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    And progress continues through the rainy season.
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    We now have power and water to the house. No photos of course.

    I'll be there the first week of September so I'll be able to finally see what has been going on.

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    That's took shape nicely, Runker. They built it pretty quick too!

    I think you are in for a pleasant time when you get there next month.

    I'm looking forward to seeing mine next month too.

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    Crunch time closes in. I'm sure there will be no problems. Enjoy your flight

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    Thanks TD and OhOh, I hope I arrive to find things all in order. I'll be spending the first month getting the house ready and fitting out the kitchen. I may need to buy some goats to take care of the flush of growth that been taking place since clearing the land.

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    A couple of photos showing the progress.Crazy Horse Ranch-40263458_266649957288212_3694647338942332928_n-jpg
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    Crazy Horse Ranch-40266577_242349303138468_7353754424805687296_n-jpgWe have city water and well water. I believe this is the city supply.
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    Looking good. A pleasant surprise. Thank your wife and builder profusely. Have a nice holiday.

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    I see the Lulu bus got there before you

    Like the roof style.

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    Arrived in country a few days ago and looked over the house and found only a couple of minor issues. The nice thing is my builder put in a few things I forgot about, outside power outlets, hose bibs and a few other nice touches.

    A bed is being delivered today and the next day a refrigerator. I will start on building the inside kitchen soon, a simple u shape design open to the lounge area.

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    Looks great. It must be nice to get back there and look things over and get to set it up.

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    Great location.

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    Quote Originally Posted by runker View Post
    I will start on building the inside kitchen soon
    Yep, give yourself a few days testing the bed, just to ensure wont fall apart.


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    Quote Originally Posted by runker View Post
    No photos of course.

    I'll be there the first week of September so I'll be able to finally see what has been going on.
    Join the crowd. Not sure why family thinks taking pictures every couple days (and from different positions) is such a chore - but it seems to be a universal theme. The location of ur house is beautiful - love the hills in the background!! The house is coming together great and is now moving at a very nice pace - I see the utility in the design which I appreciate. Congratulations to u and the little lady on putting together a very nice project!!
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    So, ten days in the house and the list of things to do keeps growing. One major milestone was getting was getting connected to the internet today. I no longer have to buy coffee I can make myself just to check on things. My water storage tank even though it is brand new was never rinsed out prior to being installed. I have a lot of manufacturing plastic floaters in the water and dirt settled on the bottom of the tank. I hate thinking what this is doing to the shower heater. Any tips for cleaning out a DOS tank. I will give a thumbs up to Berkley filters. I brought with two older model black filters and they have done a great job cleaning up the water from the tap. Having a hard time sourcing the materials I want to use for building the base cabinets with. I think I found a source for the galvanized steel framing but only the vertical framing but not the base for them.

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    I am not sure what tanks you have but in the ones I have there is 1 inlet and 2 outlets at the bottom.
    There is an outlet for the tap and then another outlet that I use to drain the tank it is lower than the outlet for the tap.
    This means that the crap settles in the tank below the tap outlet and then you can open the lowest drain outlet and wash the crap out with a hose.
    I suppose you have to have a means of getting water into the hose to washout the tank but I am assuming you have a well/bore with a pump on it that you could use.

    Anyway I like your house particularly the roof design. It is similar to what I wanted to do to allow air flow but I got vetoed by the missus as she reckoned it looked ugly and she didn't like the iron roof but wanted tiles.

    Cheers

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    Quote Originally Posted by ootai View Post
    It is similar to what I wanted to do to allow air flow
    Is not the vertical portion sealed with glass or cladding? Post #75 appears to show cladding and holes, presumably for glazing.

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    Crazy Horse Ranch-20180921_154510-jpgAfter 1 and a half days I'm this far along with building the base cabinets for the kitchen. U tube is great. My walls are not very flat and I found a hollow space on the floor. I don't want to take out a tile, has anyone ever tried drill in a small hole in the tile above the void a injecting a leveling cement into it?
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    Oh oh I have louvered windows up there. The builder made me a long metal pole with a hole drilled I to a flatten end that will fit over the crank handle but it is difficult to operate. My sister had similar windows in a house but had a proper crank to operate the windows.
    Knock on wood rain has not come in, the large overhang is doing the job.

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    Yes I know the idea. Do they not have a eye one inserts a hook and turns the shaft? Get up their with some grease.

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    If your tile is not loose but just has a hollow spot you can inject some epoxy into a small hole.
    If the tile is loose that won't work I have tried it. It seems pretty common to have hollow spots here in Thailand I think because the way its set with the dry pack mortar.
    Good luck with your kitchen looking good so far.

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    It is not loose so I will give it a go. My kitchen is one step forward two steps back right now. Attaching the metal studs to wall is not playing nice. What is the best way to attach something to Thai red brick? I used some liquid nails to attach conwood to the wall but the conwood doesn't hold the screw I'm using very well

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    OhOh getting up there is the hard part.

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    I have had good luck using expanding masonry fasteners on brick. You could also try attaching a piece of wood with construction adhesive and masonry nails then screw your metal studs to that after it dries.
    P.S. It's getting cooler back home in Maryland tonight summer may be over.

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    Flying by the seat of my pants. Sort of like a giant Erector Set, but this bites if you're not careful.Crazy Horse Ranch-20180925_093220-jpg
    Trying to do a proper toe kick and at times thinking why I went down that path.
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    I hope your going to earth that electricity/water/human structure.

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