A hillbilly shack in the jungle...

**hillbilly** · 05-09-2006, 04:56 PM

More house workers have arrived and set up home.

The wife and her family decide that we are having to many problems on the work site. So here come the monks.

**hillbilly** · 05-09-2006, 05:42 PM

Then the garlands were placed.

The work on the bathroom begins. Here is where the cost of the home begins to rise.

**hillbilly** · 05-09-2006, 05:48 PM

The wife and I start to go a little crazy here at this point as the roof leaks. here you can see the roof being replaced (sorta). Why? Well, one of the local workers that the main house boss hired used the wrong nails to install the shingles. Believe, me this story aint over yet...

Regardless, the work on the front staircase continues on.l

**waldo_one2** · 05-09-2006, 05:51 PM

What a great thread!!!.....really and insightive.Hope alls well that ends well.

I'm gonna follow this thread!!

Cheers Wal.

**hillbilly** · 05-09-2006, 06:23 PM

The work on the master bedroom continues.

Talk about patience. We lay out the bathroom floor over and over again.

**dirtydog** · 05-09-2006, 06:36 PM

That's actually a real good way to do the pour, normally most builders wouldn't pour the beam and floor in the same go as the wood is so expensive, can't green you at the moment though

**bobforest** · 06-09-2006, 11:48 AM

Hillbilly

Great thread - very interesting and informative. I'm glad it's you and not me! I chickened out of a similar project and decided to buy an already build house.

Also, congratulations Teakdoor on a quality product

bobforest

**hillbilly** · 06-09-2006, 04:56 PM

Dirty dawg, I thought the same thing. However, this is what happened.

This is a view from the bedroom terrace showing the worker building the forms for the concrete posts.

**hillbilly** · 06-09-2006, 05:01 PM

As the bathroom continues so does the bedroom terrace. Look for a Thai crutch...

What are these 2 ladies staring at? One is my sister-in-law and the other is K. Jaew my B150 a day eye-on-the-job lady. Please take note of my fancy pencil holder I made for my office.

Give up? When the monks had come earlier to give their blessing on the land they had laid their hands on an 150-year old brick. These 2 ladies were looking at this brick tying to find a lucky number for the underground lottery.

**hillbilly** · 06-09-2006, 05:03 PM

Here is the view from the back of the home as the bathroom is coming along.To be honest, at this point I lost control of this specific project. In other words I had no idea how the bathroom was going to tie into the rest of the house.

The concrete block begins to go up for the bathroom.

**hillbilly** · 06-09-2006, 05:07 PM

We often had concrete left at the end of the day. I soon got tired of the Thai workers dumping the excess on the ground.

So the patio for my sala begins to grow...

**hillbilly** · 06-09-2006, 06:11 PM

The workers came in all shapes and forms.

This Thai worker lost his leg and most of his left hand in a train accident when he has a young boy. Regardless, one of the the best carpenters I ever had on the job site.

**Rigger** · 06-09-2006, 06:58 PM

We had a one legged electrician that use to get so pissed he would pull up in his tuk tuk get out and forget he only had one leg and fall flat on his face

No wonder half of my power points are crooked

**hillbilly** · 06-09-2006, 07:02 PM

Speaking of electricians, wait until you hear this story...

**NickA** · 06-09-2006, 09:32 PM

Originally Posted by Rigger

We had a one legged electrician that use to get so pissed he would pull up in his tuk tuk get out and forget he only had one leg and fall flat on his face

You mean he liked to get legless...boom! boom!

**hillbilly** · 07-09-2006, 05:14 PM

Here is one of the better carpenters from upcountry. TRT must be rather popular as most of the workers had a least one t-shirt with TRT displayed.

The block wall for the bathroom is coming along. The only problem is I still do not have a clue how to tie the bathroom roof into the master plan.

**hillbilly** · 07-09-2006, 05:17 PM

The fence boss arrives with some more supplies for his crew.

Finally, the gate for where the driveway will be finally gets underway.

**hillbilly** · 07-09-2006, 05:28 PM

Supplies for the electrical crew arrives. I had demanded that our home's electrical system meet US standards for safety. We finally found a electrician that could deliver what I wanted. He came out and drew blueprints and understood what I wanted.

We have him a B3,000 deposit and he said he would be here tomorrow. on the way home, he went to another job, fell off the roof and fractured his mid-spine. I let him keep the deposit.

Now his friend is on the job.

You may have noticed that I posted some photos of the elctrical work in progress earlier. This was done by an electrician who was a friend of the family. He had come out, brought his own hi-grade wire and began to wire the home. Everything was looking great. The problem? No estimate yet. We recieved it a few days later for B63,000. Needless to say, he was dismissed and I gave him B10,000 for the wire.

Moral of the story? Make certain you and your wife are on the same page.

**hillbilly** · 07-09-2006, 05:33 PM

This is where I usually ate lunch for B15 for fried rice and a meat of some sort. Me being the big spender would just give a B20 bill and say thanks...

**friscofrankie** · 07-09-2006, 05:46 PM

Originally Posted by hillbilly

Me being the big spender would just give a B20 bill and say thanks...

Spendthrift. I did that my Ol' lady would be on me for weeks.

Place is lookin real good man, what ar the dimensions?

**hillbilly** · 07-09-2006, 06:30 PM

i did not always enjoy using the worker's toilet all the time. Occasionally, I would use the neighbor's facility.

Modern conveniences all the way.

**Fingers_in_pies** · 07-09-2006, 06:38 PM

Hate them toilets

**hillbilly** · 07-09-2006, 06:38 PM

My idea for the bathroom is slowly advancing.

House contract.

**hillbilly** · 07-09-2006, 06:42 PM

The coffee table( without any varnish) is looking good.

Working on the ceiling! BTW, that is my ladder I bought for B1,700.

**RandomChances** · 07-09-2006, 06:51 PM

Originally Posted by hillbilly

TRT must be rather popular as most of the workers had a least one t-shirt with TRT displayed.

They give them away free if you attend a meeting or rally, along with something 500bhat/car load....to cover fuel costs.

We did our bathroom nearly exactly the same as you as out upstairs is wood , well we did'nt have a downstiars then, but later blocked it in

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