Find content
Male
tiger2, on 2011-10-09 22:35:41, said:
The 78,000 baht hoop house from ACK is NOT climate controlled--it's nothing more than a frame for a shade house. A 3 x 6 x 2 meter shade house. With a 80cm door on one end. 3/4" 'galvanized' (not painted) steel tubing--grade not specified even after I asked. 3 mil poly. This design is a whopping 36 m3...
The local fab shop down the road quoted the following (for the exact same design and dimensions as ACK's):
1) 1.5" grade 'A' galvanized and painted steel frame
2) 100cm galvanized steel door and door frame--also painted
3) 18 meters 1" x 4" wood baseboards
4) 6 of the 12 legs cemented one meter into the ground
5) Delivery and installation plus a 2 year guarantee on materials and workmanship
Price: 12,500 baht. Poly not included.
More realistic and practical sizes (same shop, same materials and guarantee) of 6 x 12 x 3 meters (216 m3) were 30,500 baht. 10 x 20 x 3 meters (600 m3) 70,500 baht. You do the math...
PS The products from ACK, ChiaThai, NetaFim and a few other companies that target the hydro/organic commercial and (somewhat) hobby market are obscenely overpriced. Many of the exact same items can be found elsewhere--Super Products, Global House, larger hardware (wasadu) stores, local farmers' stores and 'Mom & Pop' shops--for 50% cheaper and more. Something to think about when you're spending a large chunk of $ on a hobby project. Or if you decide to go 'mersh'...
The local fab shop down the road quoted the following (for the exact same design and dimensions as ACK's):
1) 1.5" grade 'A' galvanized and painted steel frame
2) 100cm galvanized steel door and door frame--also painted
3) 18 meters 1" x 4" wood baseboards
4) 6 of the 12 legs cemented one meter into the ground
5) Delivery and installation plus a 2 year guarantee on materials and workmanship
Price: 12,500 baht. Poly not included.
More realistic and practical sizes (same shop, same materials and guarantee) of 6 x 12 x 3 meters (216 m3) were 30,500 baht. 10 x 20 x 3 meters (600 m3) 70,500 baht. You do the math...
PS The products from ACK, ChiaThai, NetaFim and a few other companies that target the hydro/organic commercial and (somewhat) hobby market are obscenely overpriced. Many of the exact same items can be found elsewhere--Super Products, Global House, larger hardware (wasadu) stores, local farmers' stores and 'Mom & Pop' shops--for 50% cheaper and more. Something to think about when you're spending a large chunk of $ on a hobby project. Or if you decide to go 'mersh'...
5 mt 3 sand for the floor. With the painting, whole thing took 5 days..Regards.
