Thai Dhupp and Princess Joy's Thai House Build

[NamPikToot]

Phew. I saw the regimented straight rows and was aghast. Much better now.

Yeah Thais do leave me dumbfounded when they lay blocks with no over lap

[Thai Dhupp]

Yeah Thais do leave me dumbfounded when they lay blocks with no over lap

Yes...K.Pot's 'deputy' is a nice guy and means well but he can't be trusted not to make a fuck up. This is the third time now!

Luckily all have been recoverable.

[Thai Dhupp]

Phew. I saw the regimented straight rows and was aghast. Much better now.

You and me both, Maanaam... I took a look and 'WTF?!" ... I even laid out some tiles when i was over there and lots of nodding heads, at the time.

[Maanaam]

Yes...K.Pot's 'deputy' is a nice guy and means well but he can't be trusted not to make a fuck up. This is the third time now!

Luckily all have been recoverable.

I imagine it's him doing it how he thinks it's right and that the farang is crazy; Why does he want it all crooked!? That's not the way it's done! Do it the way it's always been done, no imagination that it's supposed to look like a wood floor.

Reminds me of my wife's boss a few years ago. When my wife submitted a test for his approval, he told her to do it again so that all the multi-choice options were arranged shortest to longest, because it looks better. Everything is about appearances. Straight and orderly.

[Thai Dhupp]

Do you have any fit female staff on site?

The wife of course but shes spoken for, so no...

The models are usually in the 19-25 yr old bracket so whoever gets the job will need to be able to come and handle that age grope professionally.

Probably best not to talk about this side topic anymore because its fcuk-all to do with the building and if i keep it going I will probably have to show few pictures so the prospective employee understands exactly how much oil to apply.......

People want pictures of the sala progress and toilet pipe connection testing, I know....

[Thai Dhupp]

I imagine it's him doing it how he thinks it's right and that the farang is crazy; Why does he want it all crooked!? That's not the way it's done! Do it the way it's always been done, no imagination that it's supposed to look like a wood floor.

Reminds me of my wife's boss a few years ago. When my wife submitted a test for his approval, he told her to do it again so that all the multi-choice options were arranged shortest to longest, because it looks better. Everything is about appearances. Straight and orderly.

Lol yes you are right, anyway... he has been told by 'the boss' not to do any more work without checking.

[Thai Dhupp]

Bannisters

After some false starts and discussions we have settled on this design, which picks up from the design on the master bedroom balcony.

I would like to see it blended in with a wood colour but the black also looks 'OK'.




work going on...


View from the top with the Buddha room to the right


Looks a long way down.


Just needs the handrail.






Can't see much from the bottom...


Measuring up the handrail


Obviously, the metal detailing is not yet complete



More pix to come once he gets on and finishes the banisters.

[NamPikToot]

Jesus you're gonna regret that design, you can only slide 3 feet. Still in the space for your lift, stick a firemans pole in and enjoy whilst you're still spry enough.

[cyrille]

Yeah that doesn't really look like it's quite working, somehow.

[Thai Dhupp]

Let's see once he's finished everything...

I have faith in Mr. Builder!

[Thai Dhupp]

I think the access will be OK but we can always swing stuff up via the Sala or even directly onto the zone 2 balcony.

[Thai Dhupp]

If all the upstairs furniture is assembled upstairs you will be fine.

yes, or that, CS...

I will probably have a go at making at least one of the bed frames so that will be taken up in kit form and assembled.

Biggest item might be a sofa? but we are not going to be swapping sofas on a too regular basis so even if i have to get k.pot to lift it with his tele-handler, as a last resort, I think we will be OK.

[cyrille]

Biggest item might be a sofa?

Shouldn't that be sofa?

[cisco999]

Now the next hurdle is figuring out how to post pics on our not very up to date forum software.

Is the issue with pic posting just with a software update?

[cisco999]

Now the next hurdle is figuring out how to post pics on our not very up to date forum software.

Is the issue with pic posting just with a software update?

