Thai Dhupp and Princess Joy's Thai House Build

bright and early (well, 9ish AM), we were back to oversee proceedings.

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trucks continued where they left off

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Yeah good - put some of the fill material in to that boggy area

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...but not before their number 1 driver managed to find the bit the tractor missed and got stuck

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Progress continues

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leveling and scraping

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Getting close to finishing now - what could go wrong?

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Ahhh OK... THAT could go wrong

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the number 1 driver makes it 2 out of 2, well and truly stuck this time and we only had a bout 10 loads to go

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Finally though, its done - and even PJ and the supervisor can agree on that

Looks good, but you will be surprised how much the current dirt level drops in a year after one rainy season. You may opt for more fill at that time, or not.

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Looks good, but you will be surprised how much the current dirt level drops in a year after one rainy season. You may opt for more fill at that time, or not.

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Yeah Rick, I wondered about that settlement - of course we WANT it to pack down, thats the whole point of getting this done before those rains, but how much settlement might there be?

How I see it is:

- We have raised the ground by about 0.8m average.

- Yes, there will be some settlement, but it will not go back to zero (lol unless we have a typhoon/monsoon/tsunami event in Chonburi.).

- The house footprint will be a further 0.5m or so ABOVE the new level, so the house could be up to 1m above original level even after settlement.

- I have swimming pool soil available , when dug to raise up perimeter, etc. if needed.

- Our direct experience after heavy and prolonged rain shows no flooding on the plot at its original level, when there was flooding evidence in the area at lower levels.

- Statements from Orbortor and locals is that this is on a shallow hill and has NEVER flooded.

Im hoping we have done enough? Really I have little experience of this as you know but i think feet will stay dry when seasonal rains come.

How much settlement did you experience when you did yours?

Once you raise your house footprint another 0.5 meter, you should be fine. It would be nice if you could see your drainage before you start to build, but adjustments can always be made later as well. You just need to make sure you have good runoff away from your house.

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Once you raise your house footprint another 0.5 meter, you should be fine. It would be nice if you could see your drainage before you start to build, but adjustments can always be made later as well. You just need to make sure you have good runoff away from your house.

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I figured on some gentle sloping away from the raised house footprint on all sides to take care of that.in general, water drains towards the road though now, with my land raising, the back part is of course lower too. (that will ultimately become another v small access lane)

As part of my overall plan for water re-use, we will be harvesting rainwater from the roofs.

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Originally Posted by Thai Dhupp

water drains towards the road though now, with my land raising,

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So your property doesn't flood, but the road will? Drainage of any amount of rain water is important.

settling was insignificant for me. Lost some first year from rain carrying off some fill. Once you get vegitation in very little loss. May need to level off low spots over time.

If your structures are at high points you should have no issues with standing water. Of course if you have a wall around property drain culverts are needed.

Looks good.

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water drains towards the road though now, with my land raising,

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So your property doesn't flood, but the road will? Drainage of any amount of rain water is important.

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Well... No not exactly. We have raised the plot as a safeguard for the future. As mentioned earlier, we did not get flooding on the plot before, but this raising is a contingency for what the future may hold.

The road doesn't flood either...it's on a gentle slope running both down AND away from the plot. The farmland on the opposite side of the road to us is about 1m lower and again sloping away across the field

So...no previous flooding on plot or road and now the plot is another 0.8m higher to cover any future developments.

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Originally Posted by Norton

settling was insignificant for me. Lost some first year from rain carrying off some fill. Once you get vegitation in very little loss. May need to level off low spots over time.

If your structures are at high points you should have no issues with standing water. Of course if you have a wall around property drain culverts are needed.

Looks good.

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Thanks for that Norton... Yes there will definitely be a wall around so some snake-proof outlet arrangements will be in place. Wall will be built last as apparently it's unlucky to built it before completing the build? anyway, whether start or finish it will be there.

Any suggestions for soil-binding vegetation? We could place it now and let it go to work....

Mate, is there any possibility of posting smaller sized images?

Some of them are 5,000 x 3,500, about 5 times the size which will show as full screen ... but it takes all the data before resizing them.

