Building in Korat

[Panthip]

Really enjoying this thread. Thanks!

Bill H

Kop kun ma krap.

Saturday 24th of January we'll be on our way to Thailand. I'll take a lot of pics in and around the house and display them here in March I guess.

See you.

[Propagator]

Have a safe trip Panthip

[Panthip]

Finally I have visited the place and seen the house with my own eyes. As indicated on the google map this place is far out in the sticks. However the house was very nice.





Ban Na


This is rural area. It takes 7-8 hours by bus to get to Pattaya. The closes neighbours are 2 small villages with their inevitably temples.


View from the back side of the house.


Water tank and pumps has been installed.





View towards SE.





The front part is due North.


Some pics from the rear terrace.








and from the balcony in the front.


As suspected they had not managed to install water traps in the bathrooms and there was a foul smell from the soil tank. After several unsuccessful attempts to make traps on the pipes they solved the problem by cutting the pipes and let the water run out into the fields. Later they will run the pipes back to the road so the water can run out in the ditch. According the builder this was a common practice and since the ditch belong to the road would “none of the neighbors could complain”.
Well, this is Thailand.



Bathroom in 2 floor.






The stairway.




Details from the stairway ceiling.


Some of the rooms in 2nd floor.





The living room in the ground floor before furniture and curtains has been purchased.


The ceiling lamps are a gift from the builder.


The living room with fitted with furniture and curtains. The ceiling lamps are so powerful that we will need a dimmer.





The builder at left and the house owner Yuwathida discuss the details concerning construction of the wall around the house.

[jimmie2549]

very nice pict. this I eill use when i make my own house

[SEA Traveler]

Very nice Panthip. I find the stepped ceiling at the top of the stairs on the 2nd floor particularly attractive. Colors of walls, the floors, the kitchen, and everything looks nice. Did the builder have any other options for the location placement of the elevated water tank. After looking at the available space it seems as if location placement might have been considered to minimize the eye sore.

Can you elaborate a little on the method used to mount and secure the TV to the wall?

The second floor patio is nice. Good view of the local country side. Peaceful. I'm sure you will enjoy! Ciao!

[phillo]

what happened to the vibrater for the concrete and the compacter for backfill?

[Panthip]

Very nice Panthip. I find the stepped ceiling at the top of the stairs on the 2nd floor particularly attractive. Colors of walls, the floors, the kitchen, and everything looks nice. Did the builder have any other options for the location placement of the elevated water tank. After looking at the available space it seems as if location placement might have been considered to minimize the eye sore.

Can you elaborate a little on the method used to mount and secure the TV to the wall?

The second floor patio is nice. Good view of the local country side. Peaceful. I'm sure you will enjoy! Ciao!

Well mate, I could of course change the position of the tank assembly if I was there when they constructed it. Not much we can do with that now.

We bought the telly at "The Mall" in Korat complete with installation. Two blokes from the shop came the next day and erected the suspension brackets. Connected the telly and installed all the programs. Just the way I like it:-)

There was a lot of channels but I could only understand CNN, BBC and Bloomberg.
It's a pity they dub a lot of the channels.

[Panthip]

It’s a bit tricky to give a 100% cost split, there will always be some unintentionally expenses but the attached scheme is correct as far as I’ve been able to trace the current spending.

I have not included the cost for air-condition, kitchen equipment and outfit, furniture etc. These expenses would anyway fluctuate based on what one need or think is necessary. Right now we have installed 5 air con units but need 2 more to cover all the rooms so here there will come an extra cost in the future.
However, the plumbing and cables for the units are already in place.

Electricity to the house is another chapter and here the local Amphou has estimated the power consumption wrongly. They have installed too little capacity and replacements must be done. Originally we paid 35000bt but this will increase to 65000bt after the adjustment.

Water tank, pumps, water heater, etc was also an expense that came up later in the process.

The water heaters are working very well but we have to install a thermostatic control on the showers so we don’t get boiled. (It's either too cold or too hot)

The heaters consume a lot of power so here is probably the mistake from the electricity company, they might have thought that we didn’t need hot water?

