Thread: Building my new dwelling on farm

Originally Posted by Chico

Must be my lucky day or people are really struggling just got a guy for 2750 baht to compress the land,usually they try and get 30 baht a car.

Usually? As in: reference from experience and exposure?
Doubt it.


Don't try to come across as an old-hand.
You're not terribly apt. Has holes...

Jeff still waiting for your old hand experience answer in the farming post

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

Originally Posted by Tommy

My house gonna be on poles to catch wind. Also no concrete etc . Probably wood.

Like this?



Rock on Tommy.

Wood, what kind?

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Teak for the support poles and anything available thereafter.

With the termites in Thailand, not very many woods will be resistant. Termites have no problem crawling up teak poles for a meal.

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

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Teak for the support poles and anything available thereafter.

Indeed. Support and perhaps trim.
One can find decent and comparable tropical hardwoods, that doesn't cost a king's ransom, to fill out the rest.

Love the idea that some are taking a chance with traditional wooden structures.

Originally Posted by VocalNeal

Have you decided on adobe? I'm waiting for an update!

Elephant shit?

Originally Posted by rickschoppers

With the termites in Thailand, not very many woods will be resistant. Termites have no problem crawling up teak poles for a meal.

Yet, most tropical varieties retain remarkable resistant properties that stem the tide.

I have not had much luck with anything other than teak or hard redwoods. Both are a bit expensive. My wife's parent's house is currently getting chewed up.

Originally Posted by rickschoppers

Termites have no problem crawling up teak poles for a meal.

Teak wood is disliked by termites so the chances of using teak to crawl up is unlikely. If in doubt about pests crawling up the poles and into the house then a band of rat glue near the base should prevent that.

Originally Posted by DrB0b

Mai Daeng

Beautiful stuff. Used for my floors. Getting pricey.

Types of Wood - Thaweephan Wood | Teak Wood, Makha, Teng, Daeng, Ha Nam, Takien, Red wood | Thaweephan Wood Products

land raised took 140 cars.

land pressed and we drowned the land yesterday need the guy to come back to alter the land lay,not much needed, then I'm planting bushes all around the border to strengthen the outer edges,see what happens when the rains come,was hoping for a Bamboo fence to surround the land.

Originally Posted by Chico

land pressed and we drowned the land yesterday

I'd give overlay-ed land at least two years self settling before I'd build on it. Compaction isn't a guarantee of stable ground.

Theres' a roller down the road we may ask him to come compact the land more,it usually around a year for leaving the land
Though depending which way we go,its to have the least amount of concrete as possible.

Originally Posted by Chico

Theres' a roller down the road we may ask him to come compact the land more

Even so HH a compactor should be used every 100mm of overlay using 4 passes, as I remember. Play safe and wait the 2 years.

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

Originally Posted by Chico

Theres' a roller down the road we may ask him to come compact the land more

Even so HH a compactor should be used every 100mm of overlay using 4 passes, as I remember. Play safe and wait the 2 years.

Yep...
Sound and practical advice.

Originally Posted by rickschoppers

With the termites in Thailand, not very many woods will be resistant. Termites have no problem crawling up teak poles for a meal.

Got that right..buggers came up through concrete and tile floor in our downstairs (under poles) bathroom..hollowed out a hardwood door..before I spotted and used axle grease as a barrier.!!
Don't know why one would not use concrete for poles ..could always paint 'em brown..55

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

I'd give overlay-ed land at least two years self settling before I'd build on it

General rule of thumb but if you intend to use footings or pilings you can build sooner if they are placed below the original land level.

Also make sure the surface of the fill is sloped slightly in the direction you want it to drain.

Originally Posted by crepitas

Don't know why one would not use concrete for poles

I'd imagine it's because getting form work to make the poles would be extremely difficult to find. Square post are easily made by using wooden planking.

I'd build a house on virgin land on raised ground. If not raised then the land needs to have a fall on it as Mr Norton says.

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

Originally Posted by crepitas

Don't know why one would not use concrete for poles

I'd imagine it's because getting form work to make the poles would be extremely difficult to find. Square post are easily made by using wooden planking.

I'm not sure if I dreamed of this or actually read about it somewhere but concrete sewer pipes being used to produce columns?
As in pipes are joined and reo run down the inside of them? Concrete poured and well riddled.

Perhaps it was a dream......

Good stuff.

Thanks for that, i had a similar idea to fill the tubes with earth for the ouside of the build build.