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    OMG! we were one door short!

    'tis true... once we were 'speccing the AC we noticed we were going to ask one unit to cool down a large volume of air outside the room simply because there was no room door






    We mentioned it on that first day and by the second day the door frame and wall had been constructed! - 1 dining room now has 1 dining room door!

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    Give TrueVision a ring. Let them speak with your sparkies. I have fibre to house. Goes to a wee box to a wifi unit and to boxes via coaxial located by 2 TVs. As long as there is conduit going behind where your TV plugs are you should be ok. TrueVision will install coaxial and wifi.

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    The sharp-eyed amongst you might have noticed some terracotta-type tiles in the distance in those last photos....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thai Dhupp View Post
    1 dining room now has 1 dining room door!
    Seems a plus. Harder for the chickens and pigs to escape the BBQ.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thai Dhupp View Post
    The sharp-eyed amongst you might have noticed some terracotta-type tiles in the distance in those last photos....
    Hardly sharp eyed but saw them. Look just like mine.

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    Zone 2 flooring





    Here's the tiles - Terracotta unglazed. not 100% uniform size just to make it interesting....


    Now meet the installation team...



    The original 'mix 'n' match - she does all the mortar mixing while he matches the tiles into straight rows.

    Junior is in charge of Mum n Dad.














    Considering the tiles are not all an even size, and the mortar bed is balancing up the concrete slab variance... these are pretty damn straight.


    I am quite happy to have a hand-made tile appearance, anyway.






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    Quote Originally Posted by Thai Dhupp View Post
    I am quite happy to have a hand-made tile appearance, anyway.
    Agree. Has a nice look. Like the spacing they are using.

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    Good choice!

    If there are any wayward edges, they can be dealt with by CAREFUL use of an angle grinder and straight edge before grouting.

    On another note, because these tiles are low-fired and unsealed and therefore porous at this stage, it makes it difficult to remove any excess grout without either damaging the tile surface by scrubbing, or leaving behind a fine residue, which becomes very visible once sealed. A solution suggested to me (after the fact) would be to seal the tiles before grouting, remove excess grout now the tile is no longer as porous, then seal the whole thing again. I am not sure how the sealant behaves when applied to an existing coat though, so perhaps a test is in order?

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    Oh, and on another note about tiles, seems an obvious thing to say but here goes: With the gold detail tiles you have chosen for your bathroom(s), placement should be dictated by the size and placement of the main wall tiles... Sure, there are the aesthetic sweet-spots, but invariably this means cutting (or butchering in my case) a whole bunch of tiles for not much reason other than placement. Any tiles being cut should be at the top of the wall, not the bottom, as a cut tile edge will attract discolouration, especially along a floor/wall line. But, I'm sure you have already thought of this, so I will go away now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jonnyenglish View Post
    Oh, and on another note about tiles, seems an obvious thing to say but here goes: With the gold detail tiles you have chosen for your bathroom(s), placement should be dictated by the size and placement of the main wall tiles... Sure, there are the aesthetic sweet-spots, but invariably this means cutting (or butchering in my case) a whole bunch of tiles for not much reason other than placement. Any tiles being cut should be at the top of the wall, not the bottom, as a cut tile edge will attract discolouration, especially along a floor/wall line. But, I'm sure you have already thought of this, so I will go away now.
    Nope, Jonny... i did not give it so much thought as K.Pot is good at tiling too! thanks for that 'heads up'.

    Our bathroom tiles are quite large so there will be some cutting (its inevitable) but I agree about having any part tile near the top.

    Room is 3m tall and tiled all the way.

    I think it will work out sort of 'OK' as the tile is 60 x 60 so 2 of those will be at roughly the right height.

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    Painting the Soffit



    So... now we come to painting.

    First the soffit. PJ chose the lighter colour picked up from the gable end. I am going with it.

    The process is 3-stage. sometimes 4, building up the colour depth and the wood grain effect.











    different stages of the process....



    start and end...



    Here he is applying layer 2



    With time and patience, that wood effect really comes through.

    The finished canopy over the 1st floor veranndah






    Here you can see all the stages, from the base material in the distance through to the finished colour.

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    The soffit, roof tiles, walls and terracotta tiles colors make for a pleasant complimentary color scheme.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Norton View Post
    Agree. Has a nice look. Like the spacing they are using.
    yes... should look really good with the mortar in place.

    It's the effect I was looking for

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    Wall Painting!

    OK... here's what some of you have been waiting for - the external painting of the upper floor.

    Remember... we were trying to break up the 'slab' side of a 2-storey structure, we wanted a traditional look, building it in wood did not go with our aimn to make this 21st century standards with 19th century traditional appearance.

    I had the idea to clad the upper floor to break the house into two distincvt levels, in a design often seen with a concrete base level and a timber top floor and roof.

    You have all seen the cladding base material but now we have to make it look more authentic...







    Let's see if i can get some better ones...






    I was not actually happy with these - looks OK from distance, see pic 2 but can see too many over-brush strokes.

    painter admitted he rushed it trying to get ready foer the camera.


    you can see here the base coat prep - the unpainted area on the right, the base coat on the left


    yes - the brush marks spoil the effect... he's re-doing it


    You get the idea though - from a little distance it carries the effect as planned




    Building up the colour....



