Thread: Restoration of an old house in Chiang Mai

Originally Posted by Old Monkey

Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton

It looks to have a lot of potential, and I wish you all the best. It's going to take a ton of work. The termites, however are most worrisome. They can be a bitch to get rid of and, if the house is infested throughout, you could be looking at a near total rebuild. Did you get to keep the books? Might be some old gems in there!

No way! She took all away, she even had to have a special building added to store all this sc... She would not even leave her mother old bicycle behind when my friend asked for it.

Too bad! I was rebuilding part of an old barn in New Hampshire many years ago, when I found a rusty old rifle hanging on some deer antlers up by the hay loft. I showed it to the owner, and he said "Keep it." Got paid $400 for the job. Took the rifle home and cleaned it up; took a lot of work. Then took it to a large, really good gun shop nearby, as I had never seen anything like it. It was a copy of an M-1 in size, weight and configuration, but lever-action rather than bolt-action, and chambered for .22 caliber. Turns out it was a WWII training rifle, chambered for .22 caliber as the ammo was cheaper. Sold it to a collector for $600. There were quite a few of them made, but there aren't many in good shape for sale in gun shops or swap meets. Three days work - $1000. Love old barns and houses!

Good luck with your project, I look forward to following it.
I love the size of those rooms.

Originally Posted by Old Monkey

She would not even leave her mother old bicycle behind when my friend asked for it.

why would she, it could be worth a few thousand

Is that over near the Uni?

Good luck with it all mate ,,, a hell of a lot of work ,, I would take my hat off to you if I was wearing one , but the sentiment remains

Good luck it seems like a fair challenge...is it possible for you to dig trenches around the house to bury some sub soil perferated pipe to get some termite treatment/preventative into the soil....the mongrels can be a real party destroyer

as mentioned in the "Termite diaries", with old houses they drill holes in the floors about 1m apart and inject into those

it works well

Looks great.

Cheers

It'll keep you pout of mischief for a while, I should think! Good luck, if I was younger I'd offer you some help!

this will be a good one as usual, keep it coming OM

For some reason I've always seen Thai houses as teak structures, even though I know that's not reality. If I finally get to live there, I'll be buying/having built an all teak house, similar to those sold by Thai Lanna Homes, see here ThaiLanna Home, buy your own TEAK-wooden house in Thailand!

I'd even consider having one imported for a rain forest block in the north of Queensland, Australia. They have a nice look and feel about them, just something I've loved since I saw Jim Thompson's house off Sukhumvit on my first visit to Thailand 30+ years ago.

Good luck with the renovation, and having built five houses from scratch, always avoiding renovations because they are too difficult, I don't envy you the undertaking.

Look forward to further installments. I love renovating.

this terrace is a great feature

Originally Posted by Old Monkey

And the real work can start!A door will be walled up and extend my room by a couple of square metres

good luck there

After seven years inhabited, pollution accumulates...
One wonders what happens to our lungs after a few years in the city, or a few seasons of forest fires in the country...

After taking down the ceilings, ant treatment is applied to all wood, and the eaten pieces are replaced by new ones.

Then, with a pneumatic nailer, a new ceiling is quickly put up.

Some windows need to be changed. A pro comes and makes them on site.

The girls room is well lit, 3 walls of windows, they chose green, I like.

Progressing well Old Monkey.

Thankyou, keep those photos coming.

I started with the outside.

After cleaned, painting can start.

The floor will be tiled and the level corrected.