Here is an easy program ... https://teakdoor.com/computer-news/17...e-resizer.html

Have a look at this image which was resized before posting, https://teakdoor.com/photoshop-and-ph...ml#post3538877

I used that program, at the image size of 1024 x 683 ... still looks good.

Just a suggestion

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Mate, is there any possibility of posting smaller sized images?

Some of them are 5,000 x 3,500, about 5 times the size which will show as full screen ... but it takes all the data before resizing them.

Here is an easy program ... https://teakdoor.com/computer-news/17...e-resizer.html

Have a look at this image which was resized before posting, https://teakdoor.com/photoshop-and-ph...ml#post3538877

I used that program, at the image size of 1024 x 683 ... still looks good.


Just a suggestion

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Ahhh, apologies David (and all)...thanks for the heads-up!!!

I used that Imgur application, suggested earlier on here, because I thought it auto re-sized the photos!!

No probs I can resize therm before uploading them to Imgur. funny though, cos on my screen for each image, its telling me that it HAS been resized?? (from a big size)

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Any suggestions for soil-binding vegetation? We could place it now and let it go to work....

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Don't bother yet. Not sure when you plan to start construction but if a few months off the wild grasses I see next to your plot should spread some onto the fill. In any case you won't lose much fill. Get structures and wall built then landscape. Most any sort of grass, shubbery and trees will bind the soil.

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Wall will be built last as apparently it's unlucky to built it before completing the build?

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Never heard off the unlucky bit but makes sense to complete build before wall built. Easy access for construction materials and cement trucks.

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Originally Posted by David48atTD

Mate, is there any possibility of posting smaller sized images?

Some of them are 5,000 x 3,500, about 5 times the size which will show as full screen ... but it takes all the data before resizing them.

Here is an easy program ... https://teakdoor.com/computer-news/17...e-resizer.html

Have a look at this image which was resized before posting, https://teakdoor.com/photoshop-and-ph...ml#post3538877

I used that program, at the image size of 1024 x 683 ... still looks good.


Just a suggestion

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Ahhh, apologies David (and all)...thanks for the heads-up!!!

I used that Imgur application, suggested earlier on here, because I thought it auto re-sized the photos!!

No probs I can resize therm before uploading them to Imgur. funny though, cos on my screen for each image, its telling me that it HAS been resized?? (from a big size)

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OK ... when you see it as 'resized for your screen' what the Teak Door software has done has taken your large image and compressed it to fit on a computer screen, as displayed from this screen shot below.

https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2017/06/19.jpg

But, if you click the bar at the top of the photo where it says ... 'This image has been resized. Click this bar to view the full image.'

What you see is the photo in it's original size, as below ...

https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2017/06/20.jpg

That is the same elec pole in both photos.

So, all that data or bandwidth was used to download the original photo and then the Teak Door software resizes it for viewing, but doesn't resize the photo per se

The larger photos just makes a longer load then average.

Not a biggie, just wanted to give you a heads up.
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Originally Posted by David48atTD

Mate, is there any possibility of posting smaller sized images?

Some of them are 5,000 x 3,500, about 5 times the size which will show as full screen ... but it takes all the data before resizing them.

Here is an easy program ... https://teakdoor.com/computer-news/17...e-resizer.html

Have a look at this image which was resized before posting, https://teakdoor.com/photoshop-and-ph...ml#post3538877

I used that program, at the image size of 1024 x 683 ... still looks good.


Just a suggestion

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Ahhh, apologies David (and all)...thanks for the heads-up!!!

I used that Imgur application, suggested earlier on here, because I thought it auto re-sized the photos!!

No probs I can resize therm before uploading them to Imgur. funny though, cos on my screen for each image, its telling me that it HAS been resized?? (from a big size)

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OK ... when you see it as 'resized for your screen' what the Teak Door software has done has taken your large image and compressed it to fit on a computer screen, as displayed from this screen shot below.

https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2017/06/19.jpg

But, if you click the bar at the top of the photo where it says ... 'This image has been resized. Click this bar to view the full image.'

What you see is the photo in it's original size, as below ...

https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2017/06/20.jpg

That is the same elec pole in both photos.

So, all that data or bandwidth was used to download the original photo and then the Teak Door software resizes it for viewing, but doesn't resize the photo per se

The larger photos just makes a longer load then average.

