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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.jazzmanFeb 04, 2009
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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.
jazzmanFeb 04, 2009
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3 Feb 2009Carrying the panels from the stack to the house floor takes 4 Thai men and some sweat. They only have about 60 more to go.pklongballFeb 03, 2009
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3 Feb 2009A little push here and a grunt there and the concrete panel gets moved into position. No high tech machines here just plenty of grunt workpklongballFeb 03, 2009
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3 Feb 2009Moving another panel into positionpklongballFeb 03, 2009
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3 Feb 2009This is how they do it on my house. Plenty of manual laborpklongballFeb 03, 2009
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3 Feb 2009Some of the floor panels are now in place in the back area of the house.pklongballFeb 03, 2009
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29 Jan. 2009So here we are at the end of day on the 29th. Insect system installed and 10 columns poured along with the delivery of the floor panels. All in all a good week of progress on the Phala House. Stay tuned for more.pklongballJan 31, 2009
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29 Jan. 2009Overview of Mr. Termite spraying the ground under the house. This first application of termite chemical will be followed with another using the tubing system just after house completion and then every six months after. The current contract is for 3 years.pklongballJan 31, 2009
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29 Jan. 2009Just another view of the final result of the tubing install and some debris that will be removed before the floor goes in place1 commentspklongballJan 31, 2009
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29 Jan. 2009View just after the install of the tubing. A first application of the chemical was applied using a high pressure sprayer.pklongballJan 31, 2009
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29 Jan. 2009The install called for the Termite Team to install 10 zones of tubing. The zones were divided into 4 exit points around the foundation. If these look long , they are intending to be cut to a proper length when the final finish is applied to the wall.pklongballJan 31, 2009
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