Saturday, 13 November 2010
Nice day for a cycle ride so I took off on the Yamaha 135 cc cycle to the Phyoun Beach area where the Thai house is being build. The weather has been dry and it has been a few weeks since last updating so I suspected that the progress would have been substantial. Not so much the case though. Although progress was made, I suppose that because of the nature of the work being done it just takes more time. The floor boards of the house were completed, the wood columns were sandblasted and made smooth, and the current effort was directed at having the wood soffit and ceiling installed.
This first picture is taken from the common area to the 3 bedroom house. The sand blasted columns and completed hardwood floor, and the beginning of the soffit/ceiling can be noted.



In walking under the house to the ladder leading to the second floor, I noted that the height between the ground and the floor boards is sufficient for most people to walk under without stooping. However, entering that area will probably require some ducking under the perimeter primary floor supports and those taller than about 6’6” (198cm) will have trouble walking upright under the house. From the following picture you can note that there is no insulation or reflective foil under the roof tiles and above the soffit/ceiling boards. The soffit/ceiling and sanded wood columns did have a nice smooth finish and the color I was told would richen to a red/brownish color after a few weeks of weathering.



Here are a few more pictures of the ceiling work. You will note in the first of these 3 pictures that there is a flat surface cut on the protruding branch from the column. I asked about this because it was prevalent on many of the columns. The builder/owner told me that he was going to install lamps at those locations and had one of the workers go and get a sample lamp that was to be installed.





I asked the builder/owner when he would begin putting up the walls of the house. I was looking to get a time sequence so that I might plan my next visit but I got a typical Thai answer of when the ceiling is completed. I let it go at that knowing that asking anything more would be a futile exercise.

This next picture is looking down to the entryway landing from the 2nd floor common area. There will be steps that lead from the ground to the front entryway landing and then a 2nd set of steps from the entryway landing leading straight up to the 2nd floor common area.



From this outside ground angle, you can imagine the steps leading up from the ground to the entryway landing and then onto the 2nd floor common area.



The builder/owner indicated that he was going to cover the 2nd floor common area. He did not elaborate as to how he was planning on accomplishing and imagine will just have to wait and see about that effort. While down at ground level, the builder took me over to the storage area and showed me the sinks that were to be used in the bedrooms of the house. There were teak wood as were the pedestal supports for the sink. He went on to say that each of the 3 bedrooms was to have a Jacuzzi and that each of the Jacuzzi’s was to be made of teak wood. We took a walk over to the area under the house where there was a lot of the wood materials to be used on the house. There were some old shutters that he said were going to be refinished and put on the house and the root like furniture that was going to be placed in the house he said that he was going to place some padded silk on the backs and sets of that furniture for use within the house. He has some grand plans and I have to say that after seeing some of the pictures in magazines that he showed me, I can only believe that this Thai house is going to be a piece of artwork. I was invited back again to take pictures anytime. There were supposedly some Japanese and German people looking at the house who were interested in purchasing it. Estimated completion date is sometime in early April 2011.



In another few weeks I’ll take a run down again to take a look. Anyone coming to the area who might have an interest in seeing this place, send me a PM and we can hook up and take a ride down. Until next time.