Not a biggie, just wanted to give you a heads up.
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Appreciated David and actually...I have been using that image resizer for years - I have it on this PC along with LightRoom, etc. it's a very valuable tool.

It will be used from now on.

Latest news... I discovered that the plot next to ours has been sold.

I was hoping to buy that to extend ours - it's not the end of the world but still...there is s twinge of sadness that someone else got it.

Apparently, there was interest in what I was doing on our plot and one of the ladies in the OrBorTor office approached the owner, to get hold of it quickly. no...not to hold me to ransom for a big payout - she wants to build a small home on it.

At least I know there is not going to be a shop or disco right next door! Apparently she paid BIG money for it, so maybe for me...its a 'fate' thing and was not meant to be. I am more interested to get the small plot with the mango trees, on the other side any way.

Shes already done land-raising, same as mine and the good thing is she's not higher than our plot so a result there too. There is a gap at the original level between our two plots too. In fact, she's continued my level line up the hill over hers so at the top of hers it's hardly raised at all!

I am getting pictures shortly.

So now we are both waiting for the rains to end before we start...

My plot of land has neighbouring fields, 2 plots are 3+ rai each on the West side (back of my house), one field is about 8 rai to the East, another is about 1/4 rai right next door.

As I had limited funds, I couldn't afford to buy these plots to protect my build.

I'm not bothered too much about the West as these plots are at the back of the house and have no road access other than through my land (not even a paper road).

I'm more concerned about the East however as this would be directly in the way of my view as my house faces almost due East. I have designed my build in such a way that if ever there were buildings put on the East side, I can shift my view to over the pond to the North, plus I'd build a wall along the fenceline, and have a collonaded L-shaped addition to the front of the house, raised to the same height. I'd still retain the mountain views, but lose the view of the fields (and subsequent building), instead I'd gain an atrium garden, which would also be quite nice, especially with a water feature/swimming pool.

Basically a shift in focus from distant to near.

Worst case scenario and all that!

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Originally Posted by Thai Dhupp

Latest news... I discovered that the plot next to ours has been sold.

I was hoping to buy that to extend ours - it's not the end of the world but still...there is s twinge of sadness that someone else got it.

Apparently, there was interest in what I was doing on our plot and one of the ladies in the OrBorTor office approached the owner, to get hold of it quickly. no...not to hold me to ransom for a big payout - she wants to build a small home on it.

At least I know there is not going to be a shop or disco right next door! Apparently she paid BIG money for it, so maybe for me...its a 'fate' thing and was not meant to be. I am more interested to get the small plot with the mango trees, on the other side any way.

Shes already done land-raising, same as mine and the good thing is she's not higher than our plot so a result there too. There is a gap at the original level between our two plots too. In fact, she's continued my level line up the hill over hers so at the top of hers it's hardly raised at all!

I am getting pictures shortly.

So now we are both waiting for the rains to end before we start...

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Smart woman. It'll be interesting to see how much she asks for it down the track.

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Latest news... I discovered that the plot next to ours has been sold.

I was hoping to buy that to extend ours - it's not the end of the world but still...there is s twinge of sadness that someone else got it.

Apparently, there was interest in what I was doing on our plot and one of the ladies in the OrBorTor office approached the owner, to get hold of it quickly. no...not to hold me to ransom for a big payout - she wants to build a small home on it.

At least I know there is not going to be a shop or disco right next door! Apparently she paid BIG money for it, so maybe for me...its a 'fate' thing and was not meant to be. I am more interested to get the small plot with the mango trees, on the other side any way.

Shes already done land-raising, same as mine and the good thing is she's not higher than our plot so a result there too. There is a gap at the original level between our two plots too. In fact, she's continued my level line up the hill over hers so at the top of hers it's hardly raised at all!

I am getting pictures shortly.

So now we are both waiting for the rains to end before we start...

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Smart woman. It'll be interesting to see how much she asks for it down the track.

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Hi CJ...the OrBorTor is on board (well, as much as he can be) with us, remember so he told us everything about her plans.

First off, he reckons she paid too much, I dont have the figure so cant judge that, but, he told us she's submitted a small house plan for approval and she's already paid out for the land raising itself - maybe she hopes to sell the 'package' with prepared land and an approved plan, if shes not building it herself.