[Thai Dhupp]

Shouldn't that be sofa?

It should cyrille but I knew you would respond and I made a deal with myself, (just to keep you happy) to not apply anything bold for posts you would reply to

oh...sorry ..that just slipped out

and that....

[Thai Dhupp]

Originally Posted by Norton
Now the next hurdle is figuring out how to post pics on our not very up to date forum software.

Is the issue with pic posting just with a software update?

Lol... meanwhile, back on page 1.....

i'm no expert but judging by a lot of threads, there is a perennial problem with images.

So many build stories are now without images cisco, which is a shame cos they lose some essential detail.

In the light of this, I was advised to use imgur, which I have.

so far its been flawless....

Now.. come on back to page 73...!

[mikenot]

Originally Posted by Norton
Now the next hurdle is figuring out how to post pics on our not very up to date forum software.




Lol... meanwhile, back on page 1.....



Now.. come on back to page 73...!

And now you are actually on page 74.......
Only another 1800 + posts to read to catch up !!

[Thai Dhupp]

And now you are actually on page 74.......
Only another 1800 + posts to read to catch up !!

Assuming I get to 100 pages Mike, (probably wont), I'm going to summarise what we covered including side stories etc as I'm sure a lot of followers have forgotten the early stuff.

[ootai]

Originally Posted by Norton
Now the next hurdle is figuring out how to post pics on our not very up to date forum software.




Lol... meanwhile, back on page 1.....

i'm no expert but judging by a lot of threads, there is a perennial problem with images.

So many build stories are now without images cisco, which is a shame cos they lose some essential detail.

In the light of this, I was advised to use imgur, which I have.

so far its been flawless....

Now.. come on back to page 73...!

TD
The reason a lot of the older threads have no images is because they were using images uploaded from photobucket which when they changed their policy(?) and posters didn't do what they were required to do (pay?) all the images were deleted from photobucket and therefore from the thread.

When I posted images I actually downloaded them to the Teakdoor album first and then posted it from there which means they are still there. Only issue some might have with this is that Teakdoor then has the right to the image.

I just hope a similiar thing does not happen in the future with imgur as losing the photos from this thread would be a catastrophe.

I still go back to my thread to check where things are as I have lost a lot of the original photos through bad computer management and viruses.

Cheers

[Thai Dhupp]

TD
The reason a lot of the older threads have no images is because they were using images uploaded from photobucket which when they changed their policy(?) and posters didn't do what they were required to do (pay?) all the images were deleted from photobucket and therefore from the thread.

When I posted images I actually downloaded them to the Teakdoor album first and then posted it from there which means they are still there. Only issue some might have with this is that Teakdoor then has the right to the image.

I just hope a similiar thing does not happen in the future with imgur as losing the photos from this thread would be a catastrophe.

I still go back to my thread to check where things are as I have lost a lot of the original photos through bad computer management and viruses.

Cheers

Well, there we are ootai... i really did not know that and like you, i hope the same does not happen with imgur.

i have all the images i uploaded in a sequence on MY HDD so i suppose i could re-create all those pages if I had to.

I may well summarise the whole thing on my website too, at the end, as i also have nearly 6 hours of video of the construction so that should also get aired at some point.

[Norton]

Now.. come on back to page 73...!

An off topic bit of TD trivia. Page 46 for me. Pages depend on your setup. Mine 50 posts per page.

[mikenot]

An off topic bit of TD trivia. Page 46 for me. Pages depend on your setup. Mine 50 posts per page.

You live and learn, could never find the setting to change that before.
TD, keep writing, only 46 pages done now !

[Thai Dhupp]

An off topic bit of TD trivia. Page 46 for me. Pages depend on your setup. Mine 50 posts per page.

hi Norton, go on... how so?

Enlighten me - i thought it was a fixed arrangement.

Also, is there any way to see thread stats too? who posted most and the like?

[Thai Dhupp]

You live and learn, could never find the setting to change that before.
TD, keep writing, only 46 pages done now !

Lol at least page 1 was the same for everyone, Mike!