Beach Promnade

[InternationalTraveler 282]

View of the promenade near to Mikes Shopping Mall were the decking goes around the raised concrete steps

Just over 2-years now and the promenade is looking a little worse for wear.

Every week I see another piece less or broken away to the point of being dangerous.

The decking is also getting very spongy with all the screws coming loose.

Obviously built with poor quality materials and boards not even treated.

They were just given a lick of brown paint.

 

Give it another month or so and someone will be breaking through the floor.

[Idefix 2,275]

// Obviously built with poor quality materials //

Doesn't seem to be of so bad quality IMHO,

but just not intended to resist the weight of the "monsters" that sit on it every day...

[Bullfrog 2,225]

I shall have to go and take a look tomorrow..There was a Thai nutter around there when I was sat in 5 Star Bar on Saturday and I didn't notice anything missing............. but each piece of wood probably cost 20,000 baht so no wonder they have been stolen.......

[InternationalTraveler 282]

I shall have to go and take a look tomorrow..There was a Thai nutter around there when I was sat in 5 Star Bar on Saturday and I didn't notice anything missing............. but each piece of wood probably cost 20,000 baht so no wonder they have been stolen.......

Not stolen..just rotting away as the wood/decking was not treated or wood stained, the brown paint they used on the decking was worn away after 2-weeks.

I put some fencing around my house around 20-years ago and gave everything a double dose of creosote wood stain.

It still looks good to this day.

[Bullfrog 2,225]

Not stolen..just rotting away as the wood/decking was not treated or wood stained, the brown paint they used on the decking was worn away after 2-weeks.

I put some fencing around my house around 20-years ago and gave everything a double dose of creosote wood stain.

It still looks good to this day.

Sorry I was being sarcastic that each piece cost 20,000 baht (although it probably did!)....and yep I stumbled out of 5 star yesterday for a closer look and it hasn't been fixed...

[Shaun 2]

View of the promenade near to Mikes Shopping Mall were the decking goes around the raised concrete steps

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Just over 2-years now and the promenade is looking a little worse for wear.

Every week I see another piece less or broken away to the point of being dangerous.

The decking is also getting very spongy with all the screws coming loose.

Obviously built with poor quality materials and boards not even treated.

They were just given a lick of brown paint.

 

Give it another month or so and someone will be breaking through the floor.

I was sitting near there for two hours in the morning on March 31. Being an ex-carpenter I know about this. Certainly not hard to fix.

[Shaun 2]

View of the promenade near to Mikes Shopping Mall were the decking goes around the raised concrete steps

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20170319_114707 (Small).jpg

Just over 2-years now and the promenade is looking a little worse for wear.

Every week I see another piece less or broken away to the point of being dangerous.

The decking is also getting very spongy with all the screws coming loose.

Obviously built with poor quality materials and boards not even treated.

They were just given a lick of brown paint.

 

Give it another month or so and someone will be breaking through the floor.

It is crap, they should use kwila/merbau hardwood flooring, no screws, galvanized nails. At least they've got the boards the right side up. I've even seen idiots in Australia nail the boards groove side up and the water just sits there when it rains.

[jacko 8,892]

And about where I spotted one of the jet ski scammers today, guiding a truck and few trailers towards the beach. Still going...?

Edited May 8, 2017 by jacko

[Shaun 2]

And about where I spotted one of the jet ski scammers today, guiding a truck and few trailers towards the beach. Still going...?

Yep, they are obviously still there, I saw them trying to rip people off on April 1, what a coincidence, lol!

 

I like Beach Rd in the morning, cute girls saying "I want boom boom", but not at night. LK Metro, Soi Honey, Soi Chaiyapoon, that will do me.

 

Will check out the jet ski scammers and speedboat shonks again when I m back for another two months on June 10.