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    Quote Originally Posted by terp80 View Post
    Water meter installed this morning - a bit earlier than the 7 days they said it might take. The deposit was 8,900 baht.

    Considering the pipes come out of the ground straight and have right angles it was 8,900 baht well spent!

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    Thanks BKKevin. So far, I've been impressed with the service at the various government places in Mae Rim and with the Don Kaew Or Bor Tor.

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    jeez this has to be the longest build i've come across, when do you expect the job finished 2020?

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    jeez this has to be the longest build i've come across, when do you expect the job finished 2020?
    Considering that the building started about two weeks ago, those other builds you've come across must have been really fast.

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    The thread started 29.4.13


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    We had an hour or more of good rain and wind yesterday afternoon. The dirt got packed down a bit, which is good for the carport, as that will be a concrete slab on the dirt. And this is today's progress framing the 1st level beams.




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    Making the spacers to keep the rebar away from the forms. Like making a large flat cake.




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    Today's progress working on the 1st level beams:





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    I've got to read this Thread properly .

    It looks like a substantial bit of building goin on 'ere .




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    Quote Originally Posted by Wasp
    I've got to read this Thread properly . It looks like a substantial bit of building goin on 'ere .
    Please do. The first part is a little slow, what with all the buying the land stuff. I went back to the States for a while, arranged financing there, and came back in October. Finally settled on an architect and spent a lot of time working out the details, etc. Worked up final, complete plans which then had to be approved by the Or Bor Tor. Finally started the build a couple weeks ago, and things are rolling along now. Thanks Wasp

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    Just back from the land/house, but I forgot to take pics. Today they put up most of the beam forms. One of the beams was not horizontal - off by about 5-6 cms over a 4 meter span. While I went off for a bit they fixed it. But no one would tell me what they did, and damn if I could tell what they did. At any rate, tomorrow I will take some pics. The concrete is coming later in the afternoon, so I'll have some photos of the pour.

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    Lovely bit of formwork there, Terp...

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    Thanks BettyBoo. I'll have some more pics this evening.

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    Here, the forms are just about ready for the pour. The architect/builder came and did a detailed check to make sure there was proper clearance between the wood forms and the rebar. Earlier, I had checked and had found about 10 places, but he found an additional 10 places I missed.




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    Today, we had a big crane in addition to the concrete truck. Here, the concrete (240ksc) goes into the [whatever the thing is called ] attached to the crane.


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    The pour getting underway.


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    The guy in the green/black shirt is operating the vibrator. He basically followed the pour, but didn't vibrate the concrete constantly - it was supposed to be "just enough."


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    This shot shows the crane. Also shows the bucket work to even the pour.


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    Waiting for the next batch. The guy in the brown t-shirt smoothing the concrete is the head of the crew (not the building foreman). This crew is doing the structural work. There will be another crew for walls, etc.


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    The pour is finished about 5:30 because the CPAC truck was an hour late.




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    Architect/builder treated the crew to drinks after a hot, muggy day of hard work and overtime to boot. They bought some [cheap] Chinese whisky. The lone female (wife of one of the crew) did not partake, so she is not in the pic with them. Good work crew.


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    Looking good terp. I hope it keeps moving along smoothly !

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    Thanks Steve. Me too.

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    No new pics today. Work crew let go early, as there was nothing much more for them to do while the forms remain on. So they have a bit of a "long weekend" after a good week's work.

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    Went by this morning and (I was wrong) they had in fact started the forms for the 1st level columns. While I was there, I went ahead and watered all of the beams (at least the tops). Even at about 11:00 am, some of the house has shade. And it will get more shade as the day goes on.



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