your home is located. Best advice going. I had a very interesting conversation with a UK guy a few weeks ago doing a Petrocelli job in Chaiyaphum Province and he was quite adamant that he's cleared it with the local authorities, including the police, and I've no reason to disbelieve him. His exact words were 'depends on where you live' as per ubonjoe's advice. He also balanced it out with 'I wouldn't be so lucky doing the same in Bangkok'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBuwanaDogbossKing Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 On 2017-6-6 at 2:51 PM, transam said: Sorry chum, gas must be installed by Corgi registered/licensed folk, you cannot do electrical work for the safety of folk who may buy the property... Well that was my info 15 years back... Sorry chum your info from 15 years ago was wrong then and is still wrong today. I buy renovate and rent houses in the UK and all gas and electrical modifications / installations are checked and signed off by respective registered competent person. Certificates are then lodged with the rental management company with re inspection and renewal of certificates every 5 years. I reiterate.......you can legally do any work you want on your own house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huahinboilerman Posted June 15, 2017 Author Share Posted June 15, 2017 i seem to have unearthed a multitude of scenarios lol our problem is firstly we are taking our ex builder to court for bad workmanship and for attacking me when we ordered him off site, also i am contemplating bringing some bits to Thailand that i find unavailable or prohibitively expensive here (most bits are second hand/used) but i now note this exraying of luggage for tax purposes ... any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huahinboilerman Posted June 15, 2017 Author Share Posted June 15, 2017 in passing if anyone in petchaburri contemplating employing a builder i would be happy to explain in private why this particular company /builder is a total no-no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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