The construction of Ms. Buad hai's house

[Marmite the Dog]

What TT&T has always told us is that they can do MaxNet only on TT&T phones.

Not true. Maxnet (by TT&T) can be used on TOT phones. I know; I've done it.

[Spin]

^ Never knew that, I wonder if they know it?

[Marmite the Dog]

I wonder if they know it?

I very much doubt they know their own names half the time.

[Spin]

^ Well, I was once in the electricity office sorting out a small problem. The lady said to me "Whats my name?"

Well I had no idea, I'd only just met her for the first time. What was I supposed to do? Guess?

[a. boozer]

Boozer, who provides your telephone service now, TOT or TT&T?
What TT&T has always told us is that they can do MaxNet only on TT&T phones. But, MaxNet is not the only Internet option for TT&T customers.
On the other hand, TOT says that in this area if you have a TOT phone then your only Internet option is TOT.

BH. Our telephone bill is from TOT. In September 2006 they told us that ADSL would be available early in 2007. I made the point of asking each month, and was assured that it would become available as promised. In March when we moved into our house, the story changed to availability sometime in late 2007.
In March I went to TT&T, where they said that they would send an engineer out the next day to physically check the line, as you can imagine, I am still waiting. Went back to TT&T some while after and they simply looked at my telephone number and said "Sorry, no can have". No further input from them, so returned to TOT, who then told me that they can't provide ADSL and that I had to go and place an order with TT&T. On returning to TT&T, the very same girl, that I had seen previously, went to a filing cabinet, and produced an order form to complete for ADSL which was duly completed and stamped by her (and probably filed under B1N). And that is where the saga rests at present. Repeated visits to the office are met with the same negative answers.

None of it makes much sense to me.

TIT.

[buad hai]

Not true. Maxnet (by TT&T) can be used on TOT phones. I know; I've done it.

In such a case, who has to provide the Internet port, TT&T or TOT?

[Marmite the Dog]

Not true. Maxnet (by TT&T) can be used on TOT phones. I know; I've done it.

In such a case, who has to provide the Internet port, TT&T or TOT?

Well, I paid Maxnet (TT&T), so I guess they do. But who knows..?

[buad hai]

But who knows..?

Well, they certainly don't....

[buad hai]

We had been planning all along to put an awning over the back porch which is our laundry area. That's where we have the washer and clothes drying rack.

We had a crew over on Saturday to measure. We made very sure that they would construct the awning so that water runoff would end up in our yard, not the neighbor's yard and not smack dab on the wall that separates the two blocks of land.


The awning arrived this morning.


Too bad about the orchids they knocked down bringing it around the corner.


This little awning over the air con compressor was supposed to extend out 60 cm. It actually juts out over 90 cm and completely spoils the view down the side yard and makes navigation difficult.


They made the awning about 10 cm too deep. As a result the water runoff (I tested with a hose) hits the middle of the wall and splashes into our neighbor's yard and all over our porch. Any clothes drying there will get soaked, making the awning a useless and costly addition.


Looks OK from inside and shades the kitchen nicely.

Sure, I could have told them to take all the stuff down and back to their shop for re-fabrication. But, I've grown very weary of explaining to Thai "craftsmen" what crap their work is and watching their sour and bitter faces as they lose money trying to redo their work in a manner which the obnoxious and picky farang will find acceptable.

I'll let Ms. B deal with the disaster all by herself. After all, we chose this bunch because they came highly recommended by her mother....

[buad hai]

Not true. Maxnet (by TT&T) can be used on TOT phones. I know; I've done it.

In such a case, who has to provide the Internet port, TT&T or TOT?

One of the posters over on KoratFarang says that he tried to get this done at the MaxNet office. They refused explaining that a recent change of policy prevents them from providing MaxNet Internet to a TOT number.

[a. boozer]

Looks as if some guttering and a fall pipe could be the answer to the problems with the main canopy!

[NickA]

Would it be rude to ask how much the awning cost?

[buad hai]

Looks as if some guttering and a fall pipe could be the answer to the problems with the main canopy!

Just my thought as well. I e-mailed the photos to Ms. B. She called the contractor. They will be coming back on Friday. Ms. B is taking the day off work to sort things out. Maybe I'll suggest they just put a gutter.

Would it be rude to ask how much the awning cost?

Not at all.

7K baht. The back porch awning is about 3.3 meters wide and 2 meters deep.

The small one was supposed to be about 1 X .6, it is actually 1 X .9.

The price includes "legs" on the big awning. They said they didn't need them, but I could foresee clothes and other objects hanging from the frame and decided some nice steel legs would be worth it.

[NickA]

Well, I know I will be ridiculed again, but (for the money) I'm quite happy with my DIY awning that cost only a few hundred baht



It may look a bit dodgy, but it is doing it's job quite well.

[buad hai]

^Is that the same photo of it that you posted a couple of years ago? How's it holding up?

[NickA]

^pretty well actually

[Eliminator]

nicka, I'm sure your neighbors are real happy with your addition.

[Eliminator]

Dammn I can't edit here, but sufice it to say nicka, your addition must pump the hell outta the property values around your place.

[NickA]

^Fortunately that big mango tree is in the way so it isn't visible from the road

[buad hai]

The good news is that as a result of this morning's heavy rain we now know that the awning is OK, as is. Some dribbling on the wall, but no annoying splashing, so we're going to leave as is. A few pots of orchids on the wall to take advantage of the runoff.

What a relief.

[Spin]

Those metal things can be very noisy when its raining, lets hope you dont have any light sleepers for neighbours.

[buad hai]

^I love it. The sound of the tropics. I had a metal roof on Saipan and just loved the sound of the rain on the corrigated tin....

[buad hai]

One of the reasons we chose this moo baan is that it is so close to some beautiful countryside. This photo was taken about a kilometer from our house, just a few hundred meters from the Lam Thakong River. This rice field was under about a meter of water last October during the flood.

[Spin]

^ Stunning, I'd like to build a small house under the shade of that tree. Beers in the afternoon looking out across the rice.

[buad hai]

There is a brand new house going up in what was the rice field across the road from this one. They'll have a lovely view, but I wonder what they'll do when there's a meter of water as far as the eye can see?