Thai Dhupp and Princess Joy's Thai House Build

[Airportwo]

No idea why picture turned & can't edit, this has been down five years, pressure wash a couple of times a year.

[NamPikToot]

There will be a path of sorts around the building, but I am mindful of splashes if water drops from the roof onto a solid path and dirties up the house wall at the base.In the picture you show, a lot of the ground there will be removed for the swimming pool!

As Norts says it comes in various colors/shades. Whatever you do pathwise i'd still put a skirting around the house. It doesn't seem to matter if water splashes directly, you always somehow get some muddy water splashes from somewhere and when you wash said path the skirting will stop water splashes showing.

I think the pea gravel looks really good as a finish - its what i am going to have. You've got to get someone who knows what they are doing, its not just a somchai job but Klon & Norts can give more detail.

[Thai Dhupp]

You've got to get someone who knows what they are doing...................... Klon & Norts can give more.......

lol well...obviously I need them to 'pop down' and show me how its done.

I can order the gravel, shall we start as, say, 0630am? should be done by 1300, ready to 'pop back' home in time for tea.

Hope they are available...

[Thai Dhupp]

OK.. I can probably do this myself.

just need to source the gravel in my area.

I like that colour, or maybe a tad lighter... reminds me of Cotswold stone.

[David48atTD]

I too recommend. However, as of "relatively low maintenance in annual removing mold and mildew", showing what we did after few years on our walkway around swimming pool by pressurized water spray - what my regular hose spray did not take off - discovering the original walkway color, surprised by the result: That's mold and mildew...

Mate, grab one of these (start @ the 1.00 min mark ...

Heaps of different styles are available.

Mine looks like this ... https://www.bunnings.com.au/gerni-cl...ssory_p6270539

Best things ever invented. Still the the jet for the angles, but for the wide, flat areas, these attachments rock.

IMHO

[Norton]

You've got to get someone who knows what they are doing, its not just a somchai job but Klon & Norts can give more detail.

Yep. Need someone knows what they are doing. Commonly used for pool decking. Talk to your pool guy but sure your builder knows someone with experience. Show this pic to your builder. Pebble stone I used came in 100kilo bags. Sourced locally.

[Norton]

Used that slate years back on some jobs. Needs to be ground as they are slippery as fcuk.

The yellowish bits around the slate is the pebble stone. Basically a thin layer of cement laid over concrete with pebbles trowled in.

[Airportwo]

Before and after, they used a sponge to expose the sandstone chips.

[NamPikToot]

Great looking finish A2.

[Norton]

^^There ya go. Nice simple design A2.

[Thai Dhupp]

Before and after, they used a sponge to expose the sandstone chips.

That looks really good....

Jeez I can't wait to get in and be doing all this garden / ancilliary stuff once i get the keys

Sooooooooooooo frustrated here in Dubai right now....

[Thai Dhupp]

Yep. Need someone knows what they are doing. Commonly used for pool decking. Talk to your pool guy but sure your builder knows someone with experience. Show this pic to your builder. Pebble stone I used came in 100kilo bags. Sourced locally.

Cheers, Norton... good effect here and that pool is something like what I want in ours... except I want it walk in, lagoon-style.

An organic shape and no straight lines

[Shutree]

Welcome to the forum shutree.

Save yourself some money and get the free plans from this website.

Thai House Plans - TeakDoor.com - The Thailand Forum

Chitty thank you. I took a look. I have an outline plan that I'd like to research and cost first. If the prophets of doom are correct and my plan is an expensive fantasy then I'll certainly revisit your suggestion.

Certainly my plan is more modest than TD's, although it seems beyond the ken of local shack builders.

[Shutree]

Thanks for your kind comment, Shutree and... welcome to the forum. i hope my thread was useful.

With regards to the difficulty you are having in getting some plans from your sketches... you could always make use of the OrBorTor Engineer, who might well be the cheapest option and who will advise you if something is impossible.

Ff you do use him, he will have a vested interest in passing those plans and making sure everything is built to them.

We went down this route and it has paid off. I pay him a small amount to check progress with the builder every week. Believe me... my builder gets a hard time if something is not quite right.

An option to consider, anyway

Thank you TD. I shall investigate.

[NamPikToot]

Cheers, Norton... good effect here and that pool is something like what I want in ours... except I want it walk in, lagoon-style.

