One of the early problems with the bathroom is that the foundation base which is poured around the outside should be about 10 centimeters lower than the base of the house.  In this case it was poured about equal, to give extra strength.  This led to the necessity to reengineer a bit on the inside.  That led to the floors being only a few centimeters below the floor level of the house, where the normal difference is 10 centimeters.  As it turned out I like the small difference better, 3 centimeters is fine.  The only other misstep is the sink in the large bathroom is fitted in the cabinet a little too close to the wall and this necessitates bending over a bit when using it.

Central water heaters are a little new around here and it was a learning curve to get this one installed.  Normally houses use a small water heater for each shower, but in the end this turned out really nice.  The electrician did the copper pipe work, which is fitted within plastic PVC to carry the hot water.  The water heater is a 75 liter wall mount unit.

Another thing which you don't see all that often are shower enclosures.  These are gaining in popularity here.  This one is made with safety glass which is easier to clean than the acrylic types.

The framed small bathroom.  (13-Mar-04)	The small bathroom with 4" PVC for the toilet.
A septic being dug.  (22-Apr-04)	This shows the toilet septic for the small bathroom.  In all there are 4 septic tanks, 2 for water runoff and 2 for toilets.  There are 5 cement rings used for each one, the standard being 4.  Each ring is 1.2 meters in diameter.
The row of septics is dug behind the house.  There are two groups of pairs of septics.  From this side the sequence would be toilet, water runoff, water runoff, toilet.	Here is a cement ring is being put in place in one of the septics.  (23-Apr-04)
The 4" PVC is run into the toilet septic.  The mallet is used to create the opening in the cement ring.  (31-May-04)	The PVC drainage from the small bathroom for the water runoff.  There are 3 exhaust pipes used for each bathroom.  One is for the bathtub (or shower stall), one is for the sink and one is for the outside drain.  The pipes are secured in place with a heavy cement.  (01-Jun-04)
The hot water is run through copper enclosed in PVC pipe.  (02-Jun-04)	This is the raw plumbing in the small bathroom, shown from the door opening counter clockwise.  This shot shows the outside drain pipe (3" standing) along with the 2" sink runoff.  The other PVC is the entry of hot and cold water.
Small bathroom hot and cold water for the shower stall.	Small bathroom water entry for the toilet and bottom washer.  The 4" PVC is the toilet exhaust.
The small bathroom sink plumbing, showing hot and cold water entry and water runoff.	The small bathroom being prepared for a cement pour.  Sand has been leveled and the wire put in place.  The bathroom will be sloped to allow the runoff water to flow to the floor drain.
Small bathroom after the cement pour.  The 4" PVC on the left is the toilet exhaust and the 3" on the right is the shower stall exhaust.  (03-Jun-04)	Large bathroom plumbing layout.  On the left is the general water runoff PVC.  On the right is the water entry, bathtub exhaust, toilet exhaust and finally the sink exhaust pipe.
The large bathroom sink plumbing showing hot and cold water entry and the larger water exhaust pipe.	Water runoff pipes run into the septic like this.  (05-Jun-04)
Large bathroom after cement has just been poured.  (05-Jun-04)	Concrete is poured over the hot and cold water pipes.  Also note the septic exhaust.  (07-Jun-04)
Concrete walkway in the rear being finished off, showing two septic exhausts.  Note also the metal brackets on the wall which are used as a support for the water heater which is a wall mount and resides in the kitchen.	Large bathroom after tiling is almost complete.  The water runoff drain is on the far left (near the bathtub area).  The bathtub still needs to be plumbed in.  (12-Jun-04)
The plumber is applying tile grout.  (14-Jun-04)	This shows the base for the shower enclosure in the small bathroom.  Tile is being applied.  (19-Jun-04)
Completed and tiled shower enclosure base.  (20-Jun-04)	The sink cabinet being formed in the small bathroom.  The cabinet is made from bricks.  Note the metal on the right which is used to add strength.  Holes are drilled in the wall and the metal is inserted prior to the final cement being laid on top.
Cabinet in progress in the large bathroom.  (21-Jun-04)	The 75 liter hot water heater which is mounted on the kitchen wall.  This feeds hot water throughout the house.
The large bathroom cabinet.	The bathtub will be supported by this brick enclosure.
Partially tiled sink enclosure in the small bathroom.  (22-Jun-04)	The top shows the heavy duty bathtub drain assembly which was purchased separately for about 1700 Baht.  On lower portion shows the default drain assembly which comes with the bathtub.  You wouldn't want to use this plastic type.  (23-Jun-04)
The plumber finishing off the shower enclosure.	This is a critical piece of plumbing which is used under the bathtub.  Without it, for one thing, foul smells can flow in through the bathtub from the water septic.  (24-Jun-04)
Heavy duty drainage assembly being attached to the bathtub.  Note; this is a heavy duty acrylic bathtub.	Bathtub in the process of being framed.  The bathtub is being sized here.  After this two more rows of supporting bricks were added, for a total of 4 supporting rows.  (25-Jun-04)
Bathtub tiled in.  (27-Jun-04)	Completed small bathroom, toilet and shower enclosure.  (06-Jul-04)
Small bathroom sink.	Large bathroom bathtub and toilet.
Large bathroom sink.  This is one of those minor annoyances.  This sink was placed a little too near the wall which means one needs to bend forward to use it.	Prep work for the septic exhaust cover.  (08-Jul-04)
Stainless septic exhaust cover installed.  (09-Jul-04)	Each of the septics are vented off to the rear as shown here.  (21-Aug-04)

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