Thread: Humbert's Hideaway in the Hinterland

Are you living there full time now? Or Bkk?

In the upstairs you said it's got Aircon? What size is it and does it keep cool?

It looks really nice but I havent stayed in a timber second story home that wasn't ridiculously, completely over the top hot.

I mean I can see outside through window gaps & stuff.

Not hatin, it looks nice, but it just seems like it would be hotasballs up there.

Originally Posted by Slick

Are you living there full time now? Or Bkk?

In the upstairs you said it's got Aircon? What size is it and does it keep cool?

It looks really nice but I havent stayed in a timber second story home that wasn't ridiculously, completely over the top hot.

I mean I can see outside through window gaps & stuff.

Not hatin, it looks nice, but it just seems like it would be hotasballs up there.

Not all are pussies, Slick.
Assumptions.

Originally Posted by PeeCoffee

Surinites

Guess that leaves your low life northern neighbors persona non grata.

Unacclimated pussy checking in

I mean I work outside 12 hours a day offshore in the Middle East sometimes but still like some fooking Aircon in the house

And the timber upper story homes I've been in are hotter inside than out. Rarely ever cooler than a thin shade tree.

Originally Posted by ossierob

Originally Posted by Humbert

I was in the village for the last week and things seem to be progressing on a relaxed schedule. The workers took off two days while I was there to round up fish from ponds that were being drained on my father-in-law's land.

We are finishing the partially exposed ceiling with timber. I did not want something overly decorative so I opted for a simple plank design. We re-used a lot of timber from the old house that stood in the same location. Everything will be sanded and stained to very dark matte finish.



The tile work has started. I am using a Campana 40x40 tile for the floors and counters. It is kind of an earthy brownish grey color.


The bathroom on the first floor.



The counters are being roughed in.


I'm installing a gas cook top with a exhaust unit overhead. I am building a wood fire oven outside that I will use for pizza and bread.

Humbert we built a similar kitchen to the one depicted in your picture that is made from rendered cement blocks. For the benches we used marble but a complaint my wife has made is that she can constantly smell the concrete when she opens any cupboard door. Has anybody else had this issue and resolved it and could give me a solution....thanks

had the same problem ended up completely tiling the insides

I wonder if any posters have tried passive cooling in their Timber homes? The problem with fan only cooling is it works best in smaller rooms rather than big open areas. Placing larger capacity fans so they draw air through the ceiling and exhaust into the roof space will help to cool those rooms. The fans can be located behind a ceiling grill in the roof space itself. The main thing is to keep the air movement between 0.5m/s and 1m/s. A well vented ceiling is required to prevent a positive pressure build up in the ventilated space otherwise the static pressure will reduce fan efficiency. The reason for the limit on air movement is that any less has little cooling effect and any more and the breeze can become uncomfortable. Here is a do- it -yourselfer approach. It may give you some hints on your own system.

https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&r...n0iWuGsNOSfmyw

^Well I'm embarrassed to say that we have vent fans in our main room which suck air into the attic space. However they're fairly useless as the attic itself is not well ventilated. We're going to get roof ventilators fitted sometime soon.

I've recently found the most efficient way to cool down my concrete house in the evenings (with no air con) is to turn on the bathroom and kitchen wall exhaust fans in the back of the house and open windows on the cool side of the house. Draws the nice cool air all the way though even though the fans are small.

Misskit, I surmise you have a ranch-style (one-level) house , not two levels.
Would this be correct ?

^Bungalow

Seems to be a few farang living in the Sangkha area. Anybody like to catch up for a beer or three some time? I'm near Loet Arun about 10k's along the Surin road.