Building in Korat

[maily]

You are a real class act Dirty Dog

[pone]

Dear mayli,maily ,,mae lee,i try to answer you not being able to download your plans on TD,but it take me 3 days to convince my pc that my camera was USBedded & ON ,so i'm not the 1 to be asked;i answer here because there is a new dog collar about 20 posts,i was happy to neare the tens(7)to see all those
teen's promised when i sign ha ha i promise to not to be nasty as well and i forget
how i reply you last time.so i hope you will read this POST # > 8 < yeeesss Mr.. paul

[pone]

i start as pone from .....beach on KO someting,then BKK,now Pat'hia peach,all wrong;right now in West Indies and in about 5 weeks it gona bee
TAPIOCA COUNTY!!!
seen a nice big elec wire,2 feet long going in & out of pavement,5/8 "dia.,a lot of amps the other day in Front street (walking) near cruise ships taxi boat pier,
Philipsburg:was it grounded ?standard stolen street lamp?if not broken don't fix!!

[sunsetter]

^

[paulsmithson]

Electrically it is a minefield of bad work here. One favourite i have seen in many homes here is for the light circuit for a room to be teed off the rooms power circuit, Circuit breaker earthed but there it ends with only live and neutral running to the outlets.They rarely identify the circiuts in the control unit too.

[Panthip]

Sorry to disturb you gents but I have received some new images I want to post. I hope you don’t mind.
There have been several days with rain and that has halted the progress at bit but today it was possible to do some work again.


The scaffolding is rather quick to build it seems.



The good stuff is on its way.



The conveyer link is in place and running. One of the lads looks like an executioner.



The good stuff is poured in.



The top man is waiting for another bucket.



Some of the pillars are nearly completed.



To work here one must be able to do some climbing.

[sunsetter]

good stuff mate, keep up the good work

[Loombucket]

Looking good Panthip, keep it coming.

[Panthip]

Thanks a lot for your nice replies. Here are some pictures I received today. Do I deserve a star now or how many posts does that require?

The builders are preparing the casting of the last pillars. The scaffolding structure is still eminent. One do not waste any time on erection of railing and comfortable access.



The completed pillars are wrapped in plastic to avoid desiccation of the concrete.



The pillars have to be wrapped up for 1 or 2 weeks.



Stonehenge skyline? Same same but different.



Khun shutterer removes the rough boards.



Concrete for the last pillar is handed up.



The rough boards are fine tuned, I guess.

[Marmite the Dog]

Originally Posted by Panthip

Do I deserve a star now

How many do you want?

[Panthip]

Cheers mate, I was only hoping for 1

[panthira]

Panthip: really impressive/ i'm jealous!

Mike Hunt: NEC & IEE....depending on the situation..also have an electrical engineer that knows his s--t here. There are so many variables tho...each situation is special.

[Panthip]

Here are the images I received late last night, showing the activities of September 2nd.



The building process is moving into another phase.



Now one can sense the dimension of the house. According the drawings there is 3,25 meter up to the second floor.






Dirt is filled back into the foundation.



Measurements for the posts are being taken.






Another gallows is ready for installation.



The rough boards are being prepared for recycling.






That was all for today. Tomorrow I’ll go back offshore but I’ll try to keep the tread going when I receive new photos. It depend how busy my work will be but I hope to have some spare hours in some evenings.

[mikehunt]

Originally Posted by panthira

Mike Hunt: NEC & IEE....depending on the situation..also have an electrical engineer that knows his s--t here. There are so many variables tho...each situation is special.

I sincerely hope that you don't use the NEC here since it does not apply in many ways...particular with respect to power distribution, voltage & frequency.

[Panthip]

Nice to observe that there has been some progress even if it has been raining lately.



It’s time to collect some strength.



Busy hands are needed here.



And the knitting goes on.



There are lots of rebar in the 2nd floor also.



The pillars are due upwards.



Be careful, don’t fall down.



The plastic wrapping are still on the pillars.



There is plenty of scaffolding to work from.

[smeden]

not many safty inspectors and no safty glasses? it look ok keep them coming

[Panthip]

Well they do have some sort of hat but I don’t think it is hard hats. Anyway they are protected against the sun

[Loombucket]

Nice pix Panthip, keep them coming. I like the way the worker's 'Dunny' actually has a roof. Your team is a lot more organised than mine was.

[Panthip]

Even if there has been a lot of rain the units for the 2nd floor was installed yesterday. As you’ll probably noticed we are now using another camera that gives much better images. According to the meta data this is a Finepix A600.





The truck with the flooring arrives.





The first elements are lifted in.








Happy faces I can see…Somme seems to be pleased to have a safe underlay.


The flying elements





And lands safely.





Finely we are a bit safer.


More elements are coming in.


The next load is being prepared.


Yes, it really has rained a bit.

[Panthip]

The mesh reinforcement is in place and we are ready to start the casting.







The concrete is tapped into the concrete scip,….

is hoisted up

and spread over the floor.

The concrete is being drawn outwards.







Now it looks like a concrete lake.