Randall wrote:What is the paint room?

A room in which I will paint and finish items !! The hint is in my username.

Why is the outside kitchen so far from the house?

Have you smelled Thai cooking? And it is SWMBO's idea

So will you have AC units?

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I guess you open the window vents upper windows remotely and then get this big updraft? THis is the 4th build thread I read today.

Maybe.


I will not reopen the discussion about water, [-o< if you have questions related it it in this build, I may (or may not) respond.

I didn't understand the part about forgot the mosquito netting on the roof? you mean they get in the cracks in the roof steel?

There should be no cracks in the roof steel.
The house is protected from mosquitos, because the builders forgot to put mosquito netting in the roof space they had to seal the walls.

My post about water was just some ramblings. I thought the discussion git out of hand a bit in that area and really distracted from your nice home build thread. I think an elevated water tank is a great idea if power or city water flow is an issue.
I figured the paint room was for wood working things. It looks like a nice cabinet shop space with loading dock and all. I have a fantasy about my wood working shop in retirement. To bad I couldn't sell my stuff? Or could I?
I for sure thought that you would use the chimney effect for cooling with all those nice windows. I love the L shaped windows. Big overhanging roof.

Randall wrote:My post about water was just some ramblings. I thought the discussion git out of hand a bit in that area and really distracted from your nice home build thread. I think an elevated water tank is a great idea if power or city water flow is an issue.

Hummm. And you have read the expurgated version the original was significantly less pleasant. Also it is, it is, and it is.

I figured the paint room was for wood working things. It looks like a nice cabinet shop space with loading dock and all. I have a fantasy about my wood working shop in retirement. To bad I couldn't sell my stuff? Or could I?

As a business no you can't, in fact even not as a business no you can't.

I for sure thought that you would use the chimney effect for cooling with all those nice windows. I love the L shaped windows. Big overhanging roof.

Thanks

Hi Jerome. Thanks for taking the time to show Da and I through your home. It's all coming together nicely. It was great to meet you and Nui, and we will stay in touch. Made a start on our place this week.

February and time for tiles,

It's very useful to bring the pickup right into the workshop A few picture tiles Working on the workshop The workshop bathroom with one of the pictures up
Preparing for posting at 09:28 Wednesday, 26 April 2017

February and time for more tiles,

The shower linear drain Living room kitchen Shower room
Preparing for posting at 15:41 Thursday, 27 April 2017

Hi Jerome,

All looking good.
I went to the Mr Ken ceiling fans we spoke of very briefly. Was resigned to going to Bangkok to check them out and talking to you about your discount, but the big new house material supplier on the ring road ended up having them. Saved a trip to the big smoke.
How did your fans end up? I may have missed if you put photos up?

Other thing was what did you end up deciding on for the crane rail, a chain block or electric lifting hook?

Barney wrote:Hi Jerome,

All looking good.
I went to the Mr Ken ceiling fans we spoke of very briefly. Was resigned to going to Bangkok to check them out and talking to you about your discount, but the big new house material supplier on the ring road ended up having them. Saved a trip to the big smoke.
How did your fans end up? I may have missed if you put photos up?

Other thing was what did you end up deciding on for the crane rail, a chain block or electric lifting hook?

Chain block as there's no single point electrical version 500 kg 1,500 Baht. Sneak preview, fan mounting points up, more information later about not fitted yet.

What's the name of the place you found them!

Jerome,
Got the Mr Ken Fans at the large new home warehouse behind NAT Honda on the ring road, Kut Chap turn off.
In the lighting section Honda end. Got my 8 fans there. Not cheap but got a store discount with other purchases.
No idea how to spell it, store name is in thai
Barvunabuhm????? is my best guess.

I like the crane rails and looks like some good engineering went into it.
Don't forget to put your SWL rating on the rail for when the safety auditor comes.

Barney wrote:Jerome,
Got the Mr Ken Fans at the large new home warehouse behind NAT Honda on the ring road, Kut Chap turn off.
In the lighting section Honda end. Got my 8 fans there. Not cheap but got a store discount with other purchases.
No idea how to spell it, store name is in thai
Barvunabuhm????? is my best guess.

