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Footing and Column FrameworkThe footing frame and the column framework in place. Spacers are at the bottom and side. dozerSep 26, 2011
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House RaisingHere is the house raising do hicky that will be used during the celebration to raise the first post. The bag of 1000 baht notes is for show only although we did throw quite a few coins in the post holes.dozerSep 26, 2011
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Footing FrameThe footing frame in place with 5 cm. spacers on the bottom and the upright rebar indicating the center of the footing. dozerSep 26, 2011
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Excavating a FootingThe cinder blocks will be used as formwork for the footing. dozerSep 26, 2011
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Column LayoutThe boards on the outside of the building area are for attaching the layout lines which indicate the positions of each footing/column. dozerSep 26, 2011
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LayoutA piece of nylon string and 3mm rebar indicating the middle of a particular column. dozerSep 26, 2011
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Footing FrameThe footings holes will each be 1 meter wide by 1 meter long by 1 meter deep. The footing frame is placed in 35 cm of concrete at the bottom of each footing hole. This is a pic of 5 of them stacked on top of each other.dozerSep 26, 2011
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PlanThe front page of the blueprint package which got a lot of use during the project. dozerSep 26, 2011
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Nylon String for Column LayoutA nice heavy nylon string to be used in setting up the site layout (location of each column) which works better than the invisible fishing line commonly used. dozerSep 26, 2011
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Inner PVC Water LineThe inner PVC water line which is 1" is raised up and lowered into the lined bore hole with the pump on the other side. Note the rope attaches to the pump to aid in lowering it. dozerSep 26, 2011
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Pump Used for Circulating Water During DrillingThis is the pump used for keeping water circulating during the drilling process. dozerSep 26, 2011
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PVC Pipe SpecificationsThis was the PVC piping we used. 6" thickness rated at 8.5. dozerSep 26, 2011
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