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DISASTERS !!!

DISASTERS !!!These are some of the things that W I L L happen if you go away and let the builders get on with it under the expert supervision of your Thai partner, your inlaws, or just with no supervision at all. People with pots of money can just laugh these things off. In the worst case sceneario, the cost of putting it right may be more than what is in your retirement fund .jazzman

Wall 1A perimeter wall might not just be for decoration.jazzman

wall 2It's not just for keeping thieves out, and your kids, rabbits, and dogs in either.jazzman

wall 3If a perimeter wall is to be used for retaining fill dirt, it needs some careful consideration. This wall is (was) 100 x 20 for 1 metre of in-fill.
Think about the 20 cm thick, steel reinforced walls of your tiny 4 x 8 swimming pool...
jazzman

wall 4Wet dirt is a viscous mass far heavier even than the water in a swimming pool, and exerts even more pressure on the surrounding walls.
A rogue bnuilder charged about 180,000 baht for this wall.1 commentsjazzman

wall 5Then it fell over. One night of rain was enough. This wall will be rebuilt using correct engineering and correct drainage. Another 40 trucks of dirt will be needed to top up the infill that was washed away. Probable total cost: around 250,000 baht.jazzman

'Waterproof' connections.This is a picture of a swimming pool 'deck box' that provides the connection of the underwater light unit cables to to cables to the transformer. The cables are supposed to be joined with proper waterproof connectors and/or shrink tube. These were just twisted together with normal insulating tape. These deck boxes will inevitably get filled with water...
jazzman

Quality wiringThis is a major wiring junction in the roof space. Wires twisted together with insulating tape and no junction box.1 commentsjazzman

Neat finishingNeatly finished switch unit. Notice the blobs of white paint ion the switches.
jazzman

More neat finishingWhat the blanked-off hole was supposed to be is anyone's guess. And of course there should not be an unearthed 2-pin socket here. One wonders if there is even an earth wire in the 3-pin sockets. You can guess...1 commentsjazzman

Very nice bathroom finishingClick the image for a full screen view. They must have broken a corner off the expensive black marble top and hastily repaired it like this.
An electric socket this close to the washbasin is TOTALLY inadmissible.2 commentsjazzman

Strong Roof Truss...Click the image for a full screen view. The double-C ridge purlin - the most important load-bearing part of the roof - was too short so they just extended it with a bit of rebar and connected all the hip purlins to it. Notice the superbly clean welding and the neat job of repainting the welds.
Only about one in six of the tiles had been tied down, the rest were just in place under their own weight. Hopefully this region of Thailand is not susceptible to high winds.jazzman

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