At the end we have the house-warming party compete with 19 monks and some 350 people. This is neither on the scheme but it amount to 40000bt. Food, beer, laokao and gifts to the monks all included.

[Panthip]

24.03.09 Here are some pics I received yesterday showing the start of the boundary construction.

[rubik101]

Hey, Panthip, a great project and a great thread. I hope you will be happy in your new house. My only reservation is that you went for a modern designn instead of a traditional Thai style house.
Otherwise it looks great, just not to my taste!

[Panthip]

Hey, Panthip, a great project and a great thread. I hope you will be happy in your new house. My only reservation is that you went for a modern designn instead of a traditional Thai style house.
Otherwise it looks great, just not to my taste!

Khun rubik101,
Thanks for your comments. We didn’t want at traditional house but a modern house with all its qualities.
That’s why.

[Panthip]

I think I'll just let the images talk for themselves.
























The small helpers was most concerned with the sandpit .

[DrAndy]

Hey, Panthip, a great project and a great thread. I hope you will be happy in your new house. My only reservation is that you went for a modern designn instead of a traditional Thai style house.
Otherwise it looks great, just not to my taste!

what is your idea of a traditional Thai style house Rubik?

anyway Pantip, you have done well and I hope you will be happy there

[DrAndy]

Can you elaborate a little on the method used to mount and secure the TV to the wall?

you buy a mounting kit for the size of TV

That is then screwed to the wall, using wall plugs and screws supplied

The TV is then attached to the mount

usually there is some tilt possible on the mount

[a. boozer]

Can you elaborate a little on the method used to mount and secure the TV to the wall?

you buy a mounting kit for the size of TV

That is then screwed to the wall, using wall plugs and screws supplied

The TV is then attached to the mount

usually there is some tilt possible on the mount

Bought a new LCD television at Tesco Lotus, in Ban Chang, when I inquired, a wall mounting kit was offered at 2,000 Bht.

[a. boozer]

Panthip, The walls are looking good, as did the rest of the project!

[SEA Traveler]

Can you elaborate a little on the method used to mount and secure the TV to the wall?

you buy a mounting kit for the size of TV

That is then screwed to the wall, using wall plugs and screws supplied

The TV is then attached to the mount

usually there is some tilt possible on the mount

Bought a new LCD television at Tesco Lotus, in Ban Chang, when I inquired, a wall mounting kit was offered at 2,000 Bht.

So, it sounds as if the walls are strong enough to hold a large flat screen TV with the proper mounting kit.

Khun Boozer, did you purchase the mounting kit? are you going to purchase the mounting kit? who is going to install for you?

At this point, I'm opting for a TV table I have coming that way but may at some future point consider a wall mount.

[DrAndy]

go for the wall SEA, it keeps the bloody thing out of the way of any accident

most walls can take the weight of a big TV, even QCON

the wall fittings have several screws to take the weight, not just one or two

[Panthip]

It has come to my knowledge that there are images gone missing in this thread. If I'm given permission I can reload those pics.

[Panthip]

Here are som more pics of the wall.

[a. boozer]

Khun Boozer, did you purchase the mounting kit? are you going to purchase the mounting kit? who is going to install for you?

At this point, I'm opting for a TV table I have coming that way but may at some future point consider a wall mount.

SEA Traveler. No have not purchased the wall mounting kit yet! Like yourself, I have a television table, and will wait until we and the furniture are in the house, to see what is going to be the most comfortable to live with.

[Panthip]

We need a small gate at the backside as well.

[DrAndy]

We need a small gate at the backside as well.

you probably mean "at the rear" as you are Norwegian, not German

[Panthip]

Rearside, backside. Is it not not same same?

[mrsquirrel]

I see you have the ceramic cooking elements.

Keep the Brilo/wire wool pads away from that or it will be an expensive cleaning for you.

The missus just cleaned my mothers ceramic hob with a wire brilo, but luckily only put two very faint scratches on it. Thank fuck for that or we would have never heard the end of it