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Location, location, location...Click the pic to see a full-screen image.
Living in a small village has its charms - and advantages. With a bit of 'influence' we were able to get the new village portal built right next to our land. The entrance to the house is on the left just by the blue village name board. jazzman
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Green House MotelThis is the only sketch that was made. No plans or blueprints were produced. It probably won't look anything like this when it's finished. basically, the foreman was given the dimensions and a floor plan and left alone to figure it out. What he's not sure about , he comes and asks.jazzman
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Day 1. Setting upThe first day was spent setting up the shed, the site electrics and lighting, organising the tools, the cement mixer, and the portable scaffolding, clearing the plot and marking out with pegs and orange string. We bought the cement mixer a couple of years ago second-hand for 5,000 baht. In it, we use the spare 3 Kw motor from the rice-mill. It's reasonably transportable on the back of a pick-up.jazzman
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Day 2 MaterialsOrganising the materials, painting the steel with red oxide, straightening the rebar and digging the first couple of holes.
The sand cost 280 baht/cu, the gravel 380 baht/cu, and the TPI cement 95 baht per 50 kg bag. The smooth 9 mm rebar (RB9) cost 38 baht per 10 m length.
The pre cast reinforced columns 15 x 15cmx 2.50 m columns cost 275 baht each. They come with a cut-out on the top with a hole for bolting a steel or wooden ring-beam.jazzman
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Day 3. Pre cast columnsExcept for one rough sketch, there are no drawings of any kind for this project. The day was spent digging out the rest of the footings, laying concrete and the the rebar. By the end of the day eight of the twelve columns had been erected. There will be four hotel rooms, and the extension (not visible), will be a decorative steel covered patio for the pool with WC & shower, and laundry room for the motel.
Completely up-to-date rebar prices hve been posted on the forum.jazzman
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day 4. Starting the roof steelThe roof steel (ring-beam purlin) is bolted to the holes provided in the pre-formed cut-outs on the posts.jazzman
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Cheap labourFor all of those who are wondering why our labour bill of only 1,000 baht per square metre is so low...jazzman
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Ground beam 'formwork'As mentioned, this is a low budget Thai style construction. We will be pouring the ground-beam concrete directly into the trenches in the earth, when the trenches have been lined with plastic sheeting. This will also fill the rest of the footing holes to lock everything in place.
The ground beams a re 20 x 20 with four runs of RB9 and RB6 braces at 20 cm.jazzman
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Day 5Had some unusual rain in Isaan for 2 days so the time was spent painting the rest of the steel in the shed, getting a truck load of dirt delivered, and bending more braces.
The ground beams are poured and the roof steel half finished. I still never fathomed out why they have to use a platform to load the mixer. Notice the plastic bags round my expensive steel scaffolding to protect it from cement (a lesson learned from previous jobs).jazzman
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Day 6 - The first walls .One lady mixing and passing up the bricks, one man bricking: Just 3 hours work for this much The others are preparing the 4" WC pipes and grey water pipes that will be under the floors - with five bathrooms, this is a bit more work than for the average house. Foreman thinks we'll have everything finished in 4 weeks. we'll see. We've been working together for three years now, and he and his family have almost become part of our family - grainjai permitting :)jazzman
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Day 7Most of the walls are built, except the font ones that will have the doors and windows. Still some steel to be put in the roof. The workers chop and change what they are doing, but I let them get on with it. I can watch everything from my office window only 20m away.jazzman
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Day 8More progress on the walls. The 7 cm thick concrete floors have been laid in three of the rooms and the pits for the septic tanks have been dug. Wire mesh reinforcing was laid in the concrete.jazzman
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