Thread: Extending our Existing Terrace and Balcony

Originally Posted by neilandmeechai

I also hope that if someone calls along this page (thread?) and takes a look at what we have been doing that they would also just say hello?

Hello.

Originally Posted by ootai

Neil
I can only agree with what DrAndy has said. When I first started posting about my wife's build I thought nobody was "out there" but then I learned to have a look at the number of times the thread has been viewed and I realised that while a lot of people are looking not many actually reply. And then not all replies are positive.

For me I reckon you have done a great job as the addition looks like it was part of the original building. I hadn't previously seen the pile driving technique they used, although on our place they did use a similiar arrangement for compacting before laying concrete. I also couldn't work out why they needed such large columns until I realised that to match the old front columns the new ones needed to be the same size so the size of the footings are related to the size of the column above not determined by the load they carry. Whenever I add something I always try and make it so that it could be free standing, your house could disappear and the addition still stand up, I like it.

I see you must have finally worked out how to post a large size picture, well done. It takes a bit to work out how to do it but then its easy.

Finally, since this was built some time ago have you been back and enjoyed the use of the new space/s?

Good morning (it's morning here!) ha ha! ... Thanks for your message, what a surprise for us with all the reactions to our postings when we logged in this morning. It really is what you said about your own posting about your wife's build and that you thought "nobody was out there". I also want to take a look at your posting when I have replied to you.
As for "the pile driving technique they used", I had also not seen this before but it seems to be a very effective (and possibly far less intrusive!) way of doing it.
Yes, we have been back many times since, at the moment twice a year (once for a month and then again for 3 weeks) so we have been enjoying it very much.
Thanks again for saying hello and have a great day ....

Originally Posted by Thetyim

Great thread and pictures.
I will be doing something similar to our house this year with a 5 x 5 metre balcony.
What size is yours and can you remember the final bill ?

Hi Thetyim ... Nice to hear from you. You mention 5.00m x 5.00m and ours was originally
3.25m x 1.30m (upstairs and downstairs) to which we have added an extra 4.75m length to both floors (Total = 6.05m x 3.25m).
Our total cost was about THB:235,000 (at the time about €5.600). but this was inclusive far more than just the build. Included were 6x recessed spot lights on 3 dimmers, 1 ceiling fan with control, 2 double waterproof sockets, tilling, painting and extra drainage run-off from the upstairs area.
I look forward to hearing from you (possibly in this forum?) when you start building ... Success and thanks again ...

Originally Posted by sunsetter

fairplay to you, done a cracking number with that extension,thanks for sharing

whats up next?

Kitchen Extension! .... The only problem is we are on extension design number 299 and still haven't been able to agree or make a final decision. Possibly a barbecue or take-away's is the answer?

Excellent thread, wonderful extension, good craftmanship and thank you for sharing your experience with us.

Nice job. Well planned; well executed.

Yes a very good job and well worth it , you have the extra space which was needed exelent , have a green.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

Excellent thread, wonderful extension, good craftmanship and thank you for sharing your experience with us.

Thanks for the compliments, we were also very pleased with the finish and the quality of work, and quality is the best visiting card that you can have as he has now lots more work in the same village.

Originally Posted by nevets

Yes a very good job and well worth it , you have the extra space which was needed exelent , have a green.

Hi .. Yes, we have had so much pleasure from the extra space, dinner on the terrace for 12 with room to spare and even a "Water feature" .... Can anyone tell me what a "Green" is? I have now heard it three times ....
Our Terrace Water Feature

NeilandMeechai , if you look just below your details you'll see a row of green blocks . A green can be sent if a poster agrees or is somewhat impressed with a comment/thread you have posted. Conversely a red can be sent if someone disagrees with you . To see any green/reds click on the userCP button at the bottom of the page. To send a green/red you just click on the little scale symbol at the bottom left of each post. Hope this helps.

Originally Posted by Tickiteboo

NeilandMeechai , if you look just below your details you'll see a row of green blocks . A green can be sent if a poster agrees or is somewhat impressed with a comment/thread you have posted. Conversely a red can be sent if someone disagrees with you . To see any green/reds click on the userCP button at the bottom of the page. To send a green/red you just click on the little scale symbol at the bottom left of each post. Hope this helps.

Thankyou .... Forums are very new to me but I find this one "TeakDoor" very interesting and up to now "nearly everyone" has been very helpful and friendly. Little things like "What is a green" or how to upload your first photo can be confusing.

Anyway, thanks again .... I can now say everything is "Tickiteboo" ha, ha!

