Building our dream in Chiang Mai, Doi Saket

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the second building is started on the right

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some more from up there...

[Thungsongsausage]

Nice one

[oldgit]

We were told the land under and around our house had been treated to stop Termites, utter BS, When house finished noticed wood dust on floor, was told Termites and treated the house, drilled holes in the tiles in Kitchen and Parquet floors in lounge and bedrooms and injected the killer filling holes in wood floor OK but tiled floor a terrible match, hope you had your ground treated to save a messed up floor in the future.

[DrAndy]

we had tubes put in when they built the foundations, to pump the insecticide in. Even then the termites still appeared in one or two areas

we had to drill the tiles in our old house, the same as you. It worked well enough

[mingmong]

welcome CNX,I like to see what other Farlangs do in Los, we just built similar In L-Pang 300sq mt, the Wife Built the house not a Builder, 3mt hight walls and 2.5mt doors, I said are we expecting Giants to turn up!

I trust the small one with the Big detail.. Brother in Law is Building Engineer

[bororamboy]

I am very interested in this thread DNX as I am trying to get the funds together to build, how much have you budgeted for the whole programme

[jizzybloke]

Originally Posted by mingmong

we just built similar In L-Pang 300sq mt, the Wife Built the house not a Builder, 3mt hight walls and 2.5mt doors, I said are we expecting Giants to turn up!

Got any pictures to do a thread?

I love a good building thread!

[bushwacker]

Originally Posted by CNXDoiSaket

we dug out the pond (approx. 100 w2) - plenty of fish in it already!

Tell me please, what kind of fish are you talking about. Big meaty fish that farang like or the boney little guys that my wife loves to eat? (and i choke on!)

Also, how do your fish survive .... plants in the pond?, Do you feed them?

cheers

[bushwacker]

Originally Posted by CNXDoiSaket

So with this additional space the house measures 560 sq meters.

Now that is a nice size house ...... I look forward to seeing the finished product

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Originally Posted by oldgit

We were told the land under and around our house had been treated to stop Termites, utter BS, When house finished noticed wood dust on floor, was told Termites and treated the house, drilled holes in the tiles in Kitchen and Parquet floors in lounge and bedrooms and injected the killer filling holes in wood floor OK but tiled floor a terrible match, hope you had your ground treated to save a messed up floor in the future.

Yes we had it treated and we have installed the termite system which goes under the floor.

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Originally Posted by bororamboy

I am very interested in this thread DNX as I am trying to get the funds together to build, how much have you budgeted for the whole programme

The whole budget is 3 million and it looks like we are going to stay well within, all thanks to my project manager Khun Supachai and the builder Khun Weet - I have never met more honest Thai people in my 25 years coming here! That even includes all the woodwork inside - almost all of the ceilings are made from wood - which should look very nice after little spotlights and indirect lighting is added.
I also managed to get all wooden doorframes and doors done in teak (19 of them plus the main entrance double door), but large glass doors and windows will be aluminium.

[CNXDoiSaket]

Originally Posted by bushwacker

Tell me please, what kind of fish are you talking about. Big meaty fish that farang like or the boney little guys that my wife loves to eat? (and i choke on!)

Also, how do your fish survive .... plants in the pond?, Do you feed them?

cheers

it's acctually 3 different kinds - the big meaty ones - problem is that they don't get a chance to get really big! The two night guards are always hungry! And yes I bought - after the first few weeks - some fishfood - the bloody fish are like dogs now - at around 5 PM they all assemble in the left corner of the pond for "dinner" to be served.
If one of the workers washes his hands in the pond they all rush there because they think its feeding time!

[CNXDoiSaket]

I must say here that everthing has worked fine so far without ay major problems. The only problem we encountered was C-Pak roof tiles, I wanted to have them up before the rainy season and they promised to deliver in 3 weeks. Well it took them 1 1/2 month! The shop told me that C-Pak seems to have a delivery / production problem - some of the new style "flat" tiles that are 3 times the price of regular ones have a delivery time of up to 5 month!!!

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Second building going up and roof construction started

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here you can see the bridge conecting the two buildings

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walls are going up

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front where the driveway will be later

[Norton]

Originally Posted by CNXDoiSaket

The shop told me that C-Pak seems to have a delivery / production problem - some of the new style "flat" tiles that are 3 times the price of regular ones have a delivery time of up to 5 month!!!

The "delivery problem" is simply because CPAC is incapable of accepting the fact that inventories need to be increased to support demand. Hence, they produce when they receive an order.

[DrAndy]

ah, fish

we had an expert on those but he flounced after his Koi were outed

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some more pics....

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space underneath...

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entrance

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view from master bedroom

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connection....