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Wall extractor fanThis fan is only 28W but poweful and very silent. We have one in the bedroom it helps clear the perspiration on hot nights. Sorry about the green hue - the color seems to get everywhere...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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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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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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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 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 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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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.pklongball
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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 workpklongball
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3 Feb 2009Moving another panel into positionpklongball
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3 Feb 2009This is how they do it on my house. Plenty of manual laborpklongball
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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.pklongball
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