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Window framesWooden (Mai Deng) window frames for louvre type windows. 1 x 1.2 m. 700 baht each from local village hardware store. There were some cheaper ones but I decided to go for the better wood with a better finish - I worry about wood warping in the rainy season. These will be sanded, primed, and painted off-white to match the doors and door frames.jazzman
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Louvre mechanismThese cost 145 per pair complete with aluminium strips (not shown) for the interior of the window frames. Again, not comparable with the heavy duty mechanisms on the aluminium kitchen window. The louvres will be of plain 4 mm glass with non-ground edges.jazzman
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8 February 2009A long view of the site as it looked today.pklongball
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Overview Front We are almost ready to pour the CPAC concrete floor and end phase one of the build.pklongball
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Mrs PK the "Supervisor"Sunday, Feb 8, 2009 Almost all of the sub-floor precast panels are in place. The builder's order was about 15 panels short. Not a big deal as he can get more quickly to fill the open spaces and get the floor poured this next week then it's on to the roof steel and roofing and the walls.pklongball
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Small 50W dichroticI thought this would be a good idea for the lighting round the house in the soffit, but with 20 of them at 50W each that's too much to leave on all night. We used the 220V ones.The 12V versions one have the added expense and 50X is still 50W. We're going to change them for 5W energy saver bulbs in small recessed fittings. We're keeping the ones in the bathrooms.jazzman
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Weatherproof switchesbTicino weatherproof recessed switches. Excellent for switches or opwer in garden wall etc. The lid flips up but the switches can be pressed though the transparent cover. This 3-module unit can be equipped with switches and/or power sockets. Cost around 300 baht. bTicino also make a surface mounted one.jazzman
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Day 6 - The first walls .One lady mixing and passing up the bricks, one man bricking: Just 3 hours work for this much The others are preparing the 4" WC pipes and grey water pipes that will be under the floors - with five bathrooms, this is a bit more work than for the average house. Foreman thinks we'll have everything finished in 4 weeks. we'll see. We've been working together for three years now, and he and his family have almost become part of our family - grainjai permitting :)jazzman
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Ceiling fanWe have two in the living room and one in each bedroom. Cost: 620 baht.
Sorry about the green hue - the color seems to get everywhere...jazzman
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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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