The construction of Ms. Buad hai's house

[DrAndy]

damn Thetyim beat me to it 1001

[a. boozer]

damn Thetyim beat me to it 1001

I reckon that Thetyim would have been a mean gunslinger in the Old West!

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[buad hai]

^I think the oven is electric, but the stove is gas

Sorry for the late reply. No Internet at new house, so I have to come back to the old one to get on line. And, since it's a madhouse on weekends, I generally stay away.

NickA is right. Cooktop is gas. Three burner, by Fagor. I'm very happy with it. 8500 Baht (I think) at Home Pro. One burner has dual rings for a wok and produces 4500 watts.

Oven is also a Fagor, but is electric. On sale at Home Pro for 9000 Baht. Has upper and lower heating elements and a fan for a convection effect. For cooking the bread I used both burners plus the fan. I'm pleased with the results.

[Jet Gorgon]

Beggar...I gave out some greens already for thinking I lost my bet. Now it's official.

[DrAndy]

Sorry for the late reply. No Internet at new house, so I have to come back to the old one to get on line..

blimey BH, that will be another 300 posts worth, judging by the electric saga

[johpam]

One burner has dual rings for a wok and produces 4500 watts.

4500 watts is that the way to express the efficency/use of a GAS burner?
I thought that wattage is used for electrical equipment
Thank for your answer
johpam

[NickA]

^watts is a unit of power, so can be used for any form of energy, heat light, sounds etc...

[DrAndy]

what? oh yes, thanks Nick

named after James Watt, good bloke

[buad hai]

Don't know what to do about Internet. TOT has yet to put phone lines in the underground conduit. That may take months. I guess I could do anybody's GPRS, CAT's CDMA, or even IPStar.

I know that I'm close enough to True's WiMax antenna, but they won't even try. Not sure why.

We got the final bill on the house yesterday. Their charges for the extras we asked for were very reasonable. For example, 500 baht for each extra outlet. (We added 11, including four outdoors.) And, they willingly gave us credit for the stuff we asked them to leave out. For example, they gave us 1000 baht credit for substituting a proper squat toilet for the throne they were going to install.

All in all, I'm quite pleased.

Now, about that Internet....

[DrAndy]

Hmmm BH.my electrician is charging B200 for each extra outlet, as long as they are done at the same time as the wiring of the house

[NickA]

^Depends on the outlet I suppose, some of the outlets on their own cost more than 200 baht.

[a. boozer]

Now, about that Internet....

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[DrAndy]

^Depends on the outlet I suppose, some of the outlets on their own cost more than 200 baht.

oh yes, sorry, that was just the work

[in4zip]

^watts is a unit of power, so can be used for any form of energy, heat light, sounds etc...

Clever NickA, supposing one could go at it for a whole hour, how many watts in a bonkwatt/hour?

[NickA]

^a kilowatt hour (there is no / ) is a measure of energy, not power.

Since power = energy / time

therefore energy = power * time


Anyway, 1 hour of bonking should use up about 5000 kilojoules.

That would give you a power of about 1400 watts, which seems quite high... about 3 times the power of an electric drill

[Curious George]

A belated congratulations on your move, BH. Lately, I've been checking the TD forum only once a week, so was surprised by an earlier move date than expected.

I've really enjoyed following your trials and tribulations, and am happy for you that the worst has come to an end. Besides Mrs. B's daughter, we're also waiting for the news about your Internet and TV experiences.

Enjoy your new home!

[buad hai]

We paid a big chunk of what we owe on the house yesterday so they decided to let us register the sale and get the chanote. Ms. B had an appointment to meet the owner at "window 3" at the land office at 1:30 PM yesterday afternoon. She got there a bit early and reported to the window. The clerk said, "Oh, you're already here." The owner showed up a few minutes later. Ms. B signed a paper and was immediately given the completed chanote. The owner paid the registration fee in full! That saved us about 35,000 baht. What a wonderful surprise. Then the owner handed her the tabien baan for the house. No names in it yet, though.

I should note that during this process Ms. B was never asked about the source of the funds or anything related to that. In fact she didn't have to show her ID or produce any other documents.

So, today she's off to the city hall to have her and her daughter's names added to the tabien baan. Tomorrow she's off to Immigration to report that farang is resident in her new home.

BTW - Lucky we saved money on the land registration as earlier in the day we succumbed to temptation and bought this lovely LCD TV (32" Panasonic) which was on sale for only 18K baht. We'd planned on buying one after the first of the year when prices will probably come down, but we couldn't resist this one.....

[buad hai]

UBC finally arrived to move the dish. I'm amazed at what crap work these guys do. They mounted the dish OK, but knocked out a huge chunk of plaster when drilling through the wall. They patched this with some crap that immediately sagged right out of the hold. I'll fix it myself.

The house came pre-wired for cable. But, instead of adding a cable module into the outlet box for the incoming signal they just drilled a hole into the box and box cover and fed the wire right through. I'll fix that an add a proper cable module to the box later....

We had them set up for two TV's. The guy who wired the second TV accidentally disassembled the cable module in the outlet box. Instead of trying to fix it he just discarded it and fed the cable through leaving a gaping hole. Idiot.

I managed to fix and replace the module so it now looks OK.

[Tao]

Great thread buad hai, took me a while to get through the 1000+ posts.

I'll be interested to hear how you get on with yer internet connection as i imagine we'll be having the same kind of problems sometime next year when we move to Korat.

[Butterfly]

Never leave the UBC guys or any outside contractors alone and always ask them what they plan to do. They will damage your house and not care because that's how stupid they are. You have to explain to them what you want precisely or else they will fuck up things.

I had also pre-wire cable in the house and when the stupid UBC guy showed up to install the dish, he came with his big driller to drill holes everywhere. I told him to use the pre-wired cables, he refused saying his cables were better or special or some other non-sense. I told him to get the fuck out.

Now downloading TV series multiple Seasons at a time, much better deal and no holes in my walls.

[Spin]

I know that I'm close enough to True's WiMax antenna, but they won't even try. Not sure why.

Wimax? reeeeaaaaally?

I know True have what they call "wi-fi" which is nothing more than a wireless router in a few branches of stabucks. I didnt know they had Wimax. That has a range of 50kms so you should be well with connecting to downtown Korat based Wimax antenna

[buad hai]

True and Intel set up a demo WiMax system in Korat. The range is actually 3 kilometers. I'm within range of an antenna, but they refuse to even try.

[Marmite the Dog]

The house came pre-wired for cable. But, instead of adding a cable module into the outlet box for the incoming signal they just drilled a hole into the box and box cover and fed the wire right through. I'll fix that an add a proper cable module to the box later....

Contractors won't use wall boxes if they're doing installations in the UK either. You get too many problems and therefore too many call-backs. Hardwired straight into the STB is the way to go.

[buad hai]

Contractors won't use wall boxes if they're doing installations in the UK either

Well, if they're as inept, clumsy and in as much of a hurry as the guys True sent to our house I can see why. It takes time to properly wire a wall box and test to make sure it works right. As noted, I redid one and it's fine. I'll do the second when I get back home.

I wouldn't mind paying extra for a more professional installation, but I don't much like not being given an option.

[Marmite the Dog]

^ The point is that the contractors only get a certain fee for each installation. With regard to the guys in the UK, if they did a 'proper' installation each time, they wouldn't earn as much, especially with the large increase in call-backs.

I do know what you're saying though. Wall boxes do look so much better, even if they are technically inferior.