Thread: Building a house in Nakon Ratchasima province(Isaan)

Originally Posted by terry57

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Notice he has used conduit in his wall.

A very good practice and when i was on the Tools Australian Standards dictated that it must be done this way.

The theory being if some coont is drilling the wall hopefully when they hit the conduit they will stop before hitting the wires.

Then they dropped that Standard and allowed Cable to be laid in a chase with conduit protection.

Fooked if I know how they worked that one out given the very strict Australian wiring code.

as i started as a TA- trade assistant in perth,house bashing....run the naked cable in the wall....
i couldnt believe it first....got used to it......

sparkies then telling me how high the standard is in AUS......yeah very high....i thought for myself.....and what iv seen in some roof space....

had many discussions with workmates in the mines too.....i gave up....just thought my things.....

in CH,any cable,wire "must be replacable" at any time...if im right....the rules lowered as well,more close to european standad,NIV i think they call it nowadays...

the thais think too they have the highest electrical standards on the planet....

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The Australian wiring standard that says ya can can chase a wall, lay a cable in it and then plaster over it is a tad retarded I recon.

Australia prides it self on having very high standards and then they amend the standard to allow a system that is unsafer than before.

On the average Thai house where they run the cable down the wall were it's visible is much safer than a hidden cable within the wall that has no protection.

On one of my houses i drilled into a hidden power cable, I was on a ladder and lucky not end up in Hospital. ????

Glad I foked off to Thailand.

Originally Posted by baldrick

Originally Posted by showupman

...kind of multimedia stuff....

I guesl you mean cat5 or 6 ? - what did you run to the gate ? just power or data too ? with the amount of IP cams on the market having one recesses in your front gate pillar with the bell is not too hard

I am looking at these to replace a couple of outdoor lights , but they will have to use wifi for the data stream - but with data , always hardwire if you can

https://www.alibaba.com/product-deta...200.0.0.h9AkCg

Originally Posted by Slick

bulkhead penetrations.

unless you have made sure the numbnuts doing the cable pulling have been disciplined the bashing in of the plugs can be a mite frustrating



sort of puts paid to the theory on the other thread about cables being run at right angles to switches and sockets

multimedia i said in the drawings,i can use for TV,speakers or a CAT5/6 cable yes.....i havent got a cable in yet to the gate...but enough conduits......power,light and media...
dont want to dig up a trench again...have-had enough.....of digging.....


havent seen this lights with camera....not really my style but for what it can....what it is....alright ......thanks for the link mate....

yes they can be.....now i know now what it is......bulkhead penetrations....

well it'such a thing it had to go there,the conduits.....shortest way....

Originally Posted by terry57

200 K AUD in Perth would not buy you the foreskin from the Guy selling the toilet.
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Wouldn't worry Terry. the way the mining is falling off and the jobs with it, you''ll be able to buy one for for the cost of the toilet seat soon.

Originally Posted by Hugh Cow

Originally Posted by terry57

200 K AUD in Perth would not buy you the foreskin from the Guy selling the toilet.
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Wouldn't worry Terry. the way the mining is falling off and the jobs with it, you''ll be able to buy one for for the cost of the toilet seat soon.

I'm not worried mate, bought my last house 10 years ago for 180 K, paid off done and dusted.

Now just collecting the rent.

Originally Posted by terry57

Originally Posted by Hugh Cow

Originally Posted by terry57

200 K AUD in Perth would not buy you the foreskin from the Guy selling the toilet.
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Wouldn't worry Terry. the way the mining is falling off and the jobs with it, you''ll be able to buy one for for the cost of the toilet seat soon.

I'm not worried mate, bought my last house 10 years ago for 180 K, paid off done and dusted.

Now just collecting the rent.

i wish i would have bought a house when i came first to AUS-WA-Perth in 1992.....for holidays

to expensive now....yeah waiting for that.......whether its happening or not....time will tell....

Cheers for the costs Showupman.
Enjoy the house, it looks fantastic.
Cheers.

...mmh a lot to answer.....i know now why i didnt start a thread when i was building,like bricks,roof,plastering etc.......
would have been to much.....

anyway it doesnt change much,i try to keep up with it.....will be away for a while in January.....its gonna be slow.....here.....thats how it'gonna be......

and i'll be back anyway here with my mate who worked for more than 20 years on house-construction...
will be interesting how he sees things,as an outsider......

Originally Posted by Mrgolofkin

Cheers for the costs Showupman.
Enjoy the house, it looks fantastic.
Cheers.

thanks mate,no problem...

up 600'000BHT from oct 2013 to dec. 2016.......

makes 200'000BHT more a year....

im not sure if materials and inflation increased that much.....anyway thats the way it is......glad im nearly done with the house....

