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ceiling_office.jpg
ceiling tiles officePlain white ceiling tiles for Jazzman's office.
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jazzman00000
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ceiling_tiles_living_room.jpg
ceiling tiles living roomWe chose the modular, totally fireproof solid plaster tiles. Advantages: breathe, letting warm air escape upwards; Rapid installation, easy change to redistribute light fittings, fans etc ., . or just for a change of pattern! Price: from 22 baht per sq.m. The supporting rails cost next to nothing. Disadvantages: Some really kitchy pattern/colour combinations are available - your wife will LOVE them :)
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jazzman00000
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aluninium_2.jpg
aluminium 2Frame for a double sliding window with sliding fly screen in octagonal bay (Master bedroom) 1.5mm extruded aluminium, white expoxy enamelled.
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jazzman00000
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aluminium_1.jpg
aluminium 1Click thumbnail to see an enlargement then click the clapperboard to start a slide show.
Frame for a fixed window in the octagonal bay. 1.5mm extruded aluminium, white expoxy enamelled. uPVC frames for the windows and entrance and patio doors had been considered, but the cost fell outside the budgeted parameter.
jazzman00000
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aluminium_4.jpg
Aluminium window frame 4Frame for a fixed 5 or 6 mm glass pane.1.5mm extruded aluminium. White epoxy enamelled.
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jazzman00000
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bay_windoe_formwork.jpg
lintels for windowsThe formwork for the concrete lintels and corner posts of the octagonal bay window. The idea was to keep the corner posts as narrow as possible to allow for wide windows, whilst providing additional support for the octagonal roof.
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jazzman00000
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aligning_colums_coffins.jpg
Aligning the formwork for the columns.Click thumbnail to see an enlargement then click the clapperboard to start a slide show. The formwork was aligned to be perfectly vertical. Millimeter accuracy was achieved using a combination of traditional Thai methodology with fishing line and a spirit level, and a modern tripod mounted laser level.jazzman00000
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compacting.jpg
Compacting the back fill.Once the floor areas between the footings had been filled with the leftover earth from the foundations, it was compacted every 10 cm. This is essential, as this will be a support for the concrete floor until it has fully cured, a process which will take a t least 28 days.
Thai builders don't think about doing this, and these had never used one before. This one costs about 25,000 baht to buy, but you can rent one for the duration of your construction for about 500 B.
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jazzman00000
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Formwork_office_window.jpg
concrete formwork office windowThe full width bay windows of the office and the master bedroom are based on five sides of an octagon. We wanted the corner pillars between the windows to be as narrow as possible, but allowing the wall to be an additional support for the relatively heavy tiled octagonal roof above.
jazzman00000
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battens.jpg
roof tile battensThese galvanised steel W-section battens will take special self-tapping 'Profast' screws straight through from the tiles. Other 'Profast' self-tapping screws are used to screw them to the rafters. They can tap into the 3.3 mild steel obviating any predrilling. These battens have the huge advantage that laying the tiles is a one-man operation. Thais usually anchor their tiles by passing copper wire through the screw hole with a man underneath to do the tying.jazzman00000
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2/3/2007 17:42Glass goes on the two sides, the fish tank will go in the middle (the part with no glass).tcth00000
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IMG_2206.JPG
2/3/2007 17:42The front section. The main problem with this project was that the surface of the desk is not level. It isn't noticable to the human eye, and will be OK for the fish tank (which sits on foam), but the glass doesn't sit nicely on the surface.tcth00000
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