Fitting out your Thailand condo

[dirtydog]

And here we are with the finished granite tile design insert for the center of the floor.

[Marmite the Dog]

Very nice.

Can we see the ceiling yet?

[dirtydog]

Naaa, haven't run the cables yet, be another week at least

[Tao]

^ A week? You ought to be pushing em harder

[cimboc]

Crikey! that looks full on well done DD

[dirtydog]

So now we got to stick some skirting board round the place, normally this would be wood, yep black granite skirting, fok that stuff is hard work to finish, you need to look at the picture carefully as there is also an black granite insert round the edge of the floor.



Whats these tiles doing in a bowl of water you may ask, these are the bathroom tiles for the wall, these are nice and soft and easy to cut, but also really pourous, so you got to damp them down before you stick them on the wall otherwise you don't get any working time with them.



With Thai tiles you don't get the little knobs on them for spacing, also here you can't buy the little crosses to use as spacers, so yep your down to doing it the old way but a new version, the old way would involve using matches to space the tiles, here the matches are all different sizes, so yep, get that pack of tooth picks out, we need erm.

[jizzybloke]

I like that granite skirting and border, looks nice.

I saw someone using string to get even spacing on wall tiles once, seemed to work well cos it looked nice when he'd finished.

[dirtydog]

We use a chalk line to mark off the lines after using a plastic hose with water in to get the levels, but normally in the UK the tiles have little lugs on that space them out, or you can buy tile spacers, the little crosses, they don't have them here yet

The bathroom tiles should really have a dividing tile between the 2 different sorts of tile, jees, you seen the price of them these days? Used to be able to get a nice one for about 20baht, now they gone all gay and flowery and the only nice ones start at 120baht each, this is a big bathroom, so that idea was blown out.

[dirtydog]

hmmm, seems to have been a bit of a slowdown whilst I have been away, although the hot water pipe was extremely difficult, there is one water heater which will be hidden in the bathroom counter, this will feed the bathroom sink, the shower and the kitchen sink, anyway the tiles look quite nice and will be finished tomorrow.



The messy bit running along the floor in the middle of this picture will be a raised area to stop shower water going into the main bathroom area.

[EmperorTud]

Did you get the inspiration for the granite tile design from the Hellraiser movies?

[dirtydog]

Ahhh, it wasn't my design, the customer spent a few seconds with a scrap of paper and a pen, not quite a detailed plan but we got the idea of what he wanted

[Fabian]

hmmm, seems to have been a bit of a slowdown whilst I have been away

That's no surprise. I guess now all your workers buggered off to isaan for songkran?

[Loombucket]

Looking really good DD, some nice ideas here, keep it coming.

[dirtydog]

Got to admit I might stop working again after this one, I can't afford to but I really have had enough of dealing with Thai morons, the guys doing the bathroom counter are closed till the 21st, fok knows what is happening with the kitchen stuff as they are taking the full holiday for the whole of Thailand, I remember when they were poor and worked all the time, things are changing too much and the bstards have holidays and that, I really do need to work for a couple more years to sort stuff out, but i REALLY HATE WORKING

[dirtydog]

Time to start fitting the toilet etc, actually today we are doing all the lighting and mains runs so we can get the ceiling people back in again next week, anyway here you can see the toilet fitted, this is just white cemented into place, no flange or any of that other rubbish that is used in Europe and America.



Here you can see the raised ridge to stop shower water going into the main bathroom area.

[DrAndy]

I had to put a ridge in one of my bathrooms, but afterwards

the floor was sloped towards the drain, but not enough, so the water spread across the bathroom. I just stuck a line of solid marble pieces aross, not very high but enough (about 1 cm)

looked fine and worked well

[dirtydog]

So lets see how things are progressing, the kitchen stuff is now ready to be brought to the condo and the final finishing touches applied, the cabinet maker garaunteed to be finished in 2 weeks but we all know that is impossible as the bstards were closed for Songkran week, not that their delay makes much difference but it would be nice if they were realistic about times for delivery and that, they need another week to finish while it is in the condo, this cost 110,000baht without electrical appliances, got to admit it don't look like 110k bahts worth of kitchen but will do when it is finished, nice red granite tops and all that



The people doing the bathroom counter doors and frame are finally open again and they have finished so I got to pick that stuff up, these pictures are of the form work being done for the bathroom counter, this will also be classy red granite.



He has gone a bit over the top with the form work and tried making it into a work of art, really no reason to go that far apart from it being tidy work, but basically all it has to do is hold the concrete in place till it hardens off.

[dirtydog]

Amongst other things that are being done to day the bathroom counter has had its concrete pour, that should have been done yesterday but they got confused with the sink size



Tomorrow afternoon the kitchen people will bring the counters and cupboards and start fitting them

[dirtydog]

We are now at the stage where we need the ceiling finished and the kitchen fitted, the kichen people want the ceiling guys to finish before they start which is a bit of a pain but they should finish by Wednesday.

This is where the kitchen will go.



And here are a lot of bits of the kitchen ready to be fitted.



The bathroom counter is setting off quite nicely, most of the front has been tiled now but not in this picture.

[Spin]

What about the value of this place when its finished?

It looks like the bloke bought 2 empty units and is paying you to finish off. Is it possible to flip them when they are finished and make a profit, or is it possible to buy a finished unit for a similar price to what the units and fit-out cost?

[dirtydog]

I think it comes down to who is selling it for you, quite a few guys fit them out and sell them on, can't imagine they do it for a loss.

[dirtydog]

Time to chuck the sink in its hole.



Final pour of concrete on top and it is now ready for the granite man.

[dirtydog]

Finally got the ceiling people back in, wanted them to finish it over the weekend but something went wrong with that plan, should have all the plaster board up today and taped and jointed tomorrow.

[Fabian]

I am always amazed about the high safety standards in Thailand.

[Mid]

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arr , why don't the locals align the sinks with the front of the counter ? ,

like this your sure to get wet trousers