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Marmite the Dog

Oi! That's not fair!

hillbilly

The heavy rains in Bangkok continue to hurt progess on the merging of houses.



Regardless, the talks between the contractor and the sky light boss continues.

hillbilly

The wall that separates my daughter's bathroom/closet has been done. Do not worry about the space at the top of the wall. A fantastic open spaced wood framed, sky light extension connecting both houses will be coming soon. Assuming that I have enough money for this idea.

The door that you see leads into the living room bathroom. One that one should never micturate in while showering.

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hillbilly

Looking into my daughter's bathroom/closet. Now that I am thinking about this, while growing up I shared a small room with 3 brothers and a broken down plywood closet.



This young man from Petchabun province is still plastering away. I just heard that the entire crew is headed upcountry for the next 3-4 days. The reasoning was the needed a tiler and and heavy rains.

hillbilly

The skylight is moving along so slowly.



Wrapping up the tools after a day of work.

hillbilly

We have already started to move stuff into the maid's room. Now where does all this crap come from? Chances are we will never need anything other than the suitcases, but one can only be so careful.

I might add that we do have a maid. Her name is Nut and if you have perused TD you probably know something about her. But regardless, a maid's room. Never had one in my entire life.



Here is the material that the skylight crew is using.

Chairman Mao

great thread. Nice safety boots being used by the workers.

Anyone here ever seen one lose a foot/toes/ankle due to wearing flip-flops while putting in skylights or building a wall?

Or is the Thai way of 'don't think about it, and it won't happen.' actually true.

hillbilly

You ought to see me deep fat frying a chicken!

hillbilly

Trust me on this one. The front look will eventually be different.



This is what a good plastering mixture should look like.

hillbilly

The backyard skylight is looking much better. The only problem is that they are out of materials. They wanted to know if a different color was ok. I said no. Let's wait a couple of days and get the right color panels. This is the kind of crap that can drive a person crazy.



Now you may be asking yourself what the hell is this fridge doing in the picture. The truth is I do not know.

Bought this fridge this past week from another falang who had to get rid of it due to personal reasons. Not bad for only B5,000.

hillbilly

Still plastering the inner walls.



Perhaps this might show a better view.



Please keep in touch, because we do not know what is going to happen next in Bangkok.

DrAndy

no, they use safety flipflops

hillbilly

Since we have one roof exposed and the other roof soon to be exposed, I have been thinking about insulation. This company advertises in the BKK Post. What do you think?

SprayMePurFoam


***You will never experience leaking roofs or moving tiles again and your roof space will be up to 7° C cooler.

SPRAYME also puts an end to noise coming through the roof tiles. We provide the ultimate solution for roof leaks on new and on existing buildings. We repair more leaks than anyone, and we fix them right the first time. Our roofers are the most experienced and skilled craftsmen in the roofing industry.We service all types of roofing. And our product is environment-friendly. ***

jandajoy

Looks interesting. I wonder if it would adhere to wooden shingles?

BKKBILL

If you have any foil installed it will have to be removed. I understand this type of foam also helps with security as it sticks to the tile making it difficult to get in from the roof.

shunpike

Sounds good, I like the, "up to 7c cooler" bit. If anyone uses this stuff I'd love to hear what they think of it.

Thetyim

Sounds good
I think that a roof vent will be essential though.
The foam will seal the underside of the tiles so you will have no airflow unless you install a vent or two.

DrAndy

they advertise that stuff in Europe too

it is very expensive. Insulating using standard materials works as well and is much cheaper. We have used the foil sheeting, that is excellent stuff. It has a double foil with some padding inside

Loombucket

Nice update hillbilly. I have a good idea what your place will look like when it's finished, just waiting to see if I'm right or way off. Did you manage to get a decent smile, on camera, of any of your dilligent workers yet?

Travelmate

Go ahead with the foam stuff and let us know if it worth it or not.