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I have sourced 3 nice seasoned tree trunks from my bill and this nice guy Tony is a dab hand with the chain saw,, he's cut me 3 posts 2.7 mtr high with 500mm at the base cut and shaped to 100mm square, these will sit in the front balcony wall where I'm gonna make a frame to the house to provide a roof shade for the balcony
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A view of proceedings looking in from the road
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Living room / bedroom wall coming on
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Go Nig!
I can't say enough about those bricks...They look awesome!
You'll probably have one of the 'squarest' houses in Issan, Thailand...The whole fookin' world!
The front door lintel formed with re bar and poured concrete
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One of the window frames being formed
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Here is the last view for today along the front. I hope you are enjoying the pics I kept my promise today and the good news is now thanks to MTD now I can upload pics on a daily basis
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Coming on Nige, What colour are you gonna paint it after ?
^ He told me that the outside will be pink with cerise around the bottom metre or so.
^ That was just between you and me!
Sorry mate - me and my big mouth!
The builds looking good but where's the jap porn?
I can see nice verandahs hanging off that gaff and a nice bit of outside living.
Good amount of tree coverage.
Nigel have you thought about a name for your house ? .
Little house on the prairie .
They do. Never seen the like before. Not sure on their conductive properties but they're priced like Q blocks. The cavity suggests good insulation. Might be better if you could fill them with insulating foam but probably not worth the extra cost.Quote:
Originally Posted by charleyboy
You wanna be cool ....get air con.
I suggest "The Lego House"...Quote:
Originally Posted by snakeeyes
Pics look great Nigel. Thanks for posting them !
Thanks for posting
CCC
My builder thinks now that if the Burmese or Khmer invade they will all be safe in your house, Although the thought that everything is straight is troubling him greatly.
Nice one Nige glad its going well.
Ok a new update for today, , our grand design before it gets a good coating
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Now some of you have noted you haven't seen a build like this on TD before, and you sure won't have seen one of these being used either, , a terylene gun from the UK to give a nice keying coat for the render 50/50 sand and cement.
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A close up of the new surface will be rock hard in a couple of days
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Here we are 2 weeks and a day in and we're on first fix electrics
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Slots cut in tv area for sockets
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Ok lads that's it for today , see what tomorrow brings, , oh btw the steel roof plates have been set in concrete up on the top storey of blocks, , I may climb up tomorrow and grab a pic for you, all though Peter Pan did advise Marmite and me we was a pair of fat ( naughty word rhymes with ducks )
Beautiful, Nige - keep up the good work. This build is record breaking!