progress on the painting job,today 25.12.16
Santa Claus came this morning and brought a lot of presents for our boy.....he's happy.....
cant tell that from me and my wife
...just came back from site,where the foreman and his wife do the final paintings...
what a shocker,only done patches on the walls and ceiling,the walls and ceiling look like a big mess....still pencil drawings shining through from me(old fix ups i marked).
at some places i could see only primer paint,dirt from hands,still scratches from plastering not fixed,drops from paint...etc etc....
we showed him,but he played stupid....every excuse he could bring up....
on some places i run my hand through the wall and dust were on my hands.....yeah well painted yesterday....dont fool around with me......he still hasnt learned anything yet....
they want to get this payment asap. with cutting corners and cheating and lying to us....
my wife will ring up PD HOUSE in Korat tomorrow and tell to lift their game.....
did i expect anything better?? a clear NO
a shame that the cambodian lady who did start the painting is not here anymore.she has done a decent job....we were happy......
with what does that leaves me??
im gonna get even more pickier and fussier than now....closed my eyes,watched away on many occasions...
i can be a very unpleasant bloke if you f@#% around with me,lie to me like that.....
been in the construction business for almost 30 years......
so enough.......
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thats what they call finished....its outside-main entry.....it looks good comparing to how they do the paintings inside......patch up work a la Foreman....
....back to the past....start of the poles.....4.3.16
25tonne crane arriving at 9.00am -10.3.16-
welding and grouting the joints with LANKO -11.3.16-
Finally the sparky comes to site,about bloody time -mid March-
...with the newly electrical drawings i just finished ,i went to site and put some conduits in.
mainly only power which is gonna save me later a lot of time and sweat chasing the walls from the ceiling down..
-Mainfeed from meter (3 phase-25sqm Cu)
-hotplate
-oven
-dishwasher
-washingmachine
-tumbler
-aircons
-links between shed and mainboard
-spare conduit for front gate,backyard,wellpump,genset(backup)
outdoor lights... etc etc
im using a lot of flexible conduits,its so easy to work with,
the yellow stuff for outside most where its gonna be dug in the ground for mechanical protection.
the flex i bought in global,buy the SCG stuff (white or yellow)not the cheaper vietnamese product..its crap,you can squeeze it with your hands......
i would buy the SCG stuff again,without any doubt..and its fire resistant...
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here is the sparky at work,or pretend to do some work.....
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original electrical plans....
here are the plans which PD HOUSE provided.....
you can add as much as you like.......yeah mate thxs a lot.......with a huge price tag on top of it......
do we live in the 21.century or back in the 1950's??? im confused......
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one 2way switch in the entire house.......looks as this is the big challenge ....
thats what they call "smart series"
termite protection and concrete pads are coming -19.3.16-
they put in the termite protection system,a reticulation system with sprinkler under the floor....
and on top they crane in the little concrete pads for the ground floor.....
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no safety breach today....
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we gonna pour the concrete on monday,around lunch......the foreman said.......hang on,i said im gonna put in more conduits tomorrow then...what more??.....yeah a lot more......why didnt you tell me before,i told you to let me know a bit in advance.......
i guess 1 day was enough for him.......
looks as we gonna have a busy day tomorrow.....
conctrete pouring -21.3.16-
revisit of the 25t crane for the upper floor 23.3.16-28.3.16
back to present day....25.12.16
....when i talked about the current painting job,i took some pics over lunch...
even a blind person could see this proper executed paint job???.....
my eyes are still good(thxs for that)......
what are you guys think about it??
a typical Somchai job in my honest opinion......:smileylaughing:
its the living-dining-kitchen area....but the ceilings of the sleeping rooms doesnt look much better...but i couldnt catch a good picture...its only a small pocket camera....
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..no comment.....
back to the past --end of march 2016--
Q-con bricks are coming --30.3.16--
....the bricks are coming,Q-con-lightweight bricks 60cm long,20cm high,10cm thick,3000 pieces on 2 trucks and a couple long ones with rio bars in it,support beams for the windows and doors......
10cm standard in contract-smart series-
worth having the 10cm bricks instead of 7.5cm and to put the electrical boxes in ,you havent got the backside of the box nearly sticking out on the other side....
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