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navydoubs1977

DrAndy, looks awesome, would love to have the balls to atempt something like this.
Hope it all pans out well!

DrAndy

Thanks Navyd

you must have had the balls for twins though, so that is good enough

just remembered to mention, one of our esteemed members here has bought a copy of my plans (worth every baht, I hope); it will be interesting to know what he thinks of them

DrAndy

so, more on the mini-saga

up on the roo'oof

the pool is sitting ignored and sulking




meanwhile, the roof really is ready for tiling; they have done it all




this will be the "master" bathroom, "ensuite" to our bedroom and "dressing room"

oh dear, those architects do take it all seriously!


these are the stairs to the rooftop. Now you can walk right up to the top like a normal person rather than scrambling up rickety ladders




and this is the big guest bedroom, which has a decent sized balcony and those concertina doors that were offloaded a couple of days ago. The balcony is at the end where the pile of blocks is; the other two balconies are small and just for wooden doors to open on to





just another view of the same


The Moongate into the kitchen is coming on slowly but surely

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keep 'em coming

Nawty

Whats a moongate exacery ??

Are those wagon whhels having normal glass or stained in them ?

TizMe

A moon gate is a circular opening in a wall that acts as a pedestrian passageway.

Marmite the Dog

I knew I'd seen one before somewhere.

WhiteLotusLane

Cool, it's the Teletubbies home.

DrAndy

it will be chocolate or nothing, they are acting as ventilators to the courtyard room



nope, they was Hobbits!

Moon Gates are a Chinese thing, they are meant to be lucky and keep out bad spirits and nasties

DrAndy

enough bandying; Ok it has a Moongate and a couple of wagonwheels, that doesn't make it Disneyland, honest

the place is big enough to take a whimsy or two

so, here we have what will be the services for the wooden house, which will adjoin this part. There is a small (bed?)room and a bathroom. These also have an inside door between them



Ok fans, here is the moongate arch. The kitchen seems quite dark at the moment, which may be OK for Hobbits, but once the scaffolding and netting go, it will be bright enough

the two bar windows are looking for a home



the main bedroom has now got the balconies in use, the frames for the double shutters being in





and the roof is 90% tiled and the space underneath is looking good





It should be cool enough, what with the height and any breeze




we glanced across the road and spotted this guy stealing mangoes from the unoccupied building; they are still green and very small. Bit like him really





maybe he is a hobbit waiting for a chance to move in

whatever, he seems quite brave. He had a big motosy and tattoos

DrAndy

Back from a couple of days in the ricefields

it is a bit hotter in the city, but work progresses

some progress!




the ground floor bedroom and bathroom; these will actually be part of the wooden house, not accessible from the main house. Both are quite small to discourage guests from staying too long. The bathroom will also be the toilet for the courtyard



the electricmen have started putting in the conduit. It can be a problem when two different workforces merge, but this lot seems good with each other





Lots of new QCON walls; the guest bedroom on the left is looking nice. The room on the right has windows at the side; the wooden house will cover that blank wall



another view of the guest bedrooms and bathroom




meanwhile, up on the roof, they are building the parapet walls (QCON not necessary)




damn, it is hot

DrAndy

Thought I had better see what was going on

they are putting up lots of bamboo scaffold, for rendering the outside




They have built the edges of the arches up, including the top profile

The shape of the arches has come from a nearby temple..wait and see





a quick internal shot; this shows the main bedroom; the arch goes through to the dressing room and then the bathroom



It all seems to be coming on OK, slowly but surely

it was nice standing outside and getting a little idea of what is being created

Fabian

Is it all going smoothly or giving you a lot of headache?

DrAndy

we are lucky to have a good builder and an architect who can make changes without drama

even then, problems arise and have to be solved, so small headaches always occur in any project

We are trying to get the cable company to come round and put in the TV stuff, but they are useless. If they don't come within the next week or so, the walls will be rendered and the cabling will then have to be cut in....

now it is raining a bit, so the neighbours are getting our water runoff from the roof. We will put guttering later but they are not 100% happy....

etc

BigRed

oh, I was thinking Stargate, thought it was instead of the stairs.

Norton

I put in conduit (pvc) and ran coaxial, speaker wire and the like after rendering. Works good if you don't have too many bends in the conduit. Should work for your cable.

dirtydog

Run your own internal cable points, they aint going to do it for you, they don't generally work on building sites.

Bexar County Stud

Nice palace, love the moongate.

DrAndy

Ok Norton and DD, maybe I will get someone to do that, although WEtv do work in building sites....when you can get them to!

trouble is, I want to run the coax to 5 different locations, so it will need the cable in also...too complex for just the conduit, I think. I will find out


and thanks BexarCS, it looks bigger than it is, so no palace

DrAndy

well, they are into the outside rendering; it looks good, very smooth

splitlid

why are these windows/doors at different levels??