Your dumb building questions

**Texpat** · 03-05-2008, 10:46 AM

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**Loombucket** · 03-05-2008, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by jaiyenyen

Builder's Guarantee's, are they worth the paper they are written on?

Only if there are witten, in pencil, on 1k Baht notes (I suspect).

**melvbot** · 03-05-2008, 03:19 PM

Originally Posted by Texpat

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Me stand corrected

**Smithson** · 03-05-2008, 04:32 PM

Why don't the stagger their brickwork? Can't believe it hasn't been asked!

How can someone who welds all day everyday be so shit at it and why do the feel the need to grind down their welds?

**hillbilly** · 03-05-2008, 04:45 PM

Originally Posted by Smithson

Why don't the stagger their brickwork? Can't believe it hasn't been asked!

You are correct. Most of the time the Thai workers do not stagger the bricks. The reasoning is fairly simple. Almost every wall will have rendered cement applied. Since none of these walls are really load bearing walls, why waste the time and effort, is the thinking.

**Thetyim** · 03-05-2008, 04:59 PM

Originally Posted by Smithson

How can someone who welds all day everyday be so shit at it

Ahh, that one is easy.
After a month of using sunglasses for welding they are all technically blind.

**Jet Gorgon** · 03-05-2008, 05:37 PM

^ beat me to it.

**dirtydog** · 03-05-2008, 08:13 PM

Originally Posted by jaiyenyen

Builder's Guarantee's, are they worth the paper they are written on?

Yes they are, paper is worth about 5baht a kilo, so your garauntee is worth whatever percentage of a kilo your paper weighs in at.

Originally Posted by phunphin

Do termites eat plaster board

Nope I don't think so.

Originally Posted by phunphin

why don't thai's use stones or rubble for back fill in concrete floors.???

Sand is cheap here.

Originally Posted by Butterfly

why aren't the walls straight

That applies to most countries so therefore is not a Thai related question.

Originally Posted by melvbot

Why do they insist on using a million bricks the size of a matchbox

In Pattaya the bricks are cured using the sun, in Northern Thailand they are kiln fired using rice husks, ie not a lot of heat, that is why they are so small.

**HawaiiJ** · 04-05-2008, 02:25 AM

Originally Posted by Butterfly

why aren't the walls straight ?

Simple reason, the walls are not straight because the "blind welders" are the ones who are building the walls.

**Smithson** · 06-05-2008, 10:22 AM

Originally Posted by hillbilly

Originally Posted by Smithson

Why don't the stagger their brickwork? Can't believe it hasn't been asked!

You are correct. Most of the time the Thai workers do not stagger the bricks. The reasoning is fairly simple. Almost every wall will have rendered cement applied. Since none of these walls are really load bearing walls, why waste the time and effort, is the thinking.

As I thought, although if the walls were rendered then I wouldn't be noticing all these non-staggered walls. It's actually not much more time and effort, because the breeze blocks break so easy there's always plenty of half ones laying around.

In fact they'd actually save a tiny bit of money, because when the deliver the brings they always break a couple which they don't charge for.

I suspect they also think it looks nicer, a bit like floor tiles. The definitely grind down the welds for appearance. Weakens the joint, takes ages and makes a hell of a noise. Maybe the welders want to go deaf as well as blind?

**WhiteLotusLane** · 09-05-2008, 04:03 PM

Why aren't brick walls used more on the outside?

Why do all brick walls ever built anywhere look like shit, with big blobs of cement pasted and clayed in between the bricks?

Why don't houses ever have an attic, or basement for that matter? Seems they build a roof just to store air.

**buad hai** · 09-05-2008, 05:12 PM

Why have they yet to notice that water flows down hill?

When will they discover that three prong outlets actually need three wires running back to the service entrance panel?

Will it ever come to them that "ground" ("earth") was named that for a reason?

When will it be revealed to them that wires come in different colors for reasons other than design choices?

**NickA** · 09-05-2008, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by WhiteLotusLane

Why aren't brick walls used more on the outside?

Bricks are good absorbers of heat, so you'd need good insulation or the house would get very hot (I think)

Originally Posted by WhiteLotusLane

Why don't houses ever have an attic, or basement for that matter? Seems they build a roof just to store air.

Again, probably because they get very hot.

**dirtydog** · 09-05-2008, 07:12 PM

Why would a house need a basement? if you needed more room it would be cheaper and easier to just buy a bit more land, well in Thailand anyway, attics get too hot and insulation is a relatively new thing in Thailand, also what would you use the attic for?

**phunphin** · 11-05-2008, 07:19 AM

can you build( ie . weld , cement and hammer) your own house . or is that considered working???.

**dirtydog** · 11-05-2008, 05:48 PM

I doubt you would get a work permit for any of those occupations in Thailand.

**phunphin** · 11-05-2008, 07:14 PM

Originally Posted by dirtydog

I doubt you would get a work permit for any of those occupations in Thailand.

could it be considered a hobby?

**dirtydog** · 11-05-2008, 07:23 PM

^What the same sort of hobby as those Russian girls have down Walking Street and keep getting arrested for and thrown out the country?

**Roc** · 13-05-2008, 03:33 PM

How do I sound proof my gaff?

**benbaaa** · 13-05-2008, 04:26 PM

Where does all my poo and pee go? I have a suspicion that the two little lids set in the concrete outside the kitchen door has something to do with the answer, but I don't know exactly what.

**buad hai** · 13-05-2008, 04:39 PM

Originally Posted by benbaaa

Where does all my poo and pee go?

As long as it's going somewhere, you don't need to know. However, if it stops going somewhere....

Luckydog · 13-05-2008, 09:52 PM

Originally Posted by dirtydog

Why would a house need a basement? if you needed more room it would be cheaper and easier to just buy a bit more land, well in Thailand anyway, attics get too hot and insulation is a relatively new thing in Thailand, also what would you use the attic for?

Fit a Roof Extractor Fan.......

Luckydog · 13-05-2008, 09:53 PM

Are all these Condos Earthquake proof?

Luckydog · 13-05-2008, 09:57 PM

How many years apprenticeship does a Thai Builder do?

**NickA** · 13-05-2008, 10:04 PM

Originally Posted by benbaaa

Where does all my poo and pee go?

Are you German or not?

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