Thai Dhupp and Princess Joy's Thai House Build

[Thai Dhupp]

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Sometimes i really miss that post editing feature but.. OK.. here is the correct link!

[David48atTD]

Doors


downstairs main entrance door

Doors look sweet, but I question your choice of entry lighting

Make sure the door is painted/sealed on the underside.
If it's not, moisture can be absorbed and possible warping.
Obviously the doors have been trimmed to fit and the bare wood is on display above.


BTW, will it be a Thai style 'shoes off' home?

Ours, in the West is ... and I prefer that.

[Loy Toy]

Plenty of "WOW" factor with regard to your interior design TD.

Well done.

[Thai Dhupp]

Doors look sweet, but I question your choice of entry lighting

Make sure the door is painted/sealed on the underside.
If it's not, moisture can be absorbed and possible warping.
Obviously the doors have been trimmed to fit and the bare wood is on display above.


BTW, will it be a Thai style 'shoes off' home?

Ours, in the West is ... and I prefer that.

That's a really good call David, definitely something I would not have thought of.

Message sent to K.Pot this morning via PJ.

Shoes off - shoes on...?

Well... I tend to do it when i get back to the apartment here in Dubai, we have always doe it in the apartment we have in BKK.

I even did it in UK long before meeting PJ or living in Thailand

Shoes off , all the way...!

[Thai Dhupp]

Plenty of "WOW" factor with regard to your interior design TD.

Well done.

Thanks for that kind comment LT...

One is never sure if its all going to come together. I had an idea in my head and for the first time (Never happened in UK) I had a chance to put it into reality...

...if it turns out to not work we can always paint over and re-do, even change floor tiles, I suppose.

I am even starting to 'accept' those ground floor WC floor tiles (I did not choose them!)

[Thai Dhupp]

Shutters

A few shots no that K.Pot is well on the way to fitting the shutters and window frames...


You can see... he is also starting to fit the folding window frames too.


In the dining room. in this photo you can see both the shutters (open out) and the windows (open in)


When closed the shutters are flush with the wall


Same shot but from inside


Both door and window shutter closed under zone 2


Another view looking towards the dining room

[Thai Dhupp]

WC Door

You remember K.Pot already fitted a couple of doors he got from Bunthavorn (they were the 80cm doors)



So now hes on with painting them to match the door surround. Here's the first coat:



Needs to be a bit darker yet...

[David48atTD]

Shutters

A few shots no that K.Pot is well on the way to fitting the shutters and window frames...


You can see... he is also starting to fit the folding window frames too.

Mate, ignoring the noise (car and bricks) at the front of the image ... that shot does display some really nice elements of your build.

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Oh, with the doors, difficult to prove with the heavy entrance doors (sealing of the underside) but with the bathroom doors (they are the ones which will give you the most problems, remove all but the top screw attached to the door frame. Loosen it and gently 'swing the door up until you can see the underside.
Trust (your builder) but verify

[Thai Dhupp]

Mate, ignoring the noise (car and bricks) at the front of the image ... that shot does display some really nice elements of your build.

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Oh, with the doors, difficult to prove with the heavy entrance doors (sealing of the underside) but with the bathroom doors (they are the ones which will give you the most problems, remove all but the top screw attached to the door frame. Loosen it and gently 'swing the door up until you can see the underside.
Trust (your builder) but verify

Thanks for that, David.

Yes.. we will be verifying those doors when they come to site - about 1 week away now. actually, those doors are Mae Daeng so there is some extra protection from that too

Re. the dragon doors - message was passed this morning to K.Pot

[mikenot]

Shutters

A few shots no that K.Pot is well on the way to fitting the shutters and window frames...




When closed the shutters are flush with the wall

Both door and window shutter closed under zone 2


Another view looking towards the dining room

Be prepared for one little thing with those frames flush against the wall .....the hooks will swing in the wind and scrape the paint off the wall, also water will drip down them leading to stains down the wall.
But overall looking very nice, I hope your landscaping skills will match K. Pot’s building skills ....he is going to be a hard act to follow !

[mikenot]

Forgot to add, perhaps add some eyelets in the frames for the hooks to sit in, rather than just hanging down ?

[fishlocker]

Looking good. If I only had the foresight ten tears ago. But that would be another story.

fish

[Thai Dhupp]

Looking good. If I only had the foresight ten tears ago. But that would be another story.

fish

Thanks for the encouraging comment, Fish...

I remember you said yours is an ongoing project so.its never too late to make a few err... 'modifications' to the old homestead... whats to stop you!?

...and then you could update us here with a new thread!

[Thai Dhupp]

Forgot to add, perhaps add some eyelets in the frames for the hooks to sit in, rather than just hanging down ?

I will take a look at 'what to do' when i get here Mike, but the 'eye' idea is not bad

[Thai Dhupp]

Boundary wall - capping and rendering


Looking across from the road to the back wall


More capping beam being cast


Once cast, the build team start on the rendering


Standing by the back wall with the house on the left, and looking towards the Chonburi Hilton, which apparently will soon be closing down

[Thai Dhupp]

Boundary wall - making a start on the front (road) side

They left this til the end, dunno why but anyway... time to start forming the wall at the front


Picture looking down the road with the plot / house on the right (I have a degree in stating the beedin' obvious...)


Steel in place to form the lower beam - steel uprights already set ino the ground after piling


Ah ha! ...so THATS where K.Pot is storing all his bamboo scaffolding!


This is where the car / pedestrian gate and door will be

[Thai Dhupp]

Balcony boss and ongoing frame fitment

You remember when i was there before, we had to go to Bangkok to get 'the right' boss for the balcony and staircase rails?

We did get them, and now they are being fitted.


PJ elected to paint them in the same gold as the window frame detail


Actually, I think it looks good...


Meanwhile the upper window frames and shutters continue to be installed

[Thai Dhupp]

Boundary wall - around 'MangoLand

Still pushing on with the wall - now we are coming around the bottom of the plot.


turning the corner...


more blockwork

[Thai Dhupp]

Boundary wall - capping

The last thing to do once the wall is to height is add the capping beam

Here's a couple of shots showing this process in action





After that construction is over, fish with rendering and pint.

[Airportwo]

What about drainage? would it be an idea to put some pipe through lower wall before finishing, or no need?
The reason I ask is I didn't have drainage and had to go back and put in.

[Thai Dhupp]

What about drainage? would it be an idea to put some pipe through lower wall before finishing, or no need?
The reason I ask is I didn't have drainage and had to go back and put in.

Hi AP2....We spoke to K.Pot before so I'm hoping he has it in hand...however I can't actually see it in place so maybe not.

I guess its as hard as boring a few holes at a low level to allow water a passage to escape?

I am still checking it with him, tho hes 'off' today.

We will have something in place as I don't want to be 'living on an island'(music's good tho - cheers Status Quo and David Gilmour)

[Airportwo]

I guess its as hard as boring a few holes at a low level to allow water a passage to escape?

The soil here resembles "quicksand" when it is wet, just collapses on itself, best to check he has given drainage some thought, given his performance so far he may well have done.

[Thai Dhupp]

How deep did they make the wall post foundations?

Dennis..Hi!!

Sorry for the delay in replying .. K.Pot says around 2.8M each one

[Thai Dhupp]

The soil here resembles "quicksand" when it is wet, just collapses on itself, best to check he has given drainage some thought, given his performance so far he may well have done.

if not I would probably make a small area of gravel next to the wall (between soil and wall) with a geo-tex membrane around it, and bore through and bore through the wall behind the gravel.

[Klondyke]

around 2.8M each one

So in one of the next zone you can erect easily another high rise building on it, can't you?