Building your own Thai condo

[Fabian]

If some german work security officer will take vacation in Jomtien I am sure he will get a heart attack seeing that worker in his safety cowbay hat flying around.

[dirtydog]

The form work for the next lot of posts is going up now, wonder how many floors this building will have.



Supports for the form so they don't topple over when filled with concrete.

[dirtydog]

Well the forms are off and it on with with the next lot os support beams, also they have started with the blockwork on the ground floor, even using insulation blocks aswell.

[jizzybloke]

Originally Posted by dirtydog

The form work for the next lot of posts is going up now, wonder how many floors this building will have.

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[dirtydog]

The block work is carrying on, in the foreground you can see the wood used for the forms for the upright concrete posts.



A crane lifting the concrete plinths for the floor.



This is where KR Karting kept all their go karts, gone as the building is being knocked down.



The only international standard go kart track in Thailand I believe being laid to waste

[Spin]

Originally Posted by dirtydog

wonder how many floors this building will have.

Well it needs at least 9 or 10 I reckon, tall enough for farangs to fall off

[Norton]

Originally Posted by Spin

Well it needs at least 9 or 10 I reckon, tall enough for farangs to fall off

Actually about the height of a bar stool would do. Many more farangs falling off them than 10 floor buildings.

[Fabian]

For all we can see so far it will probably be an architect's masterpiece.

[dirtydog]

Well the place is slowly coming together, cranes are there a lot more often now as the building is getting taller.



Door and window frames concreted in place.



I am suprised they went for wooden window frames, seems a shame when they are using insulation blocks that they don't use something more modern, got enough pvc frame and double glazing shops in Pattaya now.



Video of another Thai man doing the crane ride

[Fabian]

I had to put my monitor sideways.

[dirtydog]

Sorry about that I must have uploaded the uncorrected video.

Well it's time for some dissappointing news, I am pretty sure they are only going up 4 or 5 stories high, they have now started putting in waste water pipes so I really don't think they are going much higher, too much chance of pipes being filled with concrete if they were.

[Fabian]

Too bad.

Just make sure you get some pictures when they build this new Condo, Thailands next highest building.

[dirtydog]

Well it seems they have reached the top, I am a bit disappointed they didn't go higher.



But they are starting new buildings now.



Look at this one.



I rally have no idea why this hole is so big.

[MrBoJangles]

Only just seen this thread.

Can anyone tell me why they pile drive concrete posts into the ground, then dig an hole around the post and then smash it to bits ?

Why not just dig a big hole in the first place and then pour concrete around rebars or whatever.

[dirtydog]

I think a digger can only go about 6 or so meters deep, and it just wouldn't work, they dig pits not holes.

[MrBoJangles]

Yeah i suppose so. Cheers DD