Thai Dhupp and Princess Joy's Thai House Build

[Thai Dhupp]

And get your neighbor to pay for it.

and you will never believe it... he's Mexican

...always paddling across the klong looking for work

K.Pot won't employ him though because he wants to sleep the whole afternoon....

[Thai Dhupp]

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"Mr. TD, build up the wall!!!"

Lol...I am a Floyd fan too..

[NamPikToot]

Me too, make sure Kpot is authentic Thai with the wall and ensure there is no block overlap just looks plain ridiculous if they stagger the courses

[dennis4558]

How deep did they make the wall post foundations?

[Thai Dhupp]

Me too, make sure Kpot is authentic Thai with the wall and ensure there is no block overlap just looks plain ridiculous if they stagger the courses

I like your thinking... why make problems? no need to cut all those half blocks...just make the uprights match the gap for whole blocks..

or even better... forget the uprights altogether..

and... to finish off, only colour it with 1 coat of watered down paint so that everyone can see your state-of-the-art block work and the builder can get tons more work off the back of his efforts.

It's win-win, right?

[Thai Dhupp]

How deep did they make the wall post foundations?

I'm just checking Dennis... i think it was just over 2.5m

I will have the answer later.

[Norton]

Do you intend to render the wall as done on house walls?

[Thai Dhupp]

Do you intend to render the wall as done on house walls?

Hi Norton...render yes but not made up my mind about the colour. ..might be a touch to much magnolia!?

[Norton]

Hi Norton...render yes but not made up my mind about the colour. ..might be a touch to much magnolia!?

Black is good. Cuts down on annual cleaning to remove ugly black mold. Out of sight. Out of mind.

My wall same color as house.

[Thai Dhupp]

Black is good. Cuts down on annual cleaning to remove ugly black mold. Out of sight. Out of mind.

i was thinking more trad, as I want to blend in with the local thinking..

lurid pink, dayglo green or electric sky blue, anyone...?

[Norton]

Gold to enhance your royal doors?

[Thai Dhupp]

Gold to enhance your royal doors?

I think PJ wants 'off-white' so.. that's that, then...

[HuangLao]

Gold to enhance your royal doors?

Just thinking the same...

Novelty never goes outta fashion.

[Thai Dhupp]

Boundary wall base 1

He's racing for this one - must be something to do with cash




not even shuttered the bean, let alone cast it... and the blocks are there and waiting!




Ahh..here come the shutters


hes rushing but... the chairs are all in place.

[Thai Dhupp]

Just thinking the same...

Novelty never goes outta fashion.

Lol... err.. no

[Thai Dhupp]

Boundary wall base 2


yep... its stepped too.




K.Pots famous shutter bracing...


and of course... the pillar steel




Right! wheres the concrete!?

[Thai Dhupp]

Boundary wall base 3






Behind Chonburi Hilton, where the concrete truck will run...




...and here's the concrete!

[Thai Dhupp]

Boundary wall base 4


vibros in use...




finished this bit


thje step is poured

[NamPikToot]

I like your thinking... why make problems? no need to cut all those half blocks...just make the uprights match the gap for whole blocks..
or even better... forget the uprights altogether.. ?

Exactly, Kpot is going to have to work twice as hard to get an authentic Thai lean on that wall with those footings, he's going to have to get the uprights at a 20 degree angle now off the piles, Christ on a Bike.

[NamPikToot]

Boundary wall base 4


finished this bit


thje step is poured

So whats the plan for No Mans land? rolled barbed wire, AP mines or claymores?

[Thai Dhupp]

Exactly, Kpot is going to have to work twice as hard to get an authentic Thai lean on that wall with those footings, he's going to have to get the uprights at a 20 degree angle now off the piles, Christ on a Bike.

Better than that.. I told him, half finish it, then 'accidentally' back that truck and lean it over, ideally with a couple of cracks as well....... then pick back up with the build but back on the vertical.
standard build practice in some parts of BKK...

Jeez I hope hes not reading this and getting ideas.

[Thai Dhupp]

So whats the plan for No Mans land? rolled barbed wire, AP mines or claymores?

I will quietly let it grow back over, apart from a small footpath from my back gate up to our other plot 1 where the resort will go, eventually.

Long term the govt are saying they will put a small lane there... not sure who for though since we own most of the land behind it!

[NamPikToot]

Actually TD, its a little known fact that non-overlapping block courses and a leaning wall are in fact deliberately built into boundaries as ingress deterrents, we think its just shoddy workmanship but generations of Thais can't be wrong - you try to scale one of them you are taking your life into your own hands. Make sure KPot gets this right and ensure he's used 7:1 sand cement mortar mix.

[mikenot]

Boundary wall base 1

He's racing for this one - must be something to do with cash




not even shuttered the bean, let alone cast it... and the blocks are there and waiting!




Ahh..here come the shutters


hes rushing but... the chairs are all in place.

Just how high is this wall going to be ? That rebar for the posts must be at least 4 meters high judging by the number and spacing of the stirrups ?


that bracing certainly beats the usual stakes hammered into the ground, or bits of scrap wood nailed across the top !!

[Thai Dhupp]

Just how high is this wall going to be ? That rebar for the posts must be at least 4 meters high judging by the number and spacing of the stirrups ?



that bracing certainly beats the usual stakes hammered into the ground, or bits of scrap wood nailed across the top !!

lol it looks 4m mike, but in fact its only 3.85m. angles can be decep... ok..ok ..! I will tell him. its actually 2m in the main but on the front side its 2.5m so we don't see the road when we are looking out from the balcony.

That's the idea anyway.

yes... he's used that shutter bracing all the way through... I did not see it before but maybe its been used else where