It's the last pouring day. A? wants all the timber returned to the depot ASAP. The big rumour is about a mega rich Fallang with nine Rai of walls (and possibly, more money than sense). We have ten men with a lot to do today and I can't keep my eyes on them all at once. We'll start with the arch.
Jet grabs some old planks and makes a frame. We find a bit of something flexible and discuss and mark the basic shape.
next, some old wooden distance pieces are nailed on,
..some hardboard is appropriated and a strip cut. The bloke turned out to be well human and thanked me for helping. Traditional old Thai, wouldn't smile for the camera because I am not family. Fair enough.
The strip is affixed to the wooden blocks,
...and the frame is nailed and propped into position. The phrase' Pig's ear' sprang to mind,
...but the hardboard was only there to stop the gloop from falling through. Now the rebar is pulled into shape around the mould,
...binders are added, tied off and the conduit bent to fit.
Not bad for a first attempt. Sing is keen to point out that it will look great when it has been 'glooped' and tarted up.
Here we are suitably glooped.
Meanwhile, in other places, the usual stuff has been going on. Hammering,
Tweaking,
Dressing,
Genuine Isaan style, wooden trough construction,
..and pillar casing.
Jet and Somchai has been quietly working on the straight edges all day, but at this point, the camera died. Everything got done though and I will start the process of recovering all the half buried bricks tomorrow, maybe.