Dean1953

I (or more accurately, my wife) has a house near Bosang, that we decided to keep while her 3 children are finishing up High school in the U.S. (for another 4 years).   It has a concrete wall on four sides.  On the side with the neighbour in question,  the footing for the wall wasn't dug deep enough and now, after 7 years , the wall leans out about 3 inches.   From what I understand, the neighbour does not want braces on his property to hold the wall up, so I am waiting for it to collapse and will have it rebuilt then.  The neighbour also has many trees near his property line with me.   Some are banana trees and  if the leaves grow other the wall far enough, I cut them off.  My question is; there are many trees near the front of the property line that drop those leaves that look like propellers.  I have a garden on my side of the property and every 3 days or so, my housekeeper has to rake these leaves up.   I am considering putting a net up that will catch his debris and, by pulling a rope and straightening the net, will deposit the debris on his side of the property.  Am I just asking for retribution from him, in some way?   If not, are there any recommendations for someone that could build the net?

I have a house just outside of Chiang Mai that has sat empty for the last 2 years, while my family has been in the U.S. for the kids education.  In the meantime, birds have planted themselves in the gutters, under  the tile roof and in the garage.   Besides leaving their droppings all over, I'm assuming that they are doing damage to the house.  My wife has been in the house for 3 months, cleaning bird crap where she can.  I am going over for 2 weeks, starting February 22.  My time will be limited, as I also intend to work on the underground sprinkler system and possibly adding another water tank just for it.   I've read about bird spikes, that can be used on gutters to keep birds, and can use wire mesh to keep them out of the garage and possibly out of the roof area.  Are there any stores in C.M. that would carry these kind of products, or should I bring as much as I can over with me (I doubt if a TSA agent would appreciate it if he stuck his hand inside my luggage and encountered a bird spike)?   Can anyone recommend anyone to do the job of making it as hard as possible for the birds to nest?  I would like to eventually rent out the place,  so having no chirping birds around the clock would be a plus in that regard.

I have a house near Bosang but l have lived in the U.S. for the last 2 years.  Before leaving LOS, I put a sprinkler system in but it had to be turned on manually, as I didn't have a timer.  About 8 months later, I had to go to LOS for a week and brought with me a Hunter ICC timer.   The Thai electrician that I hired put it in but could not get it to work.  Later on, a thai friend found an electrician that worked at one of the universities finish the job.   It ran but ran considerably longer than the set time and the water pump fried.  I mentioned this to a fellow board member and he bought and installed a new pump for me and adjusted the sprinkler heads and set the timer.  My wife, who is staying at the house for a few months, said the system is staying on longer than the set time and was afraid the new pump would be fried.  She now waters manually, while I try to figure this out.  I have contacted Hunter about the problem but haven't heard back from them yet.  Its possible that the Hunter timer was nver hooked up proberly or (less likely) that the timer wasn't set right.   Does anyone know of a person/company that works on sprinkler systems that could check mine out ?   Thanks!