Thread: Buying a village house to move to our land

Yeah nice effect Wimpy

Originally Posted by wimpy

It is intentional. It is not paint, it is polished cement. A mixture of red and yellow pigment has been added to a combination of regular and white cement. Then we add some white cement in spots and blur it all together to get the mottled effect.

Sorry for the spammer,


Whimpy, keep the pictures going.... Your place is Very Nice!

Never let someone tell you it is not. Be proud... Be loud...

Thanks, we like it very much. We find ourselves spending more and more time there. It is not just the house, but the sense of community when living in a small village. Saturday there was a huge community effort and contest to rebuild these mini dams that slow the flow of water down the mountain side. Sponsorship from Coca Cola.


After building the dams, we planted over 700 trees. Great fun and satisfying too.

Songsam and coke, with lots of lime juice, hits the spot

Nice one Wimpy ,, is that you in the pic ?

^ he is not a Thai woman!

Finishing touches for the new house for our Pee. Built that one myself!!

Congrats Mr. President. Well done!

Back on topic... The outdoor kitchen is officially finished. Just have go buy a range.


The counters came out nice.

Kitchen looking good Wimpy ,, would have thought a couple of gas bottles with burners on the top would suffice for our there .

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

Kitchen looking good Wimpy ,, would have thought a couple of gas bottles with burners on the top would suffice for our there .

I do like my herb encrusted roast chicken.

Place looking great mate job well done.

Originally Posted by bobo746

Place looking great mate job well done.

Yes.... Looking great!

You have a great carpenter, well done.

Mr. W,

On the back wall of your kitchen... The wood... I would like to do that in my Thai kitchen, on the roof looking up .

Also, did you ever get the straw mat's too stop molding???

If ya did, please send me a PM and tell me how you did it. Our humidity is about 70% all year round...


Carra

Originally Posted by wimpy

I do like my herb encrusted roast chicken.

Fair play mate ,, some pics in the dinner thread later would be good

Originally Posted by Carrabow

Mr. W,

On the back wall of your kitchen... The wood... I would like to do that in my Thai kitchen, on the roof looking up .

Also, did you ever get the straw mat's too stop molding???

If ya did, please send me a PM and tell me how you did it. Our humidity is about 70% all year round...


Carra

That is the hardwood siding the house is built from.

Yes. The trick is to coat the bamboo ply with something immediately. We coated the ply used on the balcony ceiling with shelldrite, shellac and urethane straight away. It has been through a wet season, and shows no sign of mildew.

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

Originally Posted by wimpy

I do like my herb encrusted roast chicken.

Fair play mate ,, some pics in the dinner thread later would be good

Picked up a repossessed gas range from the Singer shop yesterday, so we are good to go.

The new teak entry gate.


Lumber rack in the garage.

He is one skilled craftsman , your carpenter / welder

Originally Posted by wimpy

Originally Posted by Carrabow

Mr. W,

On the back wall of your kitchen... The wood... I would like to do that in my Thai kitchen, on the roof looking up .

Also, did you ever get the straw mat's too stop molding???

If ya did, please send me a PM and tell me how you did it. Our humidity is about 70% all year round...


Carra

That is the hardwood siding the house is built from.

Yes. The trick is to coat the bamboo ply with something immediately. We coated the ply used on the balcony ceiling with shelldrite, shellac and urethane straight away. It has been through a wet season, and shows no sign of mildew.

Thanks Whimpy!!!

It really helps

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

He is one skilled craftsman , your carpenter / welder

You got to get him some business cards....


Tell him! he has made a name!!!!

Outdoor kitchen looks really nice, worktops are great. Going to cook up a storm when the range is in.

Originally Posted by kiwinev

Outdoor kitchen looks really nice, worktops are great. Going to cook up a storm when the range is in.

Shoot, he is cooking up a storm with the boys working