I agree wholeheartedly TD. It has helped me a lot to solidify my own plans and understanding. Thank you everyone.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thai Dhupp
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I agree wholeheartedly TD. It has helped me a lot to solidify my own plans and understanding. Thank you everyone.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thai Dhupp
TD, I am also no expert either. And there are so many different theories about different waters. And I do not think that somebody checks the pH before drinking his water.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thai Dhupp
However, pH around 5 seems to me not very healthy when fish and frogs start to die in such bath.
One of (many) nutritious theories claims that our body is overly acidic since our food is mainly based on meat products, especially pork. The stomach needs to produce a lot of acid for disposal of such pork. And since the pH of our blood needs to be very exactly maintained to 7.4 - a 0.1 plus/minus can cause quite a big health problem - the produced acid that comes also to the blood system has to be immediately compensated. Therefore to make it easier to the "regulator", we should help him to deliberately add some more alkalinity. Either in food/drinks (e.g. edible baking soda, sodium bicarbonate) and/or also in our bathing water, the skin will forward it to the inside system.
According to this over acidity theory the maintaining the pH over 7.4 - (can be checked in our urine) - will help to our many physical (even psychical) problems.
Beside the health problems at lower pH of swimming pool:
The lower values can affect the ceramic coating, especially the grouting of ceramic tiles. That's why you can see at many pools in Thailand a re-tiling after some 7 - 10 years, especially at the ones with the mosaic tiles.
Even some plastics foil pools are not very resistant to lower pH.
I also am no expert! but do find water fascinating! We, in theory have the same amount of water in our world as we did millions of years ago, its been used and recycled so many times, who knows what the actual "history" is of the glass of water we drink?Quote:
Originally Posted by Klondyke
I think? the ideal PH would have to be a neutral 7, our bodies need acidity to digest food, yet too much acid can lead to illness, people that are suffering from cancer are always very acidic.
Some believe that we should be drinking distilled water? I do believe we should be drinking water with low TDS, not convinced we need to actually distill the water, problem is with all the "chemicals" we use its impossible to know just what is in our water supply. For home use, again a neutral water will limit corrosion to fittings etc.
Just read your pool thread - you make it seem a lot easier than the pool installation companies would have you believe - I like it!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Klondyke
Thanks TD, I like to make the things well functional, being more happy out of it than to get it delivered as a turn-key. That apart of the money spent. In this case perhaps 10% of a catalog pool.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thai Dhupp
Unfortunately, when no help from TD members - as I hoped to clean my other rainwater tank in 5 min - I had to help myself by myself. Again, it has taken few minutes more, i forgot to check it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Airportwo
The black stain is what's left from the dirt inside.
I hope the birds and chinchokes will not be disturbed by the unethical location - not to think what the occasional gardener in the adjacent encroached public land would feel.
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And I hope the unethical location will not be discovered by a visitor coming to the front door ...
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Nice baan Klondyke.
It was not so nice 14 years ago when we decided to buy it:
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Wow, Klondyke... what a transformation. I hope it did not take you 14 years to get it 'just right'.....!
Mind you, as we all know... building it is usually completed inside the agreed timescale, but maintaining the place never ends, right!!?
Klondyke, how big is your plot?
^It is half rai bought from a bank
Started clear-up in June:
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Finished in November for Loykatom:
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And in November also started with swimming pool:
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Built by double cinder blocks with some steel wires 3 mm under the blocks:
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Finished within 6 weeks on Christmas Eve:
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Another 2 weeks filling slowly by water from a bored well:
(what the iron with chlorine can do?)
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And how the miraculous SaanSom can cure within 5 days:
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How it is today after finding the right easy way between the incoming and outgoing water:
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[QUOTE=Klondyke;746709]Unfortunately, when no help from TD members/QUOTE]
While waiting for the coffee to percolate this morning & with no previous commitments, I cleaned out both tanks :)
Note the drying dust on the deck! :bananaman:
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For true induction hobs that are energy efficient, you can't use aluminium or copper pots and pans, only iron, cast iron, or stainless steel.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thai Dhupp
If you're getting blach soot from your gas, then you need to adjust the air intake on the venturi. Gas should be clean burning.
I agree that there is an inherant danger with gas.
yeah.. I am mainly concerned with safety, so with 2 younger children about, one just cant be too careful.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maanaam
Pan needs to be magnetic to work, right? I did the whole leCreuset thing a long time ago - love the pans, but heavy, so no good for PJ.
