Thread: Any way to repair a perimeter wall?

Originally Posted by DrAndy

Originally Posted by RamboII

it is unlikely that he would stand behind his work.

very sensible, he doesn't want to get squashed

Originally Posted by RamboII

Is the wall dangerous or not?

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7 inches and then when ?

Your wall, your call.

Yep, and it will probably be fine. The point being that you, nor anonymous strangers on an internet forum cannot predict when it will fall.

Perhaps get your caretaker to get an engineer to check it and give a prediction, but even then it's close to guesswork...

who cares

if it falls down, rebuild it

this is the Thai way

when in Rome...

Originally Posted by RamboII

I have a 7 year old perimeter wall around my house. Three sides are fine but one side has leaned about 4 inches towards my neighbor's property. I live in the U.S. but the caretaker of the property had a builder come by the property (between CM and Sankamphaene) and he made two suggestions. For 2,000 baht, he could re enforce the dirt at the base of the wall with more dirt. Second, for 20,000 bath, he could make a cut in the wall between each post and put a metal support in place. The last option is to tear the wall down and replace. I will be back in July and would prefer to deal with it then. Does andyone in the Chiang Mai area have a builder with experience in building perimeter walls that they can recommend?

My advice is leave it till you come back and then shop around for prices ,try not to put them on day rate but task and finish , speak to other farangs in your area when you get there ,you will be surprised at the wildly different prices put forward by various builders , best of luck

Last week had some prices for wall replacement in CM. These are by the meter and 2m high for your average rubbish Thai wall. 600 baht / m and I supply every thing but labour. I also had some yummy yummy farung prices of 1500 & 2500/m.

Andy is right when in Thailand play by the same rules.That is if you want to fix it then fix it but dont worry about it or you defeat the reason for living here.
Good Luck.Hope this helps.

Almost two years later and the leaning wall is still up. However, the caretaker at the house told my wife that it has gotten worse and she is afraid that it won't make it through another rainy season, if that long. I was planning on replacing the wall the summer of 2014 but my wife had other plans. We also own an orchard in Saraphi and she decided to spend our (my) money on tearing out the coconut trees there and plant something else and fix the erosion problem with the dirt in the pond. I plan on spending a month in Chiang Mai either in April or May and replace the wall and generally fix the property so it can be rented. I appreciate all the suggestions and am looking forward to spending a month away from my wife and three step children.