Either way I will not be buying it and it's either she or her buyer, (if thats what happens) who will build the small house. We will be walled in anyway so the visual impact is not bad.

Hey! I always knew other houses would be built, it's not a surprise! I care about safety and security just now - no ranks of cars queued up at the 7-11, Blocking the narrow access road, or an all-night bar right next door. Having other residents might discourage some from attempting burglary in the area...

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My plot of land has neighbouring fields, 2 plots are 3+ rai each on the West side (back of my house), one field is about 8 rai to the East, another is about 1/4 rai right next door.

As I had limited funds, I couldn't afford to buy these plots to protect my build.

I'm not bothered too much about the West as these plots are at the back of the house and have no road access other than through my land (not even a paper road).

I'm more concerned about the East however as this would be directly in the way of my view as my house faces almost due East. I have designed my build in such a way that if ever there were buildings put on the East side, I can shift my view to over the pond to the North, plus I'd build a wall along the fenceline, and have a collonaded L-shaped addition to the front of the house, raised to the same height. I'd still retain the mountain views, but lose the view of the fields (and subsequent building), instead I'd gain an atrium garden, which would also be quite nice, especially with a water feature/swimming pool.

Basically a shift in focus from distant to near.

Worst case scenario and all that!

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That money 'thing', Jonny - it affects us all! (well, you and me anyway). wish i could go out n pick up a couple of 3, 4 or 6 Rai plots but down here thats serious cash. We were a little lucky with our 2.5 rai plot (the first one we bought) as i haggled a lot and he thought we were going to help him sell some more (ooops!). prices on the surrounding plots here have all gone up (witness that adjacent plot i was mentioning earlier), even the OBT says was too dear but... its the market, supply/demand n all that.

Sounds like you have a good plan to cover all eventualities and thats the key i think. relying on everything to 'stay the same as day 1' could lead to disappointment otherwise

If you follow what you mentioned, it will give you s chance to do more of your excellent landscaping to further enhance the good stuff you already have.

Now... if they built a 4 floot apartment building or offices straight in front of me on the other side of the road, that would be a bit err.... disappointing.

I'm sure its not going to happen though!!

Sorry...had a few days away dealing with a 7000t bridge deck 'jacking' on the day job so I could not post the follow up photos.

As promised, here are some pix from the next door plot showing that she's (the purchaser) not exceeding my level, together with the plots after the first rains.

Heres a few views of the next door plot after 'raising....

https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2017/06/671.jpg

https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2017/06/672.jpg

https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2017/06/673.jpg

As can be seen, the plot followed the level line from my levels, not the shallow gradient, which meant that by the time the raising on this adjacent plot got to the top end (nearest to the camera) of the plot, there was in fact, no raising at all.

I think I benefit from this: being level, not sloped, any water will not all run off towards my plot.

(I hope everyone is happy with the resized pictures prior to upload?)

And here are a few of the wall line between the two plots...

https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2017/06/674.jpg

https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2017/06/675.jpg

https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2017/06/676.jpg

its almost imperceptible in these now small photos (!) but the sharp eyed amongst you will notice that my plot is very slightly higher than hers.

...and here's our plot after the rains -

https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2017/06/677.jpg

https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2017/06/678.jpg

...held up pretty well I think.

Might have missed it, but did you get drainage culverts installed? Or plan to install?

IN the space between the land and the road.

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Might have missed it, but did you get drainage culverts installed? Or plan to install?

IN the space between the land and the road.

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Hi Slick, well... now that she n I have both raised our plots, water run-off will tend towards the lower ground (i think). That being said, no harm in 'assisting ' it.

We will of course be walling all round the plot (she is too, apparently), so I will have run off water escape routes in the walls on all sides of the wall APART from the wall between the two plots. I obviously don't want 'her' water coming into my plot!

On that roadside outside where my wall will go, i thought to create a shallow depression in the verge to channel any run off down past me and lower, where it naturally crosses the road and flows into the farm land on the opposite side.

So.. short answer no, not yet but will do once we are all onsite and 'constructin'...