    He actually completely re-did this bit even after these remedials


    She's applying that base coat


    Better but not 100%

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    Are those bubbles or an intended wood affect?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Norton View Post
    Are those bubbles or an intended wood affect?
    lol definitely not part of the effect!, Norton!
    he's re-done it now - moe pix to come.

    i just got back to Dubai and off to work...

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    Is there a reason to why this style of panel walls was done in the past? I love the visual effect but was there also a practical reason behind it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Norton View Post
    Give TrueVision a ring. Let them speak with your sparkies. I have fibre to house. Goes to a wee box to a wifi unit and to boxes via coaxial located by 2 TVs. As long as there is conduit going behind where your TV plugs are you should be ok. TrueVision will install coaxial and wifi.

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    Ooops...missed this post in the excitement to get the wall pix up

    ...useful as always Norton, cheers...!

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    Quote Originally Posted by runker View Post
    Is there a reason to why this style of panel walls was done in the past? I love the visual effect but was there also a practical reason behind it?
    well...originally of course Runker , the walls were wooden panels and the designs reflected the styles of old Thai Lanna and Ayutthaya.

    I wanted that 'appearance' but not the cost, upkeep and lower insulation qualities of those panels, not to mention the creaking potential...!!

    I tried to recreate the 'look' on the outside of my AAC block, high insulation walls.

    There will always be some compromise but on the whole I am happy with the effect - its how I envisaged it.

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    TD its looking fantastic, been following it with interest as i am going to be building some time. You and JPR have both nailed the outside space which is essential. My current place, the inside is almost irrelevant until the sum goes down - its all about being outside. White wall and high ceilings discourage the mozzies. Hope you like gardening as you've got loads of room. I love it, when 'm in Thailand its start work B4 7am and finish c12ish too hot after and look at the fruits of your labour, literally

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    Quote Originally Posted by runker View Post
    Is there a reason to why this style of panel walls was done in the past? I love the visual effect but was there also a practical reason behind it?
    Runker
    I would suspect that it evolved as a way to cover the joints between the planks put on the walls to stop water coming in.
    That is clad the wall with planks, offsetting the joins as per bricklaying and then cover the joints with another smaller plank.

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    You are building a palace it is fantastic. You will be very happy in the future especially now that you have expanded the grounds to give yourself room to "live".
    Any developments on the next door neighbour lowering her price before you build the wall and cut her out of any chance of a deal?

    Cheers and keep posting pictures.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ootai View Post
    ....Any developments on the next door neighbour lowering her price before you build the wall and cut her out of any chance of a deal?

    Cheers and keep posting pictures.
    We spoke to her last week. In fact, that was the 1st time I had actually met her face to face, so to speak.

    We were over speaking to the Orbortor engineer, and I asked if she was in the OrBorTor office, ....and she was duly rounded up and 'presented'

    She looked decidedly uncomfortable, like everyone knew what she had tried to do....she was trying to sound all upbeat but you could see she was like she's tried to have one over on us and it had failed.

    Her plot is totally overgrown now and I asked her when she might start building?

    ''umm well.. ummm... not sure, maybe I sell?'' (looked at me to see if I would take up the convo on selling - no chance of course I just blanked that one)

    She's looking at building somewhere else now so I think she needs to sell this bit, but she still thinking 1M THB is coming her way.

    Maybe it is, but not from me! lol ...tbh I doubt anyone will give here 1m for 0.5Rai.

    So.. as it stands she's shelled out several hundred k for the plot. she's raised it although that effort was pathetic, it was mainly done to make it look like part of mine but that plan did not work.

    I told her to start building then we could be neighbors!

    I purposely did not ask her how much she would take for it - thought I would let her stew some more.

    K.Pot wants to start on the wall so I told him...when he does... leave the adjoining bit until last.

    lets see what happens...
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    That wood effect is great!

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    Quote Originally Posted by NamPikToot View Post
    TD its looking fantastic, been following it with interest as i am going to be building some time. You and JPR have both nailed the outside space which is essential. My current place, the inside is almost irrelevant until the sum goes down - its all about being outside. White wall and high ceilings discourage the mozzies. Hope you like gardening as you've got loads of room. I love it, when 'm in Thailand its start work B4 7am and finish c12ish too hot after and look at the fruits of your labour, literally
    Hey NPT... thanks for stopping by and the kind words...

    yeah...we like gardening and being outside. there is still a lot to do even when we are in, and I guess a fair amount of outside time might be taken up in the pool when its finished. we are going for a lagoon style walk in pool with waterfall, etc... that is of course some way off as we need to finish the build and the wall first, and I got to get the cash to pay for it all!!!

    I notice you put your Location as 'in wessex', just wondering where? though I hail from Manchester originally, most of my UK time has been in the SW of UK. In fact, I actually worked for Wessex Water for a few years way back when !!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maanaam View Post
    That wood effect is great!
    Cheers Maanaam...

    its tuning out as good as I hoped it would!!

    I just want to see the whole thing painted now to get the effect across the upper floor.

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