My Traditional Thai House Too

[bifftastic]

We've just had a few days holiday in Chiang Rai and spent some of it in the second-hand wood yards around the traps. The north has a greater choice of recycled wood & house components, and far better quality than we have found in the dealers around our area of Isaan (east of Nong Khai). THe only downside for us is that it's mostly teak - we're building in mai-daeng and pradoo. Plus I imagine there are issues transporting it from province to province. But if we were to build again and didn't have enough wood of our own I'd look at sourcing recycled stock from the North if at all possible.

Hi there, new to TD but very interested in this thread. Where are the second hand wood yards in Chiang Rai you visited? Any up near Chiang Saen by any chance?

[SiamRick]

Love this thread. Wanted to know if you could post bigger, higher resolution pictures? This project, with its beautiful wood, cries out for sharp pictures! Thanks.

[Twocam]

Hey Biff, the two main ones were on the road out of C.Rai if you are headed to C.Saen. Just past the airport turnoff there is one on the left of the road, they have mostly doors and windows and a small selection of 'sao' posts and boards. A bit further out of C.Rai on the other side of the road is a much larger yard which has everything you would need, mostly in original condition, but they will clean/patch wood for you before delivery.

SiamRick sorry bout the photos, most are taken on a phone so not great quality.

Today's update is that the roof tiles are on, with a final bit of cosmetic work due tomorrow. Then Monday they start on the walls.

[Twocam]

Well things are moving along slowly - we now have the tiling done, floors down and the windows and doors are being delivered next week. We chose 80 year old doors at a secondhand-wood shop in Udon and had them finished. We also got them to make the windows from old wood from their shop.

[Twocam]

Floors fitted and nailed down in the past couple of weeks. Not too many gaps to be filled. With a mixture of 40year old wood and some of our own younger wood seasoned for 2 years we hope it will stay that way.

[Twocam]

Test set of 140cm tall windows we had made to see if we liked them...they came out rather well I think, if a bit more expensive than we budgeted at 3000 baht per set. It's the finishing touches that will send us over budget I suspect.