Thread: Building our Retirement Home in Nan Province

I watched this gent for ten minutes and got a real appreciation for his skill. Might not be obvious but he has a guide line there defining the edge and has to hit it from two directions.

Guide lines in place for the finishing up of the level 2 bedroom 3 sliding door space.

Looking east through the master bedroom and down the level 1 covered deck.

The final few photos from the visit today are of the outside. This is the north west corner, the three larger windows are into the master bedroom.

North west corner and north wall.

Upper portion of north west corner.

South wall, front of the house. A full width car port will run across the house.

North wall showing off both covered decks. That's all for today.

Some more good progress, taking shape nicely.

Originally Posted by BoganInParasite

It will be a get out of the car, unlock and swing it open variety, the type where you want someone with you, particularly if it is raining.

I no longer can imagine a life without that, going out few times a day with two cars, sometimes few more other coming.

Then, not only the hassle with repeated out/in the car (in the rain), but also caring that dogs do not escape for their private trip when seeing the possibility. And when they do escape and come back, just open them remotely and scold them when they sneak in, they know very well.

Moreover, no need for a key into a rusty padlock on the inside or outside of the gate...

BiP
I am afraid I have to go along with Klondyke on the gate issue. Spending the money on putting in a remote controlled gate was the best thing I/we did.
Initially the Missus didn't want one, because she doesn't like spending money but she changed her mind when I told her if we ever get to the gate and its raining then she is the one who gets out to open the gate not me and it wouldn't matter who was driving. But its up to you and you can always retrofit one if you decide to in the future.

As for Klondyke's comment about escaping dogs, every time our dogs hear a car start up the race to the gate and as soon as there is enough room out they go. They stand on the road and have a good look around while the car gets out and then just before there is not enough room left they race back inside. If the misjudge they can go around the back and get back inside. It is actually quiet funny to watch them.

Anyway the place is looking good hope it continues the same until completion.

Cheers

Hi Klondyke & ootai, have spend some time on the last two site visits gazing on the land and boundaries and pondering fences and gates. I'll do a post on my current thinking later in the month. Regards, - BiP.

Until now I'd had no idea of how manually intensive the cement rendering process is, nor that there are several steps involved. What I observed yesterday was that it took two folks all day to render the east external wall and they were pretty much supported all day by two others mixing and delivering cement. Another of the team spent all day rendering a tall 1m x 1m storage space, and did a superb job of it.

Another cement delivery.

Cement stockpile in the level 1 dining room.

Nice finish on it. My appreciation of the skills of the build team has grown.

Rendering the upper portion of the east external wall.

Rendering the lower portion of the east external wall.

Plumbing is pretty neat. The build team foreman seems to do most of this work.

This is the repair to the hole in the wall into level 2 bedroom 3. Not the most elegant I've seen, but acceptable.

The electricians.

Inward power cables. Come in via the east wall of the kitchen. First stop will be the circuit/distribution box in the south west corner of the kitchen.