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The start of the slow build of Baan P'Nui and Jerome.


So then we started by modelling our ideas in sketchup
The architects first run at the design
This has been modified by lowering the top roof so the windows are a single row and removing some of the workshop windows to give more wall space and making the lower roof one piece.

We were very impressed with the close relationship with our idea. Up to now we have had an excellent relationship with our design team.

Timber floors?

Two questions:
1. What kind of material shall be used for the roofing- concrete roof tiles obviously not, too small an angle.
2. Do I see correcty, that you plan to have at least one car entering the house or workshop?

i take it the stairs led to a room upstairs...
just be careful of to much glass as it gets hotter than concrete.
and is the workshop dual purpose...
my internal garage 1 was to be my workshop but the missus wanted to tile it so visitors would have a place to sleep...turned out a good idea...gives us an extra room or a garage

Sorry for the delay in updates, it has been a very busy time, unfortunately grand mum http://bit.ly/GMnewHouse has died a little over a week ago which has increased the busyness.

bluejets wrote:Timber floors?

No they will be tile or maybe pvc in the workshop

waanjai wrote:Two questions:
1. What kind of material shall be used for the roofing- concrete roof tiles obviously not, too small an angle.
2. Do I see correcty, that you plan to have at least one car entering the house or workshop?

1) it will be white colourbond with a 1" thick PU foam sprayed insulation from SteelAndSolar Bangkok
2) yes you do. The workshop is designed to be able to take a car so we can lock it inside when we go away

maaka wrote:i take it the stairs led to a room upstairs...

That was the original design with a two level house but SWMBO decided that one floor is big enough

maaka wrote:just be careful of to much glass as it gets hotter than concrete.

We intend to have low-e laminated IGU's which will reduce the heat gain, also with a 2.5metre overhang on the roof there will be little sun getting to the windows anyway

maaka wrote:and is the workshop dual purpose...

Yes it is, it will be an occasional car park.

maaka wrote:my internal garage 1 was to be my workshop but the missus wanted to tile it so visitors would have a place to sleep...turned out a good idea...gives us an extra room or a garage

As we have a very pink house built for Nui's now deceased grand mother that is available for visitors, or maybe AirBnB that will be unlikely to be needed. At the moment we also have the house we are living in in the next village 800metres away.

An update on the design We are aiming to have the build complete to the stage shown under by the end of January but we will also include all the floors
Detail of a drain we are going to use

Part of the inspiration for our house

The house is being built on the built up ground in the background

A few images of the build

A bit more

Continued

January 19th and onward
An I beam for the car park and ramp

Looking very good and a very solid build. =D>
You have a very similar floor construction as mine with raised beams and floor panels with concrete floor. I have had no problems with that design and once the house was erected with all the weight of frame, roof, walls etc there was 5 hairline cracks due to settlement, they appeared after 5 months. These were investigated by the engineer and were only max 3mm to 4 mm in depth. All was good and the granite tiles have commenced.
No other movement with settling.
Good luck no the rest of the build.

Barney wrote:Looking very good and a very solid build. =D>
You have a very similar floor construction as mine with raised beams and floor panels with concrete floor. I have had no problems with that design and once the house was erected with all the weight of frame, roof, walls etc there was 5 hairline cracks due to settlement, they appeared after 5 months. These were investigated by the engineer and were only max 3mm to 4 mm in depth. All was good and the granite tiles have commenced.
No other movement with settling.
Good luck no the rest of the build.

Thanks.

I'm quite a bit behind on posting here as the main information is going on CoolThaiHouse. We have just been investigating gutters as we want to make sure to direct all the water away from the foundations as we have over 400sqm of roof

Tried to find the software used in your initial photos but not much luck.
I can see initial used house-design 2.6.2 but the arch. drawings seem different.
Any pointers on where one might get the software you used?
Thanks...Jorgo

bluejets wrote:Tried to find the software used in your initial photos but not much luck.
I can see initial used house-design 2.6.2 but the arch. drawings seem different.
Any pointers on where one might get the software you used?
Thanks...Jorgo

The design original SW is Sketchup both my concept and the architects first rendition.

The display SW is on my IPad and they are 3DVIA mobil and Sight Space for Sketchup and AutoCad360

Late January to February 1st

February 1~5

February 6~10

Interesting thread to follow ... same as the Barney house build with a twist .. thanks to both guys for sharing it

I never trust anyone in a hard hat who doesn't insist his staff wear one ... maybe he's just saying "now what the ****'s all this" and he needs something to stop him scratching his head ...

Just biased, because the boss of my first builders wore one to show how professional he was, and they were totally useless, with him being the worst of the lot, while the boss of my present lot carries an umbrella instead and he's outstanding!