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507 viewsSecond floor beams after being poured looking at the back of the house (on left) and the side deck (on right). Note, the columns without second floor beams are single-storey columns and will support the lower roof sections over the side deck and the Thai kitchen in the rear.Rick B
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Location, location, location...507 viewsClick 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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506 viewsFloor slabs being laid in place.Rick B
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Day 19506 viewsThe tiles arrived today. The last couple of days the workers have been adding the purlins, struts and battens to the rafters, and finishing the plumbing and drainage.
The 3" C-section rafters are spaced at 1m. The battens are spaced at 1m. Left over steel off-cuts are used for V-struts. The 1" x 1" x 6m battens cost 140 baht each.
jazzman
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505 viewsThe family chedi in the back yard1 commentsRick B
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steps503 viewscement steps with riverstone finish, shallow end, 1.5 metersthaimic
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Upper Roof501 viewsReflective foil and roof tiles are being laid in place.Rick B
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Bathroom floor499 viewsThe bathroom floors will be concreted later. They are 5 cm lower than the room floors and have a 1:100 slope to the floor drain. The bathroom area looks small in the photo but it is really quite adequate at 1.4 x 2 m for a hotel room. I once rented an expensive condo in Bangkok with a smaller bathroom.jazzman
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Consumer units498 viewsEach room has its own mini consumer unit with a 32A 2-pole main breaker, a 10A and a 20A MCB. The units cost 500 baht each, fully equipped.
Doing it like this will ensure that if a guest overloads a circuit in the room, only the room breaker(s) will trip and not leave all the rooms in the dark.
The entire building will have a larger consumer unit with an RCCB - of course.
For more details of this and other consumer units, see the Electrical Fittings album.
jazzman
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497 viewsGlenn
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Plasterboard suspension.497 viewsA lot opf people on site today, electricians installing the consumer units in the rooms and the fans, and the ceiling men working in all the rooms at the same time. We had also started touching up the welds and scratches on the steel with red oxide, but gave up and started digging footings for the perimeter wall instead.
The materials for the ceiling come to almost exactly 100 baht per square metre.
The complete invoice details have been posted on the forum.
jazzman
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496 viewsUpstairs toilet - waiting for a clean and some water to be connected.Thaifu T
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