Probably should ave been thought about but considering she isn't doing it, its pointless for you to do it at this time. But in a few years when its all homes, where is the water gonna go if there aren't any ditches on either side of the road like there usually are.

The road is your best option but it won't be if there isn't any drainage and theres homes on both sides and behind your place as well.

Now that its being built, expect more people to start doing the same. You just increased everyones property value.

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On that roadside outside where my wall will go, i thought to create a shallow depression in the verge to channel any run off down past me and lower, where it naturally crosses the road and flows into the farm land on the opposite side.

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About all you can do in near term. As the houses go in the district office "should" put in culverts along side the road. Note "should". :)

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Probably should ave been thought about but considering she isn't doing it, its pointless for you to do it at this time. But in a few years when its all homes, where is the water gonna go if there aren't any ditches on either side of the road like there usually are.

The road is your best option but it won't be if there isn't any drainage and theres homes on both sides and behind your place as well.

Now that its being built, expect more people to start doing the same. You just increased everyone's property value.

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luckily...I OWN the large plot (plot 1) behind our plot 2!

Also we heard that later the road will be upgraded to include drainage.

Its interesting that so many pieces of land have been bought around here yet not one has started any building work. Were they ALL waiting for the farang!? lol

Probably been mentioned I'm sure, but how many Aircons do you plan to have?

Im eying that power supply. Im in my third home where its been a huge issue with voltage. Sometimes its OK and other times? Someone building a home on that same line strikes the arc of a welder and stuff gets dim.

House I'm in now, the compressors wouldn't even spin hard enough to actually cool. They changed our line to a less used one and solved the problem, but FYI, just a heads up.

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"should"

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Possibly, if it causes enough problems :D

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On that roadside outside where my wall will go, i thought to create a shallow depression in the verge to channel any run off down past me and lower, where it naturally crosses the road and flows into the farm land on the opposite side.

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About all you can do in near term. As the houses go in the district office "should" put in culverts along side the road. Note "should". :)

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Hi Norton... yep thats what we heard, so hopefully 'should will become 'has'!

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Its interesting that so many pieces of land have been bought around here yet not one has started any building work. Were they ALL waiting for the farang!? lol

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Often land in growth area provinces near Bangkok are snapped up quickly by monied speculators. Farang or Thai building as Slick said will increase value. Not a bad investment.

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Were they ALL waiting for the farang!?

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Dude I literally had the same problem on my first build. I was the first to buy a plot (2 Chanotes X 1 Gnaan each) at a price the locals perceived as a bit expensive.

Within a year there were 7 homes on the little street.

Absolutely they wait and jump at the opportunity to start.

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Before anyone gets snappy, the wife bought it all.

After we purchase our land in Chiang Mai our neighbor to the left offered to sale us his land, "thanks but no thanks," and our neighbor to the right built a small road side restaurant which failed to take off and we're still waiting to build. Wonder what will happen when they start seeing me on the land next year doing the landscaping?

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Probably been mentioned I'm sure, but how many Aircons do you plan to have?

Im eying that power supply. Im in my third home where its been a huge issue with voltage. Sometimes its OK and other times? Someone building a home on that same line strikes the arc of a welder and stuff gets dim.

House I'm in now, the compressors wouldn't even spin hard enough to actually cool. They changed our line to a less used one and solved the problem, but FYI, just a heads up.

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"should"

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Hi Slick, could not answer straight away as the day work was pushing...

..anyway...A/C all over - probably every major room apart from the Buddha room will have unit or units. For power conservation that was one of the reasons we opted for constructing with Q-con or similar, and for maxing the heat reduction/removal in the roof space, plus the higher ceilings in the living and bedrooms on the first floor. also things like low energy lighting, induction cooking not ceramic or gas (inefficient and heat up a lot of air).

What else can we do?! The supply is the supply... I will try to secure the biggest available which fits my future needs (stage 1, 2 and 3 of the build, plus out door requirements, and pool) but even supposing i got 100% of what i want, if more houses are built later can't the power company just 'cut mine back' to allow those late arrivals a dribble of power or... do i secure my requirements first 'n they can make do with solar only, or a campfire n flaming torches (and a pedal driven TV).

