Thread: Buying a village house to move to our land

Originally Posted by OhOh

Do you have a stand/guide table to ensure all are the same, or is the router hand held?

Rather than go back through all the thread can you tell me the name of the wood you are using for the siding?

Every time you post new pictures it's a pleasure to see your ideas being brought to fruition.

I am using a hand held router with a guide attached to do lap joints incorporating a 10mm groove. The only issue I am having is variation in thickness of the siding. Spend a lot of time sorting through the pieces to find ones that match up nicely. It will never be perfect without replanning all the boards on a professional planner - which is not going to happen. The house has a rustic feel, so I think a bit of variation will be acceptable.

The wood is mai taeng (teng), also referred to as Philippine mahogany.

^Thanks

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

When I last made a handmade oak kitchen I foolishly had the idea of routing a pattern into the doors , course one I had done one I had to do the lot ,, not realising just how many cutters I would go through

if they had been new oak, no problem, that is soft

old oak is the biscuit

It is already down to bare wood. All the siding has been disc sanded to bare wood prior to installation. Some of it has since been rained on, and will need a light sanding before finishing. The wood is Mai Taeng (Teng) - commonly known as Philippine Mahogany. Not Mai Daeng (iron wood). The three wood posts are Mai Daeng. I used a lot of Mai Daeng in my place in Chiang Mai. The sawdust from that stuff was incredibly sticky. Mai Taeng is not nearly as bad in that respect. Splinters from it, on the other hand, are nasty. They always get infected if you don't get them out straight away.

Originally Posted by DrAndy

old oak is the biscuit

No this was very old stale biscuit

From today. The balcony starts to take shape.


The siding should be finished on Monday.

Just finished this in one go this am. Not having a old house to reuse , using concrete rebar post and beam (std construction in Issan) but you have shown some fantastic ideas for the finish work that I will do myself.
Very limited budget for my house plan. 6M X9M 2 story , posted on CTH as "Ban Na Kohm" in "your building story"
Thanks
Mark

Ha ha, I've always got lots of ideas - not necessarily good ones though.

This is where we are as of today... All the siding is up. Started framing the bedroom walls. The painter is coming on Tuesday - weather permitting. He is going to put two more coats of urethane on the bamboo cieling - which is already mildewing. I am not sure how long I am going to be able put up with that. If I can't stand it, I may rip it out and put up pine battens. You can buy used pine from packing crates and pallets pretty cheaply and rip it as needed. On the outside, I have decided to do two coats of shellac and then three coats of a clear semi-gloss wood stain. First, all the various holes and cracks will be filled and everything sanded again. The painter is a furniture guy, so hopefully it will look nice.

Looking good. Pity about the roofing. Did you seal the other side of the bamboo prior to installing the sheets?

Professional painters, with scaffolding, that's a first.

I would of suggested trying to get some airflow between the top of the bamboo and the underside of the steel roof sheets but maybe the humidity would make it worse.

Looking really nice, great to see the progress.

We did not seal the back side of the bamboo sheets.

Here is an example of the problem. It appears worse on the exposed side, and not so bad of the back side. It is much worse on areas of the eaves where there is no insulation.


This is the back side.


In some areas, you can wipe it off. In other areas, it appears to be undeath the coat of urethane. I don't know what to do. If it keeps getting worse (and I suspect it will) It will start to look really dirty. I could paint it, but fear that will look cheesy. I can rip it all out and start over with wood, or I could sheet rock it. Another option would be to use decorative plywood - (like ash or birch). Open to any suggestions.

just let it go

maybe it will look fine and weathered

I don't know why your sheets have got any fungal/algal growth; mine did where we had a leak, otherwise nothing

No leaks, but this area is always quite damp. Very different climate than the rest of Lampang.

Originally Posted by wimpy

Open to any suggestions.

Looks like you got the thin bamboo sheeting.
They is another type that is compressed, thicker, stronger and covered in some sort of bonding/resin.
It's more expensive of course but might not suffer from fungi it you seal the edges after cutting it

Originally Posted by Thetyim

Originally Posted by wimpy

Open to any suggestions.

Looks like you got the thin bamboo sheeting.
They is another type that is compressed, thicker, stronger and covered in some sort of bonding/resin.
It's more expensive of course but might not suffer from fungi it you seal the edges after cutting it

They had 2, 3, and 5 mil available. We choose the 3 mil on their recommendation for ceiling use. I was going to use the 5 mil, but the lady at the factory talked me into the 3. Said the 5 mil would be too heavy. Rats.

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A friend just up the road has used quite a bit of the bamboo, and hasn't had any mildew problems. The only thing he did different was immediately install and seal it. Ours sat in the carport for a while, was then installed, and another month or so went by before it got sealed. The painter is going to paint over some of the uglier bits of mildew with some bamboo colored paint. Hopefully it will blend in.

Posts for the entry stairs.


Painter hard at work.


The finish for the balcony is about finished.

First coat of shellac.

are you able to get any air flow between the roof tiles and the bamboo ceiling? I think you may be building up some hot moist air between the two and that could be causing the problem with the mold on the bamboo.

Originally Posted by runker

are you able to get any air flow between the roof tiles and the bamboo ceiling? I think you may be building up some hot moist air between the two and that could be causing the problem with the mold on the bamboo.

There are vents all along the edges of the roof tiles. I don't think that is the problem because the mildew is the worst in areas where there is no fiberglass insulation. I would expect the airflow the be the best is those areas. I believe the problem stems from letting the the bamboo ply sit uncoated in a damp carport for a month or two. Then after installation it sat for another month or so without being having any finish applied. When I noticed the mildew, I immediately had them coat it with shellac and then I put a coat of urethane on. If I had it to do over,I would coat both sides with shellac and urethane immediately after purchase and prior to installation.

Two coats of shellac on the front of the house, plus we got the front door installed. Pleased with how the dark red siding contrasts with the golden teak. The shellacked siding will get another light sanding and then two coats of clear stain.

Also the foil on the insulation is acting as a vapor barrier trapping moisture, is it too late to install a ridge vent along the ridge of your roof?