DrAndys Wooden Cottage in the ricefields

[Dalton]

^ That happens quite often, is you start sucking on the wrong tities..

[Dalton]

^ Oh crap....IF not is..sorry..

[DrAndy]

thanks for that

we are trying to find someone to PolyU the floor now

and maybe sand down the lower deck and then the guesthouse floors

the problem with the lower deck is that it is exposed to rain (windblown) so that the polyU would flake off after a while. Anyone can recommend something tougher that is available in Thailand. Maybe I will have to bring some Yacht varnish or can you buy it here?.

[Marmite the Dog]

Maybe I will have to bring some Yacht varnish or can you buy it here?.

I'm pretty sure I've seen Yacht varnish in a variety of places here, Andy.

[DrAndy]

In CM or nearer the sea? Sometimes what they call yacht varnish is not really up to the job

[friscofrankie]

Varnish isn't up to the job for floor-boards regrardless if it is Yacht or interior. Why not a decent clear oil? or as exterior floor boards natural unfinished is fine. Teak weathers well and has good non-slip properties. if you're going to bring a coating back try Deks Olje
Good stuff, and very easy to lay down if you just use #1 alone. If you want a gloss (why on and exterior floor?) the Dek Olje #2 is still easier to put down properly. May sound like a broken record but a good epoxy coating has excellent wetting (penetration) properties is a strong barrier against water there are clear coatings available that are uv resistant & epoxy is wear resistant; should give you a few years between refinishing. Varnish, every year; you sand and re-coat, maybe two. Deks Olje? every two - three years. Epoxy should give you five or six. If you're looking for a one time deal and insist on a coating epoxy. It will penetrate deeper than any of the other coatings and is the most robust of them all.
Again if it's old, well-seasoned teak (if I remember, it was ) keeping it natural will be the least work, I like that nice grey patina teak earns over a couple years of sun, rain and foot traffic.

[DrAndy]

your memory is failing FF

the lower deck is not teak, just some old wood we found. I am not sure oiling would do the trick for that. I suppose we could just sand it down and let it weather, but some protection would be better

what is epoxy coating? I have never used it, and is it available locally?

[friscofrankie]

Further back in the thread I think someone mentioned a local source for it. I have no idea on local availability.
Ah, Here it is...

can you get Epoxy coatings here?

Yes. I got some in CM for a mate who wanted it for his boat

No store names but maybe Thetyim can offer that up?

[DrAndy]

OK FF

It was already in the thread?, oh dear, this thread is too long!!

offer it up Thetyim, and where from

[Thetyim]

The epoxy I bought was for a friend so the details I have forgotten now.
I bought it in a wood shop on the road that runs from the Super Highway to the airport.

The paint comes in two tins which have to be mixed first and then used.

[DrAndy]

thanks Thetyim, I will have a look around

[Marmite the Dog]

We saw a shop that had loads of different types of varnish, but you'll have to ask Frankie where it was.

Your house is cracking mate, sorry we didn't get there earlier, but we were busy beavers looking for our own pieces of utopia. I did manage to get one photo though...




I hope you gave the bugger who started that fire a kick in the nuts. My eyes are still stinging.

[DrAndy]

Your house is cracking mate,

That's OK, I got some filler

as for PolyU, we have that sorted as we found a good decorator who knows whats what, as well as some info from the paint shop

[DrAndy]

anyway, last week I ate some rice rat for lunch, freshly caught

this week I ate a lovely yellow eel, BBQd, it was in the pond mud and found when we were moving the mud around

pics to follow

[El Gibbon]

Rub some Johnson's Paste wax in every few weeks. Don't need it to be glossy as its a floor.

An electric buffer (or a Thai) will do the trick. Gob of wax on the floor and rub it around.

Also works great as a furniture finish, lots more labor though as you've GOT to get a gloss on every little bit.

E. G.

[DrAndy]

what is the wax for, the eel or the rat?

[DrAndy]

sorry folks, I have meant to upload some more pics but have been a bit busy, then away in Isaan

[DrAndy]

here we go again

we had to drain the pond to remodel the profile. You can see the edges have eroded almost to the trees, so we got the digger in




remodelling, the digger gets to work




a beneficial side effect of the pond draining, a yellow eel found in the mud




delicious on the BBQ, really tasty



oh yes, after the remodelling the house looked forlorn




during the pond job, we also had the decorators in; they painted, oiled and polyurethaned everything they could find. In progress, the lower deck




the other side view. The upstairs was not yet oiled etc




they also painted etc the guesthouses, the middle one shown below



green legs? from a distance the white legs looked weird, so green was the answer

we later had supper, a nice fat ricerat




they also caught them with whiptraps as well as these metal cages, nice eating, really!!

The pond was refilled, the house decorated (see CM party pages) and the housewarming/ceremony had.

Pictures to follow.....

[DrAndy]

so, the house is now looking like this, apparently finished but...






inside the main room. We have a bed, at least



and a bookcase or two





The upstairs verandah



and the downstairs fishing deck and party zone




We are building a woodshed and plant nursery out back, the joy of having lots of space!!



This is our plumbing zone




and we have several rice threshing baskets used as roofing for a small sitting area




and the rice barn being constructed...see other thread for more



and the pond is looking better, I have seen lots of small fish and one larger Snakehead in there already

[sabang]

Looks super. I imagine you'll be catching some fish off the verandah.

[Art Vandelay]

I've got dibs on the chair in the middle of the veranda. Now if someone would be so kind as to get me a cold beer...

Great thread. Looks like you've got your Thai paradise all set up. Congratulations and enjoy!

[Happyman]

thanks for that

we are trying to find someone to PolyU the floor now

and maybe sand down the lower deck and then the guesthouse floors

the problem with the lower deck is that it is exposed to rain (windblown) so that the polyU would flake off after a while. Anyone can recommend something tougher that is available in Thailand. Maybe I will have to bring some Yacht varnish or can you buy it here?.

Aa german chap runs a floor/ finishing company and the word on the street is that he is100%
restored my parqait(sp )floor like new

Trouble is that he is based in Phuket


'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''5won thestreet he is ok ! fibb

[DrAndy]

thanks for that

we are trying to find someone to PolyU the floor now

and maybe sand down the lower deck and then the guesthouse floors

the problem with the lower deck is that it is exposed to rain (windblown) so that the polyU would flake off after a while. Anyone can recommend something tougher that is available in Thailand. Maybe I will have to bring some Yacht varnish or can you buy it here?.

Aa german chap runs a floor/ finishing company and the word on the street is that he is100%
restored my parqait(sp )floor like new

Trouble is that he is based in Phuket


'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''5won thestreet he is ok ! fibb

ho hum

if you read the thread and look at the pics, you will see that the floors are all finished

thanks anyway! poor old german in Phuket

[Happyman]

It was late and the rest of the thread was taking ages to download.

Seen it all now - looks great!

[DrAndy]

thanks

anyway, a small update. We needed a new borehole for the water as sand was getting into the old one. First they dug a shallow hole in the location




then they pumped water into it, to use with the drill rods. The rods were rotated by hand and water was pumped down the centre of the rods, bringing up the mud/clay etc. This was for a 3" hole



then they just kept attaching more rods until they reached the "rock", they said, but I am sceptical, about 10 metres down



in the meantime, we found we had caught a small water snake on a fishing line






we managed to get the hook out of its mouth and released it. The snake is about 80cm, but it made the boys jump when it wriggled out of the hand at one point

we had frogs for dinner that night, probably the same as the snake



more pics later