An organic shape and no straight lines

TD I think you are going to over-reach if you try turning your hand to pool installation and paving....

[Klondyke]

The village bricklayers (chaang pun) know how to make the gravel concrete. Any color they will mix by a powder available in the hardware shops. Finally, they will wash it down by diluted acid HCL.

The acid can serve also for a cleaning if not done by a pressurized water.

[David48atTD]

TD I think you are going to over-reach if you try turning your hand to pool installation ....

Some Pools are possible ...



All is here ... https://teakdoor.com/construction-in-...-swimming.html (THAILAND:- My 3,000 Baht Swimming Pool)

[Thai Dhupp]

TD I think you are going to over-reach if you try turning your hand to pool installation and paving....

NPT...maybe!

I have watched a lot of pool construct videos o i have a good general idea of what i needed and when

I know how to use heavy plant after my 'career' in the extractive industry, so an excavator, even a mini digger (Makro) will be no problem.

K.Pot will have to do the piling.

Re-bar can be tied together in any shape - it will only be 1m deep for most of it, and a lane at maybe 1.5m across the diagonal

I can specify waterproofing additives in the concrete mix

The pumps/pipes/filters, etc are all off the shelf

The sides of this pool will not be vertical - this is not a rectangular 'box' pool - its a walk-in lagoon pool.

I already have my design for the pool and waterfall.

i need an engineer to do the calcs re piling requirements before starting

K.Pot will be involved too, of course.


So.. maybe I cannot stretch to doing this..but maybe I can.

For sure i will talk it all through with him first, and any advice from TD will also be in the mix

[NamPikToot]

NPT...maybe!. For sure i will talk it all through with him first, and any advice from TD will also be in the mix

Well there you go, all good. I didn't realise you had designs on getting so hands on.

[Thai Dhupp]

remember when i was trying to identify this bush?



well... here it is.



The Sweet Karanda , or ชื่อ ต้นไม้ มะม่วงหาวมะนาวโห่

Fast Growth, Showy Fragrant Flowers, Edible Fruits, Attracts Birds, Wildlife Food/Shelter, Sub-Tropical, Heat, Wind and Salt Tolerant, Hedge, Container or Bonsai.

Biology
Leaves - opposite, obovte to oblong, cuneate base, obtuse apex, entire margin.
Trunk - simple spines at alternate nodes; milky latex.
Flowers - white or pink, in 3's, in axillary and terminal clusters.
Fruits - reddish purple berries


free flowering, follwed by edible fruits




Here are those thorns, strong and v sharp








can be made into a drink too and is good for tackling anemia

[dennis4558]

That's a nice looking sidewalk, I may have to copy that one

[dennis4558]

Is it a bush or can it be vined? Would make a nice security fence with those thorns

[dennis4558]

free flowering, follwed by edible fruits

Has anyone tried the fruit, they say edible but I've had some edible fruit which I didn't think was edible, is it similar to any other fruit?

[Thai Dhupp]

Well there you go, all good. I didn't realise you had designs on getting so hands on.

Well...'probably' NPT... we will commence the pool build AFTER I quit Dubai and am in LoS full-time.

So.. I need something to do... and digging holes is quite easy... lets see.

Seriously.. I think I need to be there as walk-in lagoon-style pools are not on most builder's construction repertoire...

[Thai Dhupp]

Fruit: as food - commonly used as a condiment - pickles, chutnies, etc. Way back when, the Colonial British made it into jam, jelly and syrup.

Fruit: as treatment - part of the Ayuvedic herbal system, and used to treat acidity, indigestion, fresh / infected wounds, skin deseases, urinary disorders and diabetic ulcers. also for 'wind', stomach pain, constipation, anemia... and anorexia.. and insanity. Wait.. berries available to TD members in bulk and at discount prices... I think I can make a fortune here....

Leaf: as treatment - fever, diarrhea, earache.

Root: as treatment - relief from itchiness and as an insect repellent

Root: as stabiliser - with a heavily-branched root system, its good for stabilising slopes prone to erosion.


It was also part of the 'Great Hedge of India' (yes, really)... as it is easy to grow, drought-resistant and hardy. it gets dense quickly, forming a good barrier complete with sharp thorns, and needs little attention once established


Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carissa_carandas

Personally, I will use it because i think it looks good, provides a good barrier quickly, and is something a bit different to the normal hedge choices..

Everything else as mentioned above is a bonus!