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Jazzman's green house


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Stages of construction of Mr & Mrs Jazzman's house in Nong Bua Lamphu province on a $20,000 budget- no construction permission needed.

84 files, last one added on Oct 28, 2010
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Green House Motel


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This album documents the build of our motel which is destined to create work for my wife & her family, and earn money for me to import tea, wine, and cheese.
It's a low-budget construction the way the Thais build their modern houses.

44 files, last one added on Mar 20, 2009
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Jazzman's electrical fittings


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Just about EVERYTHING you need to electrify your house and not yourself. Quality fixtures & fittings.

34 files, last one added on Mar 20, 2009
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The Brickworks


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Dropped a brick on your budget by going for Q-Con or Superblock? 99% of houses are built with these.

8 files, last one added on Mar 20, 2009
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DISASTERS !!!


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Just a few of the things that will certainly go wrong if you don't watch your project like a hawk...

13 files, last one added on Jan 29, 2010
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KItchen view 3jazzmanOct 28, 2010
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Kitchen view 2The cooker hood was got cheap for 6,500 baht from Home Pro, Udon. Normal price was baht 13,000 but it was in a sale because it had been a demo on a display board in the shop. The two-ring glass cooker hob cost about 4,000 baht (if I remember rightly) from Global House, and the stainless steel double sink and drainer cost about 2,700 complete with tap (faucet), drains, and underneath plumbing pipes and U-bends.jazzmanOct 28, 2010
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Kitchen view 1We keep adding bits to this kitchen and it's still not complete. A breakfast bar still has to be built from the left hand side near the fridge to halfway across the archway. And the fridge will be replaced with a side-by-side. Cost: there is about 65,000 baht's worth of KITZCHO?® units. The solid granite counter tops cost about 18,000 baht including installation. jazzmanOct 28, 2010
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wall 5Then it fell over. One night of rain was enough. This wall will be rebuilt using correct engineering and correct drainage. Another 40 trucks of dirt will be needed to top up the infill that was washed away. Probable total cost: around 250,000 baht.jazzmanJan 29, 2010

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Tuscan PillarsThe drain pipes were carefully lifted and let down over the rebar and filled with concrete. If you wanted to save a lot of time and money and did't mind having round columns everywhere instead of square section ones, you could make them all this way. It would be a very strong construction, and give rise to some interesting comments about your architecture. We will be building our hexagonal sala (gazeebo) this way
Click an thumbnail to see an enlargement then click the clapperboard to start a slide show.
jazzman
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Kitchen topNatural granite slabs for the kitchen worktops. This cost about 1,500 per sq.m. It has to be installed by the supplier who cuts out the holes for the hob and sink, and grinds and polishes the edges on site.
Suppliers charge as much again for this service plus petrol (gasline) costs if you are situated out of town.
This granite may seem expensive to some, but it is still much cheaper than that awful formica chipboard kitchen top stuff they use in Europe.
jazzman
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Taking shapeThe house is now taking shape. This is a view of the north end. The hole is the foreground is the swimming pool.
Click thumbnail to see an enlargement then click the clapperboard to start a slide show.
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cupboard doorsClose up of the kitchen base unit doors. Factory made and beautifully finished. Kanyong in Pattaya, and HomePro and GlobalHouse DIY outlets.jazzman
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Formwork for the window sills and lintels.The lintels were concrete which contained 2, 3-hun reinforcing bars.
Click on thumbnail to see an enlargement then click the clapperboard to start a slide show.
jazzman
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Front PorchThe drainpipes we used for the pillars don't look too bad at all really. While waiting for the ordered mosaic tiles to arrive, we gave them a coat of green paint. They will later be adorned with some porch lights.jazzman
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Floor drainsThe drains in the the bathrooms and on the terraces were protected with PVC film and screwed into their pipes to serve as further height guages. Their height will be adjusted again later to be flush with the tiles. These diecast drains cost 140 baht but turned out to be not very good so we got the much more expensive one in the next picture instead.jazzman
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deliveriing CPAC (ready mixed concrete)CPAC is a brand name that is used as a generic like 'Hoover', 'biro', Kleenex', 'Scotch tape' , 'Sellotape', 'Tesafilm', 'Tempo' etc. Totally indipendent suppliers even paint their trucks in the blue & white CPAC trademark colours. See Jazzman's sticky on the forum for all you need to know about concrete.jazzman

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