News Forum - Meanwhile, in Thailand… Some of the weirdest stories of 2021
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News Forum - Elder woman killed during robbery, daughter with disability witnesses horror
I hope the piece of sh*t that did this is swiftly caught and banged up for life. R.I.P. the lady. -
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News Forum - Australian man arrested in Phuket for damaging van mirror in road rage incident
Hope he gets at least a few nights in custody, no excuse for damaging property or any other violence. -
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Filling in land
A lot of general questions about soil properties with little to no specific information. I personally don't have much in the way of knowledge about Thai soil other than one area i looked at (a rai or 2 of rice field) had what appeared to be a sandy clayish soil. So in general if you are considering a concrete slab on grade along with what appears to be typical precast columns on a 4m x 4m grid with masonry exterior walls and some type of light gauge steel ceiling/roof structure my main concerns would be cracking of the slab due to poor compaction of your added fill. I have not had a chance to observe or note the depth that footings are placed to support the column grid. We would all be hard pressed to wing it without the advice of a geotechnical engineer but local building knowledge can suffice for small residential like we are discussing. Obviously Thailand is well versed in how to handle soil mechanics as one look around Bangkok will tell us these folks don't mess about. If i was going to just "wing it" and hope that 6-7 years of settlement will do the trick i would just have the building area + an extra 50% around it covered with dump truck loads of clean soil. If you were really concerned about settlement cracking and what have you there are numerous methods to handle that. Dig deep, build up solid. Also, if you have the funds you could always consult a soils engineer to come up with a plan but you would need to know the size and materials in general of your future build. iirc correctly (sorry i had 1 class in geotechnical engineering a millenia ago) Preloading soil is the term you are looking for if i read your post correctly. In order to increase bearing capacity of the underlying soil. Here is a simplified explanation link: https://theconstructor.org/geotechnical/preloading-soil-bearing-capacity/145326/ Of course as inexpensive as things are here you could possibly fill in your land area and have a crew pour a 12" concrete slab on top of that which could be removed prior to construction of your actual residence. Let that slab settle for a year or two and i would think you would be good to go. I may be in a similar situation soon but who knows in Thailand lol. Winds of change blow across the landscape like my morning winds. haha -
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News Forum - Phuket nightclubs raided for late trading, serving alcohol to minors
And starting spending money later in day time. If at all, before the next night starts ;-) -
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News Forum - Phuket nightclubs raided for late trading, serving alcohol to minors
I know. Which is part of my thoughts. The "farang owned" places use fuller manilas, methinks
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