I like the clean simplicity of good quality stainless steel. Look great and last a long time too.
First floor planks
Bit of a break in uploads 'cos I was away... but here's some shots of the plank placement...
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bit 'grainy', mainly cos hes a builder, not a photographer, and it was late in the day!
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Yeah... we are paying him for his building skills, not his ability with the camera!
So far, we cant fault the former...
Next up are some first floor column formation shots.
First floor columns
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Yep... basically, just the same as the ones below.
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The ladies are racing to get the shuttering around those cages in double-quick time.
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Shuttered and braced... just need some concrete now!
Lol...where did everyone go? I feel like I'm talking to myself!!
Surely not everyone went to the Manchester Derby!!?
Yeah, its going a bit slow at at the Chonburi mega-Project.
K.Pot is tied up elsewhere but hopefully he's back on it from today.
I'm expecting slab preparation pix imminently!!
(I get that 'talking to myself' feeling a lot, BTW, ever since I had the fall from the Hi-rise there have been 'voices, voices in my head.....)
Coming along nicely TD... so far so good with your builder and his team. If anyone reads these posts trying to learn anything about building in Thailand before they start their project, yours is the "go-to" thread.
Aside from recommendations, price, manner, professionalism etc when considering hiring the builder and the team, there is always an element of luck involved. That said, I'm convinced that at least half the issues that foreigners face when building here in Thailand is approaching the whole thing with an "I know best" attitude and micro-managing the project to such an extent that people just walk off the job.
Clear and concise plans and direction, good lines of communication and allowing room for errors (which can and do occur) without freaking out is the way (unless you are building a high-end resort and have teams of managers and architects employed to do this all for you).
Can't wait to see how your build develops once the aesthetic elements start to come in to play.
Top job so far TD... (by the way, if you or anyone reading this have any spare gravel left over, send it up to my place... rainy season is coming and I have yet to fix the dirt track to my place owing to being skint!:))
Maybe a few went to the Commonwealth Games ... https://teakdoor.com/the-sports-room/...mes-april.html ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Thai Dhupp
Tis the season to be lazy..fa, la, la, la lah...Quote:
Originally Posted by Thai Dhupp
Songkran madness starting.
Hi Jonny and thanx for stopping by again. Thank goodness someone spoke up.... I thought everyone was at the Bahrain Formula 1!!Quote:
Originally Posted by jonnyenglish
Thanks for your encouraging words... I hope this and other threads will iinspire and encourage others. I am sure yours also falls into place as a front runner for this - lets see!!
Well.. for sure I am not micro-managing!! Imagine how frustrated I can get, sitting here in my office in Dubai, building the Museum of the Future while all the action is going on in Thailand!!
Yes... you are right about the builder and I hope he can keep it up. Definitely there is an element of luck in all of our builds, sometimes its not good luck, either.
Anyway...we have still go t a long way to go, so keep tuned in and I will lay it all out as it happens...
cheers!
Oh...and there is no spare gravel on ours as, K.Pot is responsible for all the ordering and the price is fixed so it's all JIT and miniscule allowances for wastage!!!
Bet there would be tonnes of 'spare' if he was ordering but I was paying!!
I could probably scrape up a couple of bags and put them in the boot for you, if we are ever up your way...
Yeah David...Manchester derby, commonwealth games, Songkran preparations and Formula 1 GP in Bahrain... that probably accounts for nearly everyone!!Quote:
Originally Posted by David48atTD
Awww... c'mon... its all good fun, especially if you are sitting on 'blue' and some kind reveller sluices your back down with a bucket of cold water. I REALLY like that one.... the waterlogged mobile in this situation is a pleasant bonus and always makes me laugh...Quote:
Originally Posted by Norton
What we need is one of those crowd-control water canons to really get those same revelers into the spirit of things.... there's nothing like getting knocked off your feet and the wind punched out of you in the name of celebration, right....
I tend to stay in the house during Songkran. After 30 years it no longer has the appeal it once had.
My comment was related to the inevitable slow down in the house build as the workers all head home for the holiday. Usually a week of little or no work. Good he is ahead of schedule. ;)
Noticed a bit of rust on rebar in your last pics. Very little so you won't be having problems. Typical here with the dampness.
Yeah...I saw that too Norton, I guess its 'OK' but I remember him sending a previous pic where one of the ladies was rubbing some of the steel down.Quote:
Originally Posted by Norton
I will keep an eye on the future now as, as you said...minds may be elsewhere...