I like the crane rails and looks like some good engineering went into it.
Don't forget to put your SWL rating on the rail for when the safety auditor comes.

Thanks.
The crane already has the SWL rating welded onto one of the end struts

The all 4 end trucks are all 1 ton as is the center one so 500 kg is very conservative

'Ive never seen a tile person use a stool or used one... I hope the person is using thin set on the floor as well as back buttering. IMHO the thinset put on the floor correctly and of the right thickness and freshness avoids the need for back buttering. Why not thin set a row of 8 tiles or better yet 2 rows and then lay them? Do they have the plastic spacers to use in Thailand? most pros and me use them.. they come in all grout line widths.

yes, you can buy the plastic spacers in almost every store selling tile in Thailand although your usual village tile layer doesn't use them..

Randall wrote:'Ive never seen a tile person use a stool...

You have now You learn something new every day.

I hope the person is using thin set on the floor as well as back buttering.

That depends on the position and varies between thinset, back buttering, and thinset + back buttering. As it does with any tile laying anywhere.

IMHO the thinset put on the floor correctly and of the right thickness and freshness avoids the need for back buttering.

It may

Why not thin set a row of 8 tiles or better yet 2 rows and then lay them?

Because the substrate is somewhat reminiscent of a sponge it isn't remotely water proof so that area of thinset would not be useable. An area of one or two tiles works if the base is moderately absorbent, otherwise back buttering is used to maintain the correct consistency of the thinset.

There are good reasons why tiling is done the way it is in Thailand. As there are for the way it's done in the west

Do they have the plastic spacers to use in Thailand? most pros and me use them.. they come in all grout line widths.

Did you look at the pictures? The answer is there in almost every picture Do you know that if you click a picture it usually gets a higher quality version?


However the longer answer is that Thai tile people all use spacers, most will use bamboo as it's abundant and free, while the plastic spacers will have a cost that in UK terms makes them £1.25 ($1.75) each or £65.00 ($84) for a bag of 50. So if they cost that much most pros and you would probably not use them, or at very least you would be thinking hard about the number of beers that they would be costing you
For them to have a similar relative cost to UK ones the would have to be priced at ฿9 per 1000 not the price they are.

Continuing the process of tiling
The workshop shower
The linear drain in the workshop shower
Preparing for posting at 12:13 Monday, 03 July 2017

Yet more tiling detail

The transitions between rooms use a different pattern
Badly cut tile that will be replaced
On suite shower and toilet
On suite shower and toilet pictures
Living/kitchen looking into the workshop
Our bedroom
Preparing for posting at 12:19 Monday, 03 July 2017

Looking great my friend, I will have to drop in and have a look at the finished job when i finally get my pension and get over there. Might pick up some names of good tradies to renovate our place in non sa at while there.

Fatone wrote: ↑

July 3, 2017, 3:38 pm

Looking great my friend, I will have to drop in and have a look at the finished job when i finally get my pension and get over there. Might pick up some names of good tradies to renovate our place in non sa at while there.

You will be welcome though there's only 1 local person who I would unhesitatingly recommend and 1 team from kumpawape. We have used a company Bann Boon 2012 to build and I would have no problem in recommend them.


Starting on the workshop tiles
We do not have enough of the water damaged tiles to complete the workshop so need three different patterns
SWMBO is now cleaning the tiles in the living-room/kitchen
Preparing for posting at 06:31 Tuesday, 04 July 2017

Project looks good and now the real cleaning begins once all the tiles are placed.

Goodluck with the finish.

On the 5th picture we can see that the little plastic spacers are being used. The next 2 show the tile cleaning, with just a mop ? Has any grout been applied in the joints ? Thanks.. Just curious...

the-monk wrote: ↑

July 4, 2017, 7:17 pm

On the 5th picture we can see that the little plastic spacers are being used. The next 2 show the tile cleaning, with just a mop ? Has any grout been applied in the joints ? Thanks.. Just curious...

Sure it has, it took one of the tile crews wives several hours per room. I just didn't show any picture of her at work, also there are 3 days between between those pictures.
Here is the ensuite shower showing that it's been half grouted