Originally Posted by neilandmeechai

I've been waiting for this photo. The new addition blends in very nicely with the rest of your home. It doesn't look chintzy at all. I can't imagine your neighbors having a problem with it. Well done.


Thanks for taking the time to chronicle it.

Welcome to the board, Neil and Meechai. At first I thought it would be about a rustic house in a little village out in the scrub somewhere. Quite a surprise to see what the "last house in the village" turned out to be.

Originally Posted by grasshopper

Welcome to the board, Neil and Meechai. At first I thought it would be about a rustic house in a little village out in the scrub somewhere. Quite a surprise to see what the "last house in the village" turned out to be.

You were not the first person to say "At first I thought it would be about a rustic house in a little village out in the scrub somewhere". During the first couple of posts I tried to explain were the house was located " in a beautiful walled village just outside Meechai's home town of Chonburi where his family still live and work. Access to the village can only be achieved with special access passes and with it's 24 hour Guard patrols and CCTV surveillance it feels very secure" ......
The reason I wrote this was more to explain that we were (unlike the majourity of the posts!) in a new purpose built village on the outskirts of a city rather than a beautifuly quiet northern mountain rural setting .....
As for "last house in the village" .... That was more to explain that we were the last house on the road, with no building or neighbours opposite and because the access road goes no further than our house, no traffic! ... Ohh, it is so peaceful! ...

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Hi attaboy, Thanks so much for your nice comments ...

"The new addition blends in very nicely with the rest of your home. It doesn't look chintzy at all. I can't imagine your neighbors having a problem with it. Well done".

I think it is also a compliment to Thai craftmanship as the finished product is really very good. I hear too many very negative comments about Thai workmanship yet I have always been very pleased with their work.
Thanks again ....

well done
Had something similar in mind but 2 storey
over a carport

Originally Posted by good2bhappy

Had something similar in mind but 2 storey

Just down the road from you.

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Originally Posted by good2bhappy

well done
Had something similar in mind but 2 storey
over a carport

Hi ... and thanks for the hello and the comment.
After completion, I jokingly explained to our builder that some of our neighbours thought we were building a two room, two storey extension. To which he answered that the foundations were sufficient if we needed that at a later stage.

Hope that if you do decide to go ahead with your extension that you will make photo's at every stage and keep us all up-to-date here in the forums.

Thanks again ...

Nice work chaps.

Thanks.

Brilliant looking result. Flows into the rest of the house and doesn't look like it has just been tacked on. Great photo's by the way.

Originally Posted by Ferret

Brilliant looking result. Flows into the rest of the house and doesn't look like it has just been tacked on. Great photo's by the way.

Thankyou for taking the time to make your nice comments ... You deserve a green!

Hello Niel and Meechai,

Although I have been a member of Teakdoor for some time this is the first time I have been moved to make a post.

I am a member of a few other Thai and Pattaya forums (I live in Pattaya).

From what I have read from the responses you have had, you have picked one of the nicest forums to post on and I for one will be visiting more often.

I post (under a different name) on a few other forums and can honestly say if you had posted on some of them you would have had an entirely different response.

You both have a lovely house and I sincerely hope you are and always will be very happy together.

p.s. You should have a barbecue and invite the members of Teakdoor (I will come)

All the best and good luck to you both.

Originally Posted by Bannoi

Hello Niel and Meechai,

Although I have been a member of Teakdoor for some time this is the first time I have been moved to make a post.

I am a member of a few other Thai and Pattaya forums (I live in Pattaya).

From what I have read from the responses you have had, you have picked one of the nicest forums to post on and I for one will be visiting more often.

I post (under a different name) on a few other forums and can honestly say if you had posted on some of them you would have had an entirely different response.

You both have a lovely house and I sincerely hope you are and always will be very happy together.

p.s. You should have a barbecue and invite the members of Teakdoor (I will come)

All the best and good luck to you both.

Hi "Bannoi" .... Thanks so much for your very nice message. I hope that you will take a more active part in some of the TeakDoor Forums in the future. I (Neil) ... (Meechai doesn't write in the forums but is always interested in reading the responses!) have only recently started to take an active part in these forums, and I must say I have found them very informative, and sometimes very comical to read. Of course there are the "Pain in the Aristotle's" out there and when they do decide to make some sleazy comment you only have to look at what they do have to say, which in 99% of the time is very little ... I just let them read what they have written (It keeps them happy!), and I don't have to reply.

Please do keep calling back as I shall be posting lots more info and photo's in the future ...