Thai Dhupp and Princess Joy's Thai House Build

[Slick]

He had an answer for everything.

They always do, and I don't know about anyone else, but the locals always have a 'tell' to me. This extremely friendly speech, but body language is way different. They get long winded & when asked a direct question (they don't seem to like) they wordsmith around the point without answering.

Be careful anyway and if you can be there, I would control anything and everything you can. I would go in with the labor quote & be on standby at all times to make runs to the local shop.

Dunno if its been mentioned yet, but the local building supply merchants work on credit & delivery. If you stay on top of materials, you can order the day before, and it'll be delivered on credit the next day. Cement, rebar, steel, sand, stone, blocks, all that good shit. Its really not all that hard or difficult to manage in the beginning, but once it gets to the finishing stages, it all comes together at once. By that time anyway, you will have already picked out & purchased all your finish items. Sinks, tile, faucets, toilets.... All that jazz.

Its quite convenient. You don't have to go get much unless they need an emergency 5 bags of cement at the end of the day.

Same with concrete trucks. Call yourself & they deliver. Pay after delivery. Order by square meter.

[Thai Dhupp]

He had an answer for everything.

They always do, and I don't know about anyone else, but the locals always have a 'tell' to me. This extremely friendly speech, but body language is way different. They get long winded & when asked a direct question (they don't seem to like) they wordsmith around the point without answering.

Be careful anyway and if you can be there, I would control anything and everything you can. I would go in with the labor quote & be on standby at all times to make runs to the local shop.

Dunno if its been mentioned yet, but the local building supply merchants work on credit & delivery. If you stay on top of materials, you can order the day before, and it'll be delivered on credit the next day. Cement, rebar, steel, sand, stone, blocks, all that good shit. Its really not all that hard or difficult to manage in the beginning, but once it gets to the finishing stages, it all comes together at once. By that time anyway, you will have already picked out & purchased all your finish items. Sinks, tile, faucets, toilets.... All that jazz.

Its quite convenient. You don't have to go get much unless they need an emergency 5 bags of cement at the end of the day.

Same with concrete trucks. Call yourself & they deliver. Pay after delivery. Order by square meter.

Thanks for the info Slick, no I was not aware how far the credit could be extended and that will be very useful.

I delayed the build start exactly because I intend to be on site for the whole time they are working ... I tend to agree with you about controlling everything, based on the BOQ prices. Maan...I bet he's kicking himself for sending me that fully populated BOQ document now!! But..thanks all the same!

PJ can drive too so we have options for controlling and collecting stuff at the same time thinking about it, she can stay, she's more scary than me....

[David48atTD]

Its quite convenient. You don't have to go get much unless they need an emergency 5 bags of cement at the end of the day.

Same with concrete trucks. Call yourself & they deliver. Pay after delivery. Order by square meter.

Did you ever slump test the concrete?

Or were happy to go with the Thai Style?
Implying that a typical Thai mix has a higher initial water content.
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[Thai Dhupp]

Its quite convenient. You don't have to go get much unless they need an emergency 5 bags of cement at the end of the day.

Same with concrete trucks. Call yourself & they deliver. Pay after delivery. Order by square meter.

Did you ever slump test the concrete?

Or were happy to go with the Thai Style?
Implying that a typical Thai mix has a higher initial water content.
.

Morning all...

Hi David..how's it going? Well... I worked for RMC Group for 25 years up until they were bought by CEMEX, managing big quarry sites. Including both asphalt and concrete batching plants, and concrete products factories (the money is in those added value products) so I am switched on to slump tests, cube tests. Etc etc.

I am also aware of the Thai builders preference for flooding the concrete for 'workability' and the horribly segregated mixes..an aggregate bottom covered by a layer of fines in suspension. The batching plants don't help- in fact they are happy to sell water at concrete rates all day long disguised as 'what the customer wants'

I will be having a clear "word' before delivery starts about mix design and specification and any changes will come from me only. We won't be adding water on site either.

Lol I,getting into this hard taskmaster mode already and we not even started yet.

It's absolutely essential though.....