I had decided early on in the planning process for this house to use a hard wood flooring for the Office and Master Bedroom. I had seen a finished Makha wood floor that was in the father-in-laws house and found the sanded and varnished surface soothing to the bare feet as well as the deep rich color adding a feeling of internal warmth (I did not say heat/hot as in temperature). I was advised that the use of Makha wood had been used in Thai homes for years and was considered traditional of some sort if not as popular as Teak wood. As I recall, the Makha was also slightly less expensive than the Teak wood so I went with Makha.

Apparently the longer and wider sections of Makha wood flooring are more expensive than the shorter and narrower pieces. This did not impose any issues with me at all as I liked the appearance of the shorter 40 cm or so lengths. I decided on the shorter 40 cm lengths to be installed.

The next consideration was in what design I wanted the wood put down. Although not opposed to a herringbone design, I was more inclined to stick with something more traditional and advised the contractor to follow a simple template placing the wood slats lengthwise with the length of the room. As it turns out, it looks just as I imagined and had hoped that it would.

The following pictures show the work in progress of the placement of the Makha wood flooring. It has yet to be completed and the surface has not yet been stained or the clear protectorate applied yet. That should be interesting in itself. In any event, the efforts of the contractor in putting down the wood flooring look fantastic. Take a look.


Above Picture: Unfinished Makha Wood flooring in the Office.


Above Picture: Another view of the unfinished Makha Wood flooring in the office.


Above Picture: Unfinished Makha Wood flooring in the Master Bedroom.


Above Picture: Unfinishe Makha Wood flooring in Master Bedroom Walk in Closet.


Above Picture: Unfinished Makha Wood flooring in the Walk in closet.

My plan all along has been to bring the electric line into the property via underground. Received some advisement not long ago that, for various reasons, there would be some difficulty with bringing in the electrical underground and into the property. I was not necessarily buying the electrical company's reasoning or explanations nor did I completely understand, because of the language differences and to what I attribute the Thai way of not really answering a question, why it would be a problem. Long story short, I was told that because the electric poles on on the opposit side of the street from my house and because the road is not yet blacktopped/concreted, it would be required for me to put an electrical pole on my property at my expense. It did not make all that much sense to me and working from a afar, did not feel inclined to want to contractor to pursue this for me. So, slightly dissapointed, I went with a tradition approach for bringing in the electricity. It is what it is and I'm over it already. Lets move on to the next issue.... I just consider myself fortunate that all else is going well with the project.