Thread: Building a house in Nakon Ratchasima province(Isaan)

I did all my electrical and cable underground to the house as well. It was a bitch pulling it through the conduit from the street pole. Looks so much cleaner and nicer versus wires all over.

Nice Job Showupman.

Originally Posted by JPPR2

I did all my electrical and cable underground to the house as well. It was a bitch pulling it through the conduit from the street pole. Looks so much cleaner and nicer versus wires all over.

Nice Job Showupman.

Yeah, relatively well done.
A couple of hiccups here and there - learn from experience.

Mate,

I salute you for this build but i simply could never do it.

To know that PD house had done such dodgy unprofessional not give a fuk work would do my head in.

Looking at their dodgy work everyday after i moved in to the house would be the end of it.

Good luck mate.

Cheers Eh.

Originally Posted by JPPR2

I did all my electrical and cable underground to the house as well. It was a bitch pulling it through the conduit from the street pole. Looks so much cleaner and nicer versus wires all over.

Nice Job Showupman.

thank you,once again...yes it does look so much better...and dont worry about getting hit by something....
i believe you it was a bitch to pulling them in.....depends on the lengths and bents..

it will be my next new post.......pulling the mains in....

Originally Posted by terry57

Mate,

I salute you for this build but i simply could never do it.

To know that PD house had done such dodgy unprofessional not give a fuk work would do my head in.

Looking at their dodgy work everyday after i moved in to the house would be the end of it.

Good luck mate.

Cheers Eh.

thanks Terry
ive been here and done a lot of damage control....not many fuck ups you can see now..you have to know it and must have a good eye for the details....
they used much more material due to a lot of redoing things...wasnt my problem,i didnt have to pay for it....thanks for that....LOL...

doesnt bother me at all,its all good(almost)...now.
we still havent payed in full the last payment....little fix ups at the east wall outside...and some little paint jobs outside..

thanks,i used up a lot of good luck during the build...LOL..some stuff i picked up due to luck as well...

cheers mate

Well done and congratulations on your new home.

We have just finished our house ..single storey..using VB..(Village Builders).

I was asked not to speak to the builders after the second day as my language was not deemed appropriate.

Our costs were under TB 4500/sq metre... quality was okay up to doing the wall tiling. I decided to leave the tiling as is...as we had to move in (our rental contract expired).

I asked Wifey Dearest to forget about the snag list and just tell them to foxtrot Oscar before I got done for GBH!

At least I save on laxatives...I just look at the tiling!

Originally Posted by Mex

Well done and congratulations on your new home.

We have just finished our house ..single storey..using VB..(Village Builders).

I was asked not to speak to the builders after the second day as my language was not deemed appropriate.

Our costs were under TB 4500/sq metre... quality was okay up to doing the wall tiling. I decided to leave the tiling as is...as we had to move in (our rental contract expired).

I asked Wifey Dearest to forget about the snag list and just tell them to foxtrot Oscar before I got done for GBH!

At least I save on laxatives...I just look at the tiling!

thank you very much...no one from PD House could speak,understand any english and it was better so.....
that is the thing with VB and your rental contract finished....you still can change it one day....once you may want other tiles or get sick looking at it all the time....

they had to chip out half of the tiles in the ground floor(the worst)and some up in the 2.floor too.i just came around with a waterproof marker and made a big X on the tiles.....

the contractor for the front wall and gate does a really good job,impressed by their work....

all the best withyour new house

The big job and the most important that we gonna get power into the house.i checked the conduits only once with a nylon rod after the concreting...it was alright.from the house to the outside.
hope it still is.

the total lenghts of the run is about 32m.
i bought 4 lenghts of 35m of 25 sq mm of single copper,single insulated (black)wire in GLOBAL.



we pulled the long distance first,from the bent to the meter...thats been done easy.
btw my wife helped me with the cables and some vaseline..



before we pulled the cable into the house i put the two bends on...no 90 degree one,2 45 degrees...much easier....pulled the cable in then glued it...it went fairly smooth....i staggered the cables and had still a bit of resistance around the bend under the slab..done it with 2 45degrees angles too....otherwise no way with the help of my wife...



all in with the conduit...not much spare....hey they were not that cheap the meter price...92Baht for a meter




here is the almost finished HAK(main circuit breaker...only the neutral left for hook up..
The thai requirements say 35sq mm.i did my calculation for voltage drop...almost nothing for this short distance.
25 sq mm is more than enough.....
just have to wait for the official electrical installation from across the road and the meter hook up...
im ready....done a point to point check and insulation resistance test...whacked a 1000V through the cables...all good...

I commend you on your very neat electrical work. Really nice to see.

It could be the neatest electrical work in Thailand.

Originally Posted by showupman

The thai requirements say 35sq mm.

Where did you find or reference the Thai requirements for cable size?

(There was a discussion on TD a few years back and the topic came up. I don't recall anyone finding a source for it.)

Originally Posted by Neverna

I commend you on your very neat electrical work. Really nice to see.

