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More superb engineeriing.Click the image for a full screen view. A load-bearing concrete corner column. Notice how the whole weight of the corner of the roof rests on the too thin rebar of the columns that were made too short. The ring-beam is only a single c-section 4 x 4 steel girder; it should at least be a box section - better would bee two C-sections welded face-to-face. Viewed from the outside, the tiles lifting up a couple of milimetres at their bottom edges demonstrates that the roof is sagging already.3 commentsjazzman06/27/12 at 20:41Baht Man: I see this all the time as accepted practice. It a...
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House PlanThe house design is based on Australian home designs from Henley Properties and Simond's Homes. The entrance, study and master bedroom are based on Henley Properties designs, with the rest of the house following design ideas from Simond's Homes.

The area of the house is 250 square metres (including the front porch and rear outdoor area). The quoted price from a builder was 1.7 million baht, however we have decided to manage the project in-family, and are sourcing all the materials ourselves.
1 commentsMax&Bee-in-CM05/19/12 at 04:12luckyone: nice picture
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Double cement block construction1 commentsAmaZe11/29/11 at 16:50falangsabai: Very useful information-thanks
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Floor PlanMy starting floor plan to give to the architect2 commentsnickcar10/04/11 at 14:38kerrysum: Razz Like your plan I am designing one in the same ...
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3 commentsShastadad06/16/11 at 07:13Shastadad: Ians: It's like the song "Its like too m...
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3 commentsShastadad06/14/11 at 07:41fredlk: Seeing that door, I now know where in the vicinity...
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3 commentsShastadad06/12/11 at 13:13Ians: Is that the front door to Fort Knox?
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Master Bedroom wood floor first look2 commentsShastadad05/29/11 at 09:17Shastadad: Based upon a review of emails from Fluke (I love g...
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Master Bedroom wood floor first look2 commentsShastadad05/27/11 at 11:21fredlk: What kind of wood is this?
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Kitchen tile long viewnote how the odd size tiles were placed where they will be hidden by future cabinetry 1 commentsShastadad04/21/11 at 10:05fredlk: 'Our' tiler is a master. He does a great...
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Perimeter wall holesAfter we cleaned up the wooden fence of our neighbour...sitting about 0.5m on our side....the footing holes are being digged...1 commentsMaseratimartin03/11/11 at 21:47BKKBILL: Funny thing about those old fence lines. Razz
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My wife and me from the wedding1 commentstrehanse01/23/11 at 12:38Mozzbie47: Very nice mate
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