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Its interesting that so many pieces of land have been bought around here yet not one has started any building work. Were they ALL waiting for the farang!? lol

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Often land in growth area provinces near Bangkok are snapped up quickly by monied speculators. Farang or Thai building as Slick said will increase value. Not a bad investment.

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Maybe we will score with a big money offer for plot 1 then!!

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Were they ALL waiting for the farang!?

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Dude I literally had the same problem on my first build. I was the first to buy a plot (2 Chanotes X 1 Gnaan each) at a price the locals perceived as a bit expensive.

Within a year there were 7 homes on the little street.

Absolutely they wait and jump at the opportunity to start.

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Before anyone gets snappy, the wife bought it all.

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lol - maybe I better build a shop then, to cater for the influx. I was thinking about this if I had purchased that adj plot.

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After we purchase our land in Chiang Mai our neighbor to the left offered to sale us his land, "thanks but no thanks," and our neighbor to the right built a small road side restaurant which failed to take off and we're still waiting to build. Wonder what will happen when they start seeing me on the land next year doing the landscaping?

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Hey Runker...I hope they did not build that restaurant purely on the basis that you only bought your land!? were they expecting you to fund the building team with food and drink all through your construction, and then you not bothering with a kitchen n eating 3 times a day with them!?

lol that really is speculation....

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What else can we do?! The supply is the supply... I will try to secure the biggest available which fits my future needs (stage 1, 2 and 3 of the build, plus out door requirements, and pool) but even supposing i got 100% of what i want, if more houses are built later can't the power company just 'cut mine back' to allow those late arrivals a dribble of power or... do i secure my requirements first 'n they can make do with solar only, or a campfire n flaming torches (and a pedal driven TV).

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Lol it won't matter what size "supply" you get (meter) because that isn't your "power limit" it's just a means to measure consumption. It's a pain in the ass but you'll get what you get. Even if you get a large meter, if the supply is low then it's low. You can request a large meter, but again that isn't a "power limit" it's just a means to measure consumption and they have different ones calibrated for different ranges. That's all.

We had this problem, it was real bad. We fought with the PEA for ages and filled out paper work with "head office" and finally after about 9 months they extended the 3 phase power all the way up the road which solved the power problem.

Was so bad I could only run 1 Aircon at a time + all other mandatory things like fridge & tv etc... I had 4 aircons installed.

I was on a 15/45 meter and it didn't matter. On bad days I would only get 185 volts to the house.

Anywho you might not have a problem, but it seems like an aggravating one I've encountered a lot due to me being spoiled and must have a climate controlled house & stuff.

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Originally Posted by Thai Dhupp

What else can we do?! The supply is the supply... I will try to secure the biggest available which fits my future needs (stage 1, 2 and 3 of the build, plus out door requirements, and pool) but even supposing i got 100% of what i want, if more houses are built later can't the power company just 'cut mine back' to allow those late arrivals a dribble of power or... do i secure my requirements first 'n they can make do with solar only, or a campfire n flaming torches (and a pedal driven TV).

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Lol it won't matter what size "supply" you get (meter) because that isn't your "power limit" it's just a means to measure consumption. It's a pain in the ass but you'll get what you get. Even if you get a large meter, if the supply is low then it's low. You can request a large meter, but again that isn't a "power limit" it's just a means to measure consumption and they have different ones calibrated for different ranges. That's all.

We had this problem, it was real bad. We fought with the PEA for ages and filled out paper work with "head office" and finally after about 9 months they extended the 3 phase power all the way up the road which solved the power problem.

Was so bad I could only run 1 Aircon at a time + all other mandatory things like fridge & tv etc... I had 4 aircons installed.

I was on a 15/45 meter and it didn't matter. On bad days I would only get 185 volts to the house.

Anywho you might not have a problem, but it seems like an aggravating one I've encountered a lot due to me being spoiled and must have a climate controlled house & stuff.

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LOL... You can be sure that, if there's a problem to be had, I will have it!

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Originally Posted by Thai Dhupp

You can be sure that, if there's a problem to be had, I will have it!

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Won't elliminate possibility of future power probs but do a power consumption assessment of your needs and take it to PEA. They can tell you what is there now and if enough to meet your needs. If not they will (should) get you sorted with power you need. PEA like many gov offices vary by district. So far the one here has been excellent.