It could be the neatest electrical work in Thailand.

I would go as far to say that Somchai the Electrician would never have seen work of this standard in his life.

In fact Somchai could never work on it simply because it would confuse fuk out of him because of its superior neatness.

Originally Posted by terry57

Originally Posted by Neverna

I commend you on your very neat electrical work. Really nice to see.

It could be the neatest electrical work in Thailand.

I would go as far to say that Somchai the Electrician would never have seen work of this standard in his life.

In fact Somchai could never work on it simply because it would confuse fuk out of him because of its superior neatness.

Generalizing ignorantly and subjectively without real life experience and exposure is unhealthy for oneself.

One shouldn't go on about things they know nothing of.
True colours.

Showupman, out of interest it looks like you have wired for 3 phase power. Any particular reason? Just to spread the load or do you need 3 phase?

Originally Posted by Neverna

I commend you on your very neat electrical work. Really nice to see.

It could be the neatest electrical work in Thailand.

thank you very much for your comment...it could be...who knows....

Originally Posted by Neverna

Originally Posted by showupman

The thai requirements say 35sq mm.

Where did you find or reference the Thai requirements for cable size?

(There was a discussion on TD a few years back and the topic came up. I don't recall anyone finding a source for it.)

once the electrical crew from the local electrical supplier came to bring the power supply from the other side off the road,the boss of them passed me a couple of papers with the electrical requirements....

i will scan it and post them later here on TD....

^ Thanks.

Originally Posted by Hugh Cow

Showupman, out of interest it looks like you have wired for 3 phase power. Any particular reason? Just to spread the load or do you need 3 phase?

it is 3 phase power,while we have it across the road,no big different,2 wires more....

yes to spread the load over 3 phases....

in switzerland it is a common practice,every house,even a flat has 3phase power...

Originally Posted by Neverna

^ Thanks.

here they are...looks as they already about seven years old...but thats what he gave me last year...
dont think they changed a lot in the meantime....





whatever that means....cant read thai....



thats the page with the cable sizes....
i have 3 phase 30A (100A) meter


hope it helps.....

cheers

On a Sunday,i think it was the 23.1016...a bunch of sparkies came and started to climb up the 2 powerpoles,bringing it to our pole from the powerline.
its just a short run across the road...



the two boys are up,mounting the racket up where the cables and insulators gonna be..



halfway with the wires...two more to go...




A bit of " live crimping"



its finished on the live side.....




....and finished on our pole.they connected the surge arrestors (lightning protection)as well...




and all done....
next thing is the meterbox and the meter.
PD House is organizing this thing.....wondering how long it takes....i guess long...

setting the pole and the wiring what you see did cost us about 14'000 BHT all up.

As i said....it took a month until we had our power to the house..
We were away,in BKK and Ko Samet in the meantime....no one was working here at the house....they had more important work to do than making good progress here...
as usual....PD House...smelled better money to get in the meantime...elsewhere.....



hooked the cable up on top..




...and down on the meter...looks as they started from the top to the bottom...
the usual thai electrical standard...



..ive done a bit of optical damage control....its not a big thing but the best i could do.......



the 3 phase meter.....




..the main circuit breaker(HAK) with the protective cover on and the fuses in..
the fuses are NH 000 size 32A
all good after the voltage testing across all wires,including earth..

i will only live up 3 power points during construction...one in the living room,one outside and one in the top floor....

here is the link for an update on the frontwall...
as i said i publish them on steemit.com but let you guys know of it too....

https://steemit.com/construction/@ur...hailand-part-4


cheers

Hello everyone.
I have very much enjoyed reading of your various exploits doing battle with thai builders. I have sometimes laughed until I have cried and other times my jaw has dropped with incredulity at the sheer craziness of it all. However , my time has come and 'she who thinks she knows best ' has decided we need a house .
Of course , there is nothing for sale in the village and certainly nothing that I would even consider calling 'Home' . But as luck would have it (Hmmm ),Papa's garden is easily big enough to put a house in.
Yes - I know........ I can hear you all screaming now........Don't do it !!
But here I go anyway. I'm never going to outlive my teerak so she will get it in the end so I might as well look big about it.
So I have done my own design of house loosely based on my house in England but enlarged it slightly to work better in Thailand.
The site of my endeavour is in Korat, north of Nak Ratch close to Kham Sakaesaeng.
I have spoken with a local building company whose work I have seen and so far I am hopeful that they will do a competant job. At least they have a good reputation locally and they employ their tradesmen full time .
So, like a lamb to the slaughter, I am embarking upon a voyage that I am sure will keep me more than a little engaged for a while.
I will keep you all posted with developments as they occur .
Best Regards to you all. Mike ( Ling Noi )

Would someone please tell me how to open up a new thread for my proposed project ?
I'm blowed if I can find out because its all new to me ........ Thanks Ling Noi

Originally Posted by ling noi

Would someone please tell me how to open up a new thread for my proposed project ?
I'm blowed if I can find out because its all new to me ........ Thanks Ling Noi

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