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Roof tileThese composite roof panels are 120 x 50, so it's two for 1 m2. The usual price in GlobalHouse or HomeMart / HomePro is 56 - 59 baht each. We ordered them through our favourite village store and paid 48 baht. The area to be covered by this roof is 140 m2, that's a saving of 2,500 baht. All these little savings add up.jazzman
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Ridge TileSee how they go together in the next pic. they cost 50 baht each.jazzman
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Interlocking Ridge Tiles- and they go together something like this. One has a small radius, and the overlapping one has a larger radius. It's quicker, easier, and cheaper than using capping tiles, although capping tiles would look nicer on a proper house.jazzman
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First snagThis huge drainage ditch goes along the entire 40m frontage. The plan is to lay concrete drainage pipes and fill it in for parking space. The workers dropped one pipe getting it off the truck - 150 baht 'down the drain'.
Never mind, if that's all that goes wrong on this project, I'll be happy.jazzman
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Day 15 rendered walls - rear viewOur solution for the bathroom windows can clearly be seen: two glass blocks at flanked on either side by a ventilated brick. The glass blocks were left over from the construction of the house, but they can be bought from 38 baht. The vented bricks cost 5.50 baht each.
There are no zoning regulations here. To maximise on our land, the rear wall is 1 metre from the land boundary.jazzman
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RenderingThe rendering of all the interior and exterior walls is now complete. We used 35 bags of rendering cement (boon chap) and sand carefully sieved through blue plastic netting. This cement is sold in 40 Kg bags, not 50 Kg, at 100 baht each. We added plasticiser to the mix - a 100 baht can was enough.jazzman
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Septic tanksDouble-chamber septic tanks with leech system. Our substrate is hard clay and does not percolate to allow seepage tanks. The two in the picture serve two rooms; there will be an identical installation at the other end of the building for the other two rooms and the outside WC/shower and laundry room. Black water flows into the first tank which overflows into the second tank. Grey water goes directly into the second tank. There are no kitchens so a grease trap is not required.jazzman
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Bathroom floorThe 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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ChasingThe electricians started today chasing the walls for the electrical conduits. Although this is a low budget build, we're still using relatively good quality fittings, and concealed wiring. I've tried many times to teach the men to cut the channels with an angle grinder and just knock out the the stuff in the middle, but to no avail. Still using a hammer and a bent nail. Back home in France I have a special two-bladed power tool attachment for doing this.jazzman
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Day 12The bathroom walls were built, and the door frames fitted. The PVC doors cost 790 baht complete with frame - from GlobalHouse.jazzman
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Day 11Front walls, doors and window frames.
Completely up-to-date comprehensive steel prices have been posted on the forum.jazzman
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Locking door knobsStandard Thai style locking doors knobs. These cost 250 baht from HomePro. There are cheaper ones, and I have seen cheaper ones installed in multi-million luxury homes in developments on Samui.jazzman
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