...and watched the foreman installing the dunnies,the base part....

he asked me(my wife) if he could leave today,instead of 2mrow....yes mate we are not such un-human.....

btw after he said: we dont need more people..not much work here left..say what...no f*&^%# way....i heard this story before...

bring em on,on the 7.1.17,or do you stay above engineer....he tries everything...wants the money just for himself....



if you would told me ,you would need this stuff one day, i think i would called you insane....




but it worked...the marks-the bell signs are off,what a beauty.....

im using this in different places where i have 3 or more switches,in conjunction with a latching relay....much easier than 3 way wiring or more......



like here,another switch is when you get into the door...relay in switch board....




outdoor light installed,a pain but it looks good...from AUS

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from AUS too....



and the foremans work...he did one more downstairs....the tiles are redone here too now....

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I installed those lights in my gaff in Perth.

Poxy little screws top and bottom hold the light to the base.

Originally Posted by terry57

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I installed those lights in my gaff in Perth.

Poxy little screws top and bottom hold the light to the base.

mine have 3.....small and almost no room for termination......have about 10 more to go....not looking forward for those......despite they are good looking...

800 years of Bamboo Hut Builders in Asian rice paddies, being told to build a Western house to Western specs.


What could possibly go wong.

Originally Posted by Luigi

800 years of Bamboo Hut Builders in Asian rice paddies, being told to build a Western house to Western specs.


What could possibly go wong.

....btw they have a www site and provide those FARANG houses.....with all the fancy stuff in and outside

good argument....but then angkor wat and tom were built long time ago.....out of stone too......reckon some lost a bit of knowledge over the years ......or there are no more rocks around to build proper with rocks.......

...and i havent seen many hills with rocks on the way from the thai border to siem reap....

Enjoying the story and pics Showupman..............thanks for sharing

Originally Posted by Rivo

Enjoying the story and pics Showupman..............thanks for sharing

thanks,no worries mate.....you're welcome

it was a good day,could escape to the house....about 15-20 people here by now.....

on the built,no one around,cleaned a lot of shit up....i dont count how many times i done this.....its not on their agenda......i think its never been...

1. floor is complete finished....but wont turn power on until they're gone...1 powerpoint upstairs,downstairs and carpark is enough....bought some cheap ones for that reason.....

now back TO THE PAST again...end of April 2016

while the SCG roof crew had a very long safety meeting,couldnt resist to make a pic,our normal Somchai crew were doing some work too......
2 different worlds meeting here on the same place at the same time.....



man it was a long safety meeting....those safety guys dont get it...doesnt matter where you are........

just outside and upstaires....





and a bit of brick laying on top..



yeah,ive seen it its not straight.....we can fix it later....waterlevel is not good...really?????go and buy a new one.......
ive seen the level today and it works fine for thais(got my own ones)

some guys of PD are here to make pressure testing,water upstairs......dont know why,more than half is not finished anyway......or has to be changed due to not be in the correct place later....





they gonna fix it later....im sick hearing that now....get allergic...if they say that...



some more conduit work upstairs.....bottom part...



and top part...dont get confused why yellow conduits....GLOBAL didnt have any white ones in store....no problem....same same,different colour.....



my wife in action again,closing all these conduits up....



roof is done,view from the neighbor to the back of the house...

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Looks real good.

...but dont worry,iv got more but not on my laptop,on my external drive.....and im not gonna get it now......
will leave it with a few pics as from previous post and see how it goes.....

if i have time tomorrow.....try to finish downstairs,with the switches and points....as much as possible....wont be around for a couple of days...



just before they close it up with the "DRY TECH" stuff



from the outside...



kind of Bitumen stuff....



started on the carpark.....

in the background you can see where im gonna get the power from(3phase)....some people asked before.....



...so anyone telling me..is it easier bringing in the power from the top(ceiling) easier and fasterr???

i dont think so......

Great thread. I see you did all your electric rough in. Looks like if you want it done right you do it yourself. I will be doing most of my own electric as well. Keep it coming.

.....with the same problems as before we left.....looks like nothing changed in the meantime......who would expect any changes.....me and my wife......

anyway we had a great time with our good friends from CH....
me and my good mate have done a little slab for the aircon while we were here for a couple of days...

the only one which is really square.......will show it later....

so what did they(PD House workers)achieved in that time.....not much at all......
focused on the outside,only brought 1more worker to site for only a couple of days,while we were there....

once we left,everybody left too,according to our bush phone......
since we are back,somehow work has resumed.......deadline for the inside of the house is in 2 days....which they never can do it.....still to much of fixings and painting...

conclusion:PD HOUSE did not(yet again)finished what they promised us....which was not to much,even with an extra month on top........DISAPPOINTING...straight through...

the engineer told us....i told him(my wife) if you fail i will find a lot of stuff to fix and correct....
he just had a shy smile on.......he may thought im joking...which im not....

Originally Posted by Vettronics

Great thread. I see you did all your electric rough in. Looks like if you want it done right you do it yourself. I will be doing most of my own electric as well. Keep it coming.

...good luck with it.....have you already started with your house?

...so im back for a couple of weeks.....hopefully i can post a few more pics....

....it was not a big thing anyway...clear the ground a bit....







..put a frame around it and lay a couple of rio bars...



pour the concrete and make it nice....



...and the next day,take the frame off...all done..the outdoor unit will be standing there.....one day...........its ordered last year....just wait for PD HOUSE to finish first.....