The construction of Ms. Buad hai's house

[a. boozer]

The fans with lights are not very strong cooling wise

Methinks, maybe 'Helicopter' has a manual for tuning the rotors!

[stroller]

Mitsubishi also do 'reversible' airconditioners, which are very durable. 'Reversible' meaning you can use them for heating, ie. warming the air rather than cooling.
I wish I'd opted for this, considering this cold winter up 'ere.

For water heaters, there is some good advice in El Gibbon's "moving to the...." thread.

[The_Dude]

Mitsubishi also do 'reversible' airconditioners, which are very durable. 'Reversible' meaning you can use them for heating, ie. warming the air rather than cooling.
I wish I'd opted for this, considering this cold winter up 'ere.

For water heaters, there is some good advice in El Gibbon's "moving to the...." thread.

The correct term, is "Heat Pump' which has a reversing valve and check valve to make sure proper refrigerant flow is established reversing the indoor coil commonly named the evaporator in a/c term. and the outdoor coil commonly named condensing coil in a/c term.

[Anonymous Coward]

For water heaters, there is some good advice in El Gibbon's "moving to the...." thread.

Thanks, forgot about that. I take it the general advice is to get a 4.5KW minimum Japanese-made heater?

We picked out the floor tile last week:


Front porch


Living room, bedrooms and kitchen


Bathroom. Walls on the left, floor on the right.

[Spin]

those tiles for the bathroom walls will make the room look smaller, better to have plain tiles?

[Marmite the Dog]

those tiles for the bathroom walls will make the room look smaller, better to have plain tiles?

Nonsense. The bathroom wall tiles are light & those floor tiles won't make much difference.

If you want an expert's opinion, I'd PM Stroller.

[Anonymous Coward]

As usual, life is full of compromises. I would have picked a plain tile for the walls. The architect suggested tiles with heavy contrasting patterns and a band of narrow tiles separating the lower wall from the upper wall. Way to busy for me.

The pattern we ended up with is about as subtle as we could get.

I'm happy with it....

[Thetyim]

^Change your architect not your tiles

[Anonymous Coward]

^He works for the construction company but is easily swayed....

[Spin]

Nonsense

You and Stoller must have some nasty decor

[Marmite the Dog]

Nonsense

You and Stoller must have some nasty decor

Yes. My bathroom is horrendous, but it was done by a Thai.

I didn't say the tiles were nice, only that they were too light to make the room feel smaller than it actually is.

[El Gibbon]

Hmmmmm

AC how much time do you intend on spending in the bathroom? nuff said... straight on m'man.

I've got almost the same and until today I really haven't paid a whit's attention to them

E. G.

[donmeurett]

It depends on the angle of the blades and size of fan motor.
to get air moving the way it should. Have not found any fans here in LOS that did much good. The lights have nothing to do with air movement.

[Anonymous Coward]

This is the sort of look I was struggling to avoid:



The houses they built as models all have something similar.

[Anonymous Coward]

I noticed today that they are putting this insect screen in all the soffit vents:

[hillbilly]

I noticed today that they are putting this insect screen in all the soffit vents:

Sorry, to say but this is the cheap Thai way. This was suggested to the hillbilly and dismissed.

[klongmaster]

I'm about to buy a few things for the house: - Air conditioners - Anybody have particular advice as to brand, model or type on any of these times?

I recently bought a new A/C for my bedroom and received some good advice which is posted on another thread here

[Anonymous Coward]

^Thanks for making me feel good.

I think maybe this thread has gotten too much for me.

[hillbilly]

^Thanks for making me feel good.

I think maybe this thread has gotten too much for me.

Hell, just remember i have been wrong most of the time.

The house looks good, please keep the pics and comments coming.

[dirtydog]

hell nothing wrong with that stuff, he is building a medium class house, you want it 100 percent then you use stainless gauze, 700 percent more expensive at least and only used on mansions, and I had to travel 50kms each way to buy the stuff, a good example of the variations of building costings is flooring, this can vary from 100baht to 10,000baht per square meter, lino or granite, ceramic tiles at 400baht per square meter laid is cheap shite compared to African black Granite at 7,000baht per square meter.

[Anonymous Coward]

Fortunately we're on a corner lot, so only two neighbors. We moved the house away from the side neighbor, but couldn't do anything about the back one.

I'm trying to decide what sort of trees to plant as a screen. Any ideas?

I'll give the scones my best shot. I've baked them before, so I'm willing to try again....

[The_Dude]

The house looks like it is coming along well. Great pics! Keep it up, many ideas are collected from your shots.

Thank you.
The Dude

[peterpan]

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I'm trying to decide what sort of trees to plant as a screen. Any ideas?

I would like to help because I get a lot of pleasure (non sexual of course) from your posts. BUT asking me for horticultural advice is a little like asking Nana tart for financial investment assistance.

[Anonymous Coward]

I ended up buying this water heater:



It's a 4.5KW unit by Mazuma of Thailand.

We'd used one in a guest house and liked it. (Nothing like hands on.) And the owner seemed to like how reliable they were.

Another decision based on totally unreliable information....

[in4zip]

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I'm trying to decide what sort of trees to plant as a screen. Any ideas?

I would like to help because I get a lot of pleasure (non sexual of course) from your posts. BUT asking me for horticultural advice is a little like asking Nana tart for financial investment assistance.

beg to differ PP
Nana tarts are one of the best Investment Ass..istants money can buy, your money of course, provided you invest in ass..ets dear to your adviser of the moment e.g.: upcountry real estate, human and/or bovine pharmaceuticals, roofing repair companies and last but not least hair saloons and managed (by her/him depending on personal proclivity) entertainment avenues.