That said, a little bit is almost inevitable. We have the same problem here in UAE as the humidity rises. (its already coming now, wait til we get to summer with 50 DegC heat and 90%+ humidity in any 24 hour period. oh Joy!)
What is the roof framework going to be constructed from, Steel?
Hi AP2... yep steel construction. Wood would be simply too expensiveQuote:
Originally Posted by Airportwo
I was reminded of the following after reading the remarks about re-bar rust.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thai Dhupp
I had a good builder for the house I am currently living in, one area we didn't see eye to eye on was the roof construction, first they coat the steel in red lead primer - which is just about useless, primers need a "sealer" especially given your location I would make sure that the steel gets a decent "coating" best being a 2 pack paint system. We stopped using Red lead in shipyards 35 years ago, think Thailand bought up all the excess!
They like to cut the steel using an electrode, which is 'bad practice" to be polite! They were not happy when I made them start cutting with a cutter/grinder, there are some good welders in Thailand, not one of them came any where near my roof, some of the birdshit they called welding was bad! At the end of the day it came out ok, we don't get near the humidity that you get in your location which influenced me accepting some of it. I was trying not to be too harsh on them, I was working in Singapore at the time building a billion $ MODU project for the GOT, so had to try adapt to slightly different standards!
Just something to bear in mind, I lived in Pattaya for 15 years and it wasn't unusual for roofs to rust out in the area, the "steel" is such poor quality, once it starts to go the only thing to do is replace it, prevention is better than cure!
We have the same problem here in UAE as the humidity rises. (its already coming now, wait til we get to summer with 50 DegC heat and 90%+ humidity in any 24 hour period. oh Joy!)
TD you can send some of that heat my way, moisture I don't need we're getting plenty of that but it's not as rain, I don't know where everyone thinks it's global warming, it's april and we're still getting snow dumped on us.
Your build is coming along very nice, choke dee on the remaining work to be done.
I think the usual problem is that they do not make a decent sealer by a thin primer applied by brush but by spraying. Therefore the sealer does not properly stick to the steel surface. Then any further coating does not matter much...Quote:
Originally Posted by Airportwo
Its yet another thing to keep ones eye on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Airportwo
I may well be there for part of that roof fabrication in which case I will be sitting on his shoulder when we are 'deciding what to do'!! If not, my trusty right hand man, K. Ek from the OrBorTor office will certainly steer him to the right decision.
I am not a welder (officially) my self but I do know what is right and wrong from an inspection point of view. I'm sure the OBT Engineer does too. but... we have all seen..so far K.Pot has been pretty much the consummate professional. He has the reputation and the equipment and he's also got his eye on stage 3 of the build, plus the pool and later (on the other plot) maybe the resort too.
in other words... he doesn't want to kiss goodbye to that work by fcuking up on this!
Its 36 degC today, Dennis and already I am melting. Ramadan is coming mid-May, immeditely followed by the summer midday shut down (this was introduced in UAE to prevent unscrupulous bosses from slave-driving their dehydrated employees to death from the intense midday heat and sun).Quote:
Originally Posted by dennis4558
The shut down makes for a long day because a lot of construction companies, mine included work a 2-shift system, with the first shift finishing at 1230 and the second shift starting at 1500. For me, I have to cover the 'day' so I'm catching both the shifts (obviously not 100% of both of them but, as an office based person, I don't get the midday shutdown). yessssss.. long days for 3 months.
Crazy, but... I would love to see some snow right now! Even a good downpour would be good! 'Hot n sunny' looks good from a wet 'n' windy Spring back in Europe but believe me... every day? relentlessly? OMG... give me a break!!
Thank goodness we have 'SkiDubai' on the Mall of the Emirates, to at least see a bit of the white stuff...
Hey Klondyke...What is the '2-pack system?Quote:
Originally Posted by Klondyke
I too have seen red lead painted or rolled on just about everywhere so any improvement on that should be used if possible...
ahhh... AP2.. sorry, I see it was you talking about 2 pack paint systems, not Klondyke....
...what 2 pack systems do you mean?
The new paints will adhere to any reasonably prepared surface, you can spray, brush or roller it on, they also tolerate humidity well. Doubtless due to cost they still use what we were using 50 years ago here, it didn't work well back then, but there was nothing else!Quote:
Originally Posted by Klondyke