I appreciate the idea on the rain water and will put that down as one of my future projects. I also appreciate the comments about the house not looking out of place in Australia. Being from a warm part of the US, I have also learned somthing about trying to minimize the affect of the heat. Personally, I found having a large outside living space with lots of shade was a good neutralizer.
The building team is back from Songkhran and now starting on the plumbing and placing the teak panels.
Here are the black water and grey water pipes for the two toilets. The water lines will be run next. Just a side note. This wall has catches the morning sun and when I felt the inside block, it was much cooler in temperature than the outside. Hopefully, this will continue once the house is finished and maybe the double block is working as thought.
The black water and grey water outlets that lead to the outside.
The black water and grey water pipes for the second toilet.
and their outlets. This is where the water station will be and water filter mounted.