Thread: Advice given if required

Alright chaps
I usually fuck about on here but I will try to give something back to the forum and its users
I have over 25 years in construction management / civil engineer works
I originally started work in the construction, eg housing and nursing homes etc
About 15 years ago I moved specifically into civils and concrete frame construction
I still have a basic knowledge on house bashing but my area of expertise is civils.
So if anyone is needing advice or you have a problem in this field I may be able to help.
I am not saying I know it all but I can always ask a colleague if I am stumped
Pm me if I can be of assistance
Jim

This guy could do with your help i think:

https://teakdoor.com/construction-in-...kin-about.html (Seriously .... no muckin about .)

Already done nidhogg that's what give the idea to post this
Nice one mate

Got your finger on the pulse Nid, you'd make a good mod.

Originally Posted by palexxxx

Got your finger on the pulse Nid, you'd make a good mod.

Heh....

I realise there's no short answer to it, but I've been comtemplating a pet project of building a shed-like storage outhouse with a cellar. Or possibly just a semi-buried bunker-like cellar with greenery on top.

A german builder mate reckons it's no problem, even considering the frequent flooding and gave me some advice I didn't fully understand as a layperson.
Thing is, I don't trust any of the local builders to do it right, since it's not something they've ever done.

Now, first and most important question:
Are the necessary additives and isolation materials easily available in Thailand, or shall I just forget it?

jimbobs ....... ... I just posted a question to you on that other Thread before realising you had this Thread started .

I was asking this --- I hadn't realised how the beams had been attached to the concrete uprights . But I had to dig out an old photo and this is what I see ........



I hadn't known they attached short verticals about 300mm long using a couple of bolts.

Can I safely take off those short verticals and bolt into place new verticals 1500mm long ? With maybe a bit of bracing ?

The replacement roof will be much lighter.


Wasp

where can i get a job ?

^ Write a sequel for Dr Seuss...

Originally Posted by BaitongBoy

^ Write a sequel for Dr Seuss...

Requires a WP.

Originally Posted by stroller

I realise there's no short answer to it, but I've been comtemplating a pet project of building a shed-like storage outhouse with a cellar.

But seriously.
Great thread. Out of greens today. get you soon.

a shed-like storage outhouse with a cellar

Originally Posted by stroller

Or possibly just a semi-buried bunker-like cellar with greenery on top.

Stay away from the bunker ! It will not end well for you if you are German. I know, I saw the film

Originally Posted by can123

Originally Posted by stroller

Or possibly just a semi-buried bunker-like cellar with greenery on top.

Stay away from the bunker ! It will not end well for you if you are German. I know, I saw the film

Nah...
Thais aren't like that.

Originally Posted by stroller

I realise there's no short answer to it, but I've been comtemplating a pet project of building a shed-like storage outhouse with a cellar. Or possibly just a semi-buried bunker-like cellar with greenery on top.

A german builder mate reckons it's no problem, even considering the frequent flooding and gave me some advice I didn't fully understand as a layperson.
Thing is, I don't trust any of the local builders to do it right, since it's not something they've ever done.

Now, first and most important question:
Are the necessary additives and isolation materials easily available in Thailand, or shall I just forget it?

Hydroponics is it my mate?

There's nothing I can think of if the area floods,

Originally Posted by Wasp

jimbobs ....... ... I just posted a question to you on that other Thread before realising you had this Thread started .

I was asking this --- I hadn't realised how the beams had been attached to the concrete uprights . But I had to dig out an old photo and this is what I see ........



I hadn't known they attached short verticals about 300mm long using a couple of bolts.

Can I safely take off those short verticals and bolt into place new verticals 1500mm long ? With maybe a bit of bracing ?

The replacement roof will be much lighter.


Wasp

If your posts are like that when you break out the outer encasing that's the way to go ,
But I would get 10mm steel box plate to strengthen the joint and drill holes where the fixings are
Some might say it's OTT but I would it's cheap and would help me sleep better when heavy winds occur.
I tend to over engineer things , because I have had things fail that I never dreamed possible
Good luck

A bunker is not so far fetched. The opening should be well above a possible waterline and doors water tight. I have personally traveled under a city heated by steam. The sump pumps are what keeps it from flooding. That and concrete. Now if you're in rock all the better. A rice farm in muck would be a real problem.

As a kid we would sneak into abandoned Nike missile sights. Talk about an underground bunker. The sumps were full but surprisingly the main areas were not flooded. There was no power we were aware of in these missile bays. Had to be a hell of alot of concrete.

Originally Posted by fishlocker

A rice farm in muck would be a real problem.

That's what I have.
A friend reckons there are additives for the concrete to waterprove it and it needs to be cast in one go, with additional insulation on the outside.

Originally Posted by jimbobs

But I would get 10mm steel box plate to strengthen the joint and drill holes where the fixings are

Definitely needed.
Those prefab columns are cheap and usually have a few 5mm diameter rebar inside. The top part which is half cut away and furthermore has two holes is extremely weak. It is intended for connecting to a horizontal beam and not for a vertical extension, especially not for 1.5m of extension..

You can always call these guys Wasp. Take a look atmthe picture on their site.

Knockdown Houses

Originally Posted by rickschoppers

You can always call these guys Wasp. Take a look atmthe picture on their site.

Knockdown Houses

I can see those are very solid . But they're solid thick timber beams set into concrete pipe .

Very strong . And a nice way to go if I was starting all over again with this .

Wasp

Originally Posted by Wasp

jimbobs ....... ... I just posted a question to you on that other Thread before realising you had this Thread started .

I was asking this --- I hadn't realised how the beams had been attached to the concrete uprights . But I had to dig out an old photo and this is what I see ........



I hadn't known they attached short verticals about 300mm long using a couple of bolts.

Can I safely take off those short verticals and bolt into place new verticals 1500mm long ? With maybe a bit of bracing ?

The replacement roof will be much lighter.


Wasp

Your 'supports' are probably like that because at some stage someine's raised your house up - quite common, a team just comes with a dozen chain jacks, lifts the whole house up to the required height, sticks in an extension, then bolts it in place and takes the jacks away.

Simplest solution is to get some new posts made to the full height (not expensive), get everything ready, jack the house up, put in your new posts, and its all done in less than a day. The house opposite us didn't even bother taking out the furniture. Its a 'Thai style' solution, but its better than continuing to bodge it.

Agree.

On second thoughts I just read your 'seriously...' thread and realised it obviously hadn't been jacked up at all, they had just bought posts that were too short!

Whatever bodge you make it's going to be either an ugly cheap bodge or an ugly expensive bodge.

Its unlikely there's going to be any sort of decent re-bar in your posts - that short and thin, they're normally used for a shed or a fence. Either don't care and bodge it with some bolted on extensions or do the job properly, take out the old posts which are probably not very deep and not tied in at all, and replace them with new ones of the right height.

Up to you, but a couple of locals should be able to do the former or a couple of locals with a jack-hammer the latter.