Thread: New Home in CM

Swissrobert's project is near the city of Chiang Mai in an area which has many very nice homes.

And it is not the design Wasp shows

Hahahaha back to the drawing board wasp. keep the pics coming. We all love a good build thread.

Originally Posted by Wasp

What a miserable attitude from worgeordie ☝☝.

not at all , thats a matter of opinion

I know of 2 guys who will wish for the rest of their lives they had not been so blazee about throwing their hard earned cash away over here

Originally Posted by Conche

I know of 2 guys who will wish for the rest of their lives they had not been so blazee about throwing their hard earned cash away over here

Who's the other one?

Originally Posted by Iceman123

Who's the other one?

Dunno what your on about Andrew ,, not me , the bid we put in was rejected and just as well it was as he then did the dirty on me , it was a close one , I wish I had the vast knowledge onboard before we put the offer in ...... you lads are well versed and clued up on here .

Chaing Mai is a smelly smokey old place at the best of times , plenty of other less toxic areas of toyland to sink your hard earned into

Originally Posted by swissrobert

And it is not the design Wasp shows

Well I just took your plan and put it in Sketchup and brought the walls up a little !!

I don't know how that can be wrong .

...... and Splitlid you big bum ! You're a big bum !!!

See !!!
I can be ferocious .



Wasp

Swissrobert apologies if it was in the thread and I missed it, can you inform us of who you selected to be the builder please? I looked at your link page and the work they have done is very impressive

Originally Posted by stevefarang

If you're looking to compare builders, then throw in PD House into the mix. They do have some designs, but their results have been mixed. I'm generally satisfied with what they did. I really liked how the way they framed our house and our roof seems pretty solid. But I'm having problems with some attention to detail issues with them on finishing stuff. They are slowly fixing them though.

Another (former) TD member had a totally different experience with PD House that went very poorly. He was expecting framing similar to ours, but they ended up doing a lot of on-site concrete pours with mixed results, including bits of the concrete bags left in the pour. He canceled the build shortly thereafter and went home to Canada.

So, if you do consider PD House, make sure it's clear whether the concrete columns and beams are coming from a factory somewhere or if they workers will be doing a lot of on-site concrete pours.

Also, consider using Q-con block, minimum 10 cm thickness. We have 9 cm and it's not bad. But others have the 7.5 cm and I think they wish it was thicker. If I had known more about Q-con block before, I would have gone with 10 cm as a minimum myself

Be sure to post floor plans so we can maybe give you some constructive feedback. Some folks here have extensive experience dealing with the Thai construction teams or can point out some potential problems that you have not foreseen.

Good luck !

Steve

PD House is a franchise so quality varies from builder to builder.

A "pour" with bags in it? That sounds like an on-site mix, which is very different to a pour. Pours are sometimes better than pre-cast as at least youcan see the re-bar, but on-site mixes should be for very minor work only.

hei wasp
fortunately I understand english not so good
but you Show a old design from me

i use 20 cm Q-con for outside wall

I do not work with P.D. - but i am lucky with my builder
all goes very well so far.

Its looking all rather "up market" ! very posh. Its rather a lot of water to look after. Mosquitoes might be a problem though .
Looking good, best of luck.

You say that you are using 20cm exterior wall. Does that mean you are building an interior wall with cavity, European style ?

Pics could be bigger

14 days now ! have you got the roof tiled yet ? Any up to date pickies ?

price?