A Thailand tree house

[hillbilly]

When I went to our tree house a couple of weeks ago, this is what I saw.



The work had stopped. Now what I asked myself. Here was the problem.



Let's see what you think.

[JoGeAr]

^ Are they bricks ?

[hillbilly]

Yes, they are.

[JoGeAr]

Looks like your land may have been built up at some stage. Those bricks seem to be lying there loose, are they? If not, and they are part of a structure, what the hell is/was it?

[Marmite the Dog]

Looks like they've uncovered an ancient city. You're going to have to demolish D & G Mate.

[DrAndy]

so what is the dress code? do men have to wear them too?

[Aquaman]

an ancient temple. awsome.

[JoGeAr]

You're going to have to demolish D & G Mate.

Nah, just change the name to D & G Resort and Shrine !!

[hillbilly]

Local history says at one time many years ago there either a giant spirit house or a temple of some sort located in this area.

You know the story, an old lady says that her grandmother told her a story from her grandmother.

The local Wat school also recently ran into the same problem. The teachers called the government officials to have a look see. Eventually, the school had to stop construction and move their building elsewhere.

You can see some perfectly formed bricks that appear to be either a foundation or steps of some sort.



Still digging away and finding even more bricks.

[hillbilly]

After the main monk came and poked around the site, he said relax "the spirits are okay."

The locals all agreed as they want to work. Guess I was the only one concerned.

Anyway construction resumes!



Personally, I think a lot of this history is nothing more than folklore. Yes, it is true that the Burmese devasted much of this area over 400 years ago.

However, we have a numerous bricks evaluated by experts both Thai and 'falangs.' They all say that the bricks are only about 100-150 years old. So who really knows?

[cimboc]

^ so they going to on sale in the D & G souvenir shop "Take a piece of Ancient Thailand home for 500 baht"

[JaiYinYin]

How much did that cost to build if u dont mind me asking ?

[hillbilly]

This a rather difficult question to answer. The problem is that we had already many of the building materials and I have forgotten the prices. Materials such as PVC pipe, wood and tiles.

Having said that in my experience, one project always leads to another. Anyway, if I was to guess about the total cost for building just the tree house I would gather about B250,000.

[DrAndy]

if you used proper teak trunks for the support, an extra B40,000

[WhiteLotusLane]

Teak trunks are that cheap? 6 of them for 40K ?

[hillbilly]

Not really that cheap. Anyway, it doesn't take a gigantic teak pole to hold up a house. Now if you want one that you can't reach around, then some serious money comes into the equation.

[Dean]

Isn't it some sort of good luck to have a teak log wide enough not to be able to reach around it? At least, thats what the person who sold me one of my teak logs told me.

[WhiteLotusLane]

Good luck for the seller you mean?

Anyway, I think when they're obviously too big for the house structurally then I don't like that look. I see that sometimes. But if it actually holds up a lot of weight then I'm all for it.

[BKKBILL]

I just looked at your web site HB and you have it all looking good. Hope the venture goes well.