It was Ttel although I think he's having a rethink over these farang builds :rolleyes:
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It was Ttel although I think he's having a rethink over these farang builds :rolleyes:
Aircon??? What you need that for... Country living is a fan! :)
Yep.Quote:
Originally Posted by terry57
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It looks like a Battenburg cake at this stage,
even now it's all yellow, it still looks good enough to eat ,
and I'll have a slice when it's finished please
:):)Gets hot in our bedroom Betty even in the winter :)
I'm the oldest bastard to have been cutting shapes in Pacha, , Punta Cana Dom Rep 3am I'll have you know, , if only you knew the real me 5555
Very true. We've got aircons for the lounge and main bedroom (the MiL can do without... :)).Quote:
Originally Posted by nigelandjan
He's got a storage heater capping the house - he'll need it if they ever stay there during the hot season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bettyboo
Itsa luvverly:)
A bit of an update on the proposed coving that's going up in the bedroom and living area.
The nice guy of this group said yes he does it gets all the corners right etc so I gave him the go ahead for the job on the condition he did it alone, yes yes mai ben etc
Now it turns out the other 2 clowns that have done they're level best to bollox the paint up have to come along to, , apparently this is to ensure the coving will match the quality of the paintwork
And you as the trousers wearer in the house told them to naff off, right? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by nigelandjan
Too right I did mate !!!
Then Jan told me what actually is gonna happen :confused:
:doh:
Our balcony roof getting well under way
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Looking forward to cleaning and oiling up these lovely mai sat thong tree trunks, , will kinda help blend it into the local surroundings
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^I can see you sitting outside there with a beer and the BBQ on the go, Nige - very nice... :)
Been busy inside all day putting the doors back on after I varnished the bare surfaces, and putting up the curtain poles.
Some news about Benny from the paint crew, whilst we was in Udon yesterday, the dear old FIL stepped up to the plate and stuck a good round into him, result! !! He threw his toys right out the pram and won't let them his use his staple gun, so the others ain't coming, and we have a new crew for the job.
Yes so can I Betts .
The quality of the balcony floor will be put fully to the test at the house warming do with both Marmite and me eating and drinking there, , mabe we'll have to distribute the weight evenly :)
It's starting to become a very nice place Nigel. I really like the colors, the house now has a more natural feeling and matches quite well with the surroundings.
Pervert! :pQuote:
We have an erection today on the north face
Had the coving done today. A bloody lovely job the old boy did to bless him.
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This was the last fiddly bit around the consumer unit, I was a bit worried what this would turn up like, but it was a bang on job.
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You will note from the above pics this old boy mitres on the straight joins as well, , proper cover.
We went to Udon for the cove plus other things, it's a no brainier really 102 bht per 3 metres
same crap in the local store here under 2 inches of dust 285 bht per 3 metres.
We needed 12 of these lengths so it virtually paid for the fixing which was 1500bht
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It's all coming together now, been as busy as he'll cleaning inside fitting all the nicknac bits.
Funny thing is now, one by one even the hardened shed dwellers here are beginning to love this place.
Today it was about 26 degrees outside nice and warm etc when they walked into our home about 2pm all I could hear was now now now, ,
well that's great on 2 points, number one I don't want you in here
Number 2 the 240mm wide cavity block walls are doing they're job!
Roll on summer :)
Well Nige, thats a novel way to spend Christmas. :) Cracking bolt hole you`ve got there mate. I bet your proud as punch with how its turned out.
Sure am Asta mate, it's been a lot of get up and go, in fact I will be on the case tomorrow 7am till 5.30pm.
There is some levelling up to do on the porch area in prep for the tiling and I shall be getting the first coat of wood stain on the front door and frame inside and out.
Gonna get some of those plastic multi drawer sets to see us through for the time being, then get everything moved over from our shared room with the family, lock it all up and piss orf somewhere warm by the coast for a while
Looks very nice indeed. Outstanding painting job and the coving really finishes it all off. The wife's been looking over my shoulder.....now I've got to go out and buy coving too... hope I can find a mitering guy.....fokin el.....:)
Well thing is Kman, you kinda get that meeting between plaster and render and all though the painters gave us a great straight line, you are gonna get some movement / gap, so it tidies it all up.
of course when this was up the old boy is saying,, if we skirting boards it will make it look lovely to, , after thinking about that for one nano second I said NO!
Then Jan said / no she didn't!
Well today's tiling of the balcony went exactly to plan, , well the Thai plan.
I won't bore you with the gutwrenching details, suffice to say all was explained thourally before we left to get more tiles in Udon.
When I got back at 5pm and discovered it had been done ( the I know a Thai shortcut way ) I went into one and sent the wife round to get him and take up all the tiles he laid today.
Basically when it rained it would fill our living room with water and use about 50 bags of cement.
Tomorrow I will be over him all day and the job will be done as I want.
^ I knew I should've popped over today for a laugh. Oh well, next time. :)
Psssst, everyone, he's getting more tiling done... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by nigelandjan
Good luck with it Nige, you're in the home straight now. Hang off posting pics of the new tiling for a few days and I'll try and get some of mine up, should divert some of the flak for you...
:rofl:
pics...Quote:
Originally Posted by nigelandjan
Probably something like this from a 5 star gaff i stayed in, near SamuiQuote:
Originally Posted by Bettyboo
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^there's not 1 tile on that picture that'd I'd complain about...
This exact tiling is over-rated, imho. If it looks ok and works then it's all good.
I suspect that Nige's problem was the Thai lack of adherence to instructions, a problem hard to negate - which is why I never give them any... :)
What's the story, Nige?
I understand they were tilted in the wrong direction so rainwater would run into the living room. Not funny. It would have to be redone. Good the concrete is not settled so they can be removed and reused. Or did I understand wrong?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bettyboo
Jeez, that looks a lot like the places I usually end up in, only the concrete is a bit better finished in that one....but then it's a five star you say....:rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dillinger
No the story is the balcony floor I'd 600mm high surrounded by the same blocks the house is built with then filled with concrete to make the floor.
The tops of the blocks have the knobbly peg bits which stick up about 3/4" ,, that's three quarters of an inch,
Now I clearly explained to the clown as we want to tile up just over the edge of the top of the blocks and render the wall underneath, ,, his job yesterday was to hammer and chisel off all these knobbly bits and cement the little hollows in the blocks so they were level with the floor.
He in his wisdom thought it would be better to use about 50 bags of cement to raise the whole floor up to the level of the tops of the blocks.
Bless him, , and today he WILL be doing as I requested.
Ps. Feel free to red Betty for this gut reaching explanation :)
I'll try and get some pics up before the next bollix up, , all will become clear soon.
Tbh lads we are now within sight of the finish line, once this balcony is finished and we have one final clean up, we're gonna put our gear inside, clear up our mess in Mums house, then we're off on our travels, and at this stage I can't wait!
BTW there will be some kinda house warming / piss up around the end of Feb beginning of March time, all are welcome just let me know before hand ok
Have you got some kind of insurance covering 'tripping over tiles' ?Quote:
Originally Posted by nigelandjan
:)
Just read Gravy's reply on another thread...
Will there be music? :rofl:
There will indeed Charley, , in fact Marmite has all ready reserved the first dance with me to the tune of " don't worry be appy "
When you hear the dj play there mabe trouble ahead, ,,, you know it's time to leave the building as Dillinger will be approaching :)
Dunno if this helps explain, , all I wanted yesterday was these block tops tidied up and levelled off as per the floor behind in the pic.
They ARE doing it correctly right now
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