Thread: Your dumb building questions

Do they sell spirit levels in Thailand?

Originally Posted by benbaaa

Where does all my poo and pee go?

Howard Hughes asked that once...

Originally Posted by Roc

How do I sound proof my gaff?

I have done a fair bit of sound proofing in nightclubs and studios, do you want to keep sound in or out?

why do they put cements in paperbag while the rest of the world put them in plastic bag to protect them against the rain ?

I recently bought:

5K on a water tank
6K on a 255 Mitsubishi pump
14K on a water filter
3K on two fuckwits to drive out and hook it all up

All was well until I noticed a week ago the pump (in the shed) turning on about every 2 minutes. Just for a second. Then off. Even when no water is runing in the house.

I noticed the installers put the system in at very high pressure. I wonder if the pump is trying to maintain the high pressure even when nothing is drawing water. No visible leaks in the plumbing.

Any thoughts?

Dalton suggested a cheapish draw-back valve ( or something like that) to stop the pressure from starting the pump again. Anyone have one of these?

Elec bill was slightly higher this month compared to usual.

Do you have a pressure tank?

What settings does the pressure switch have? (Cut in, cut out.)

Originally Posted by flash

I have done a fair bit of sound proofing in nightclubs and studios, do you want to keep sound in or out?

Sound in!?

is it for music?

Originally Posted by Roc

Sound in!?

try biting the pillow

Originally Posted by flash

is it for music?

^Yes it is

first thing you need to do is mount your speakers on rubber mountings its the vibrations that carry the sound, what type of system do you have?

Originally Posted by Texpat

Why does Home Pro and Global House have 24,567 different types of sit-down, double-flapper seat-lid combo toilets and every Thai house I go to has a gruesome looking cavernous shit-drop dunny that forces me to strip naked and cry for mummy after I make a deposit?

You are going to the wrong houses.

DD, at some stage do we also get some dumb building answers?

How come my missus sister managed to build a one room apartment for 80k. It looks a bit shit but it cost 80k.

Going by that theory can i build a ten roomed apartment for 800k?

^No, you should get a discount for building in bulk

how much does it cost to build a house in Thailand?

^answer: more if the builder sees your wallet

I have a water pump and it is not working, why is that?

Its broken

No power.

The bricks here are small, as to stop cracking of the wall , the big blocks crack really bad along the cemented edge and with the small one's you only get fine cracks .
Our house has bean standing 8yrs still only a few small cracks , when the out side was repainted a few weeks ago no cracks.