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A carpentry/plastering/electrics question.

Postby zoomzoom » April 25, 2010, 5:22 am

Hi all.

I'm (again) in need of experience of the wisdom of Udonmap posters.

I want 3 internal stud walls built and finished (plastered), plus the removal of an ""indented" ceiling feature.

The walls would not be large - only being built to maximise effective use of space.

1) Approximately 1.2 metres.

2) Approximately 1.5 metres.

3) Approximately 2.0 metres.

None of these would need sound insulation and all could be constructed from a basic 3"x2" timber frame with plasterboard added and then skimmed to result in a total thickness of around 10cm (4"), with cables spurred and then dropped down from adjacent ceiling connections to provide a double socket on each side of the each new wall.

The existing ceiling recess is approximately 2 metres x 1.5 metres x 20cm deep and contains 4 downlight fittings along with a central light.

What I would want is the indent removed so that the ceiling then becomes flush (I think again that a simple frame/board/skim would be sufficient) with the light fittings being re-positioned (none more than 1.5 metres away from their original locations).

So!

Having bored you all to tears, with the details, here are my questions.

1) Does anyone have an educated guess of what this should cost?

and

2) Can anybody recommend a company or an individual to carry out the work?

In the U.K. I could cost this (I think) to within £25.00 and know that I would not need many fingers to work on - but this is Thailand and I have no idea of the costs (for reliable, skilled people) - but (I'm guessing) think that they will be in no way comparable to those in my homeland.

Any/all help will be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

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Re: A carpentry/plastering/electrics question.

Postby old-timer » April 26, 2010, 12:41 pm

Go and buy everything to do the job from global or somewhere like that, and do it yourself, it's not difficult and you won't worry yourself about being overcharged. The quality of workmanship is improving in UT, however it still has a long way to go. A quality tradesman in UT costs no more than five or six hundred baht a day, whereas a tradesman in the western world will cost you more than six thousand a day, so you will not get ripped off with prices in UT although you might get a sh1t job.
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Re: A carpentry/plastering/electrics question.

Postby Ray.Charles » April 26, 2010, 3:21 pm

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