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    Quote Originally Posted by ootai View Post
    Keep posting I really enjoy seeing your updates.
    Thanks and we'll post what we get, things are a bit slow because of the virus, builders have to do all kinds of paperwork to move between cities.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JPPR2 View Post
    the area will get incredibly hot with the gas burners on
    Thanks JPPR, My original plan was to have the Thai kitchen open with only a half wall, it was the cooks in the house that changed it.

    There is an exhaust fan directly above the stove so that should help.

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    Ootai, after thinking about the gas tank situation, a gas leak alarm mounted in the cabinet should work, they're only about $25 here in the states, can take one with.

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    They finally planted some scrubs we got for house warming.

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    There's 2 more on the other side but don't have a pic of that yet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dennis4558 View Post
    Ootai, after thinking about the gas tank situation, a gas leak alarm mounted in the cabinet should work, they're only about $25 here in the states, can take one with.
    dennis
    The alarm would be OK "if" it is always operating and well maintained something that rarely happens here. If it is battery operated someone needs to remember to check the batteries and replace them if needed. If it is mains power operated then remember the voltage difference between here and the US.

    As for your front entrance I agree everything here is "at your own risk" no liability or responsibility for anything.

    As for JPPR2's comment about the gas cooker, we made an inside kitchen in our house and as I said put the gas bottle outside BUT in nearly 10 years the cooker has never been used.
    My missus finally said (about 2 years ago) that the house is too big, something I tried to convince her of before we built it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dennis4558 View Post
    Thanks JPPR, My original plan was to have the Thai kitchen open with only a half wall, it was the cooks in the house that changed it.

    There is an exhaust fan directly above the stove so that should help.
    That may help Dennis. When my wife and I designed our floor plan I think she was thinking more "Western" ideals versus reality when we moved back. Our upstairs kitchen even has a very nice stove and oven. My wife uses the oven to bake cookies and cakes. That's it.

    Quote Originally Posted by ootai View Post
    BUT in nearly 10 years the cooker has never been used.
    Yeah we are in 5 years now and the stove top gas burners have never been used upstairs. After moving in the reality of location, inconvenience and mess moved it to a "I'm sorry Pe, We should have built the kitchen outside as we never will eat up here" apology. All good. I like the kitchen set up outside and my wife loves it. Now the upstairs kitchen is basically my wet bar area and a refrigerator with an auto ice dispenser so all is good.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dennis4558 View Post
    They finally planted some scrubs we got for house warming.
    Denis, my advice on plant/trees is take your time. Its cheap and easy to throw lots in but they soon outgrow the space. Take your time and think what you want. I like limes and lemons, get them all year, keep them in pots, Red Dragon fruit, small easy to look after, Pomelo are easy to grow, flowers smell lovely and the trees are small - essentially your plot is not to big and you need to plant accordingly. I prefer buying seasonal fruit and grow the ones that are small and produce year round. Just my two pence worth.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dennis4558 View Post
    They finally planted some scrubs we got for house warming.



    There's 2 more on the other side but don't have a pic of that yet.
    They look like young "Moke" plants (โมก) - Wrightia Religiosa / Water Jasmine.

    If so, they are quite slow growing and easy to maintain and their small white flowers look nice when the plant is covered in bloom. They don't grow very tall at all so you won't have the problem of them outgrowing the space they're in. They'll need to be watered regularly though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NamPikToot View Post
    Denis, my advice on plant/trees is take your time. Its cheap and easy to throw lots in but they soon outgrow the space. Take your time and think what you want. I like limes and lemons, get them all year, keep them in pots, Red Dragon fruit, small easy to look after, Pomelo are easy to grow, flowers smell lovely and the trees are small - essentially your plot is not to big and you need to plant accordingly. I prefer buying seasonal fruit and grow the ones that are small and produce year round. Just my two pence worth.
    Great advice NPT, ones lot size takes proper planning and consideration.

    Adding to that, trees that grow large can crack cement with the trunk or the roots or knock over cement walls. Messy trees plug gutters (if you have them) and give birds lots of nesting material. The hedges in the picture above have wonderful smelling flowers but tend to grow poorly when not planted close together and take a lot of work to get them nice looking. They also take a lot of water to get established. Also check where your water will run off the roof. You surely do not want to plant a tree where the rain water will beat it to death. Again just some comments from having learned from experience whether our own or seen elsewhere.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ootai View Post
    The alarm would be OK "if" it is always operating and well maintained something that rarely happens here. If it is battery operated someone needs to remember to check the batteries and replace them if needed. If it is mains power operated then remember the voltage difference between here and the US.
    It would be battery operated, and the ones we have here when the battery gets low it starts beeping, hopefully they have the

    brains to replace the battery and not just remove it.

    We have the gas cooker in the thai kitchen and an induction cooker in the inside kitchen which I don't see getting used much unless we're there.

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    Everyone echoed my thoughts when I saw the gas bottle in the kitchen cabinet.

    Alarms are fine, but a vent is great.

    I'm not a gas man and not sure of gas 'sinks' or 'rises' ... but I'd definitely be putting a vent in with an insect screen so the crawlies don't enter.

    If gas 'sinks' (heavier than air) then the vent should be at the floor of the cabinet.

    That said ... great work with the Home thus far.
    Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago ...


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    Hi NPT, I keep telling the wife that the lot is small, so I don't think we will plant too many trees, how big do lemon

    and lime trees get? I suppose if in a pot a lot smaller than if planted in the ground. Other than a lemon tree I'd like

    to try to get a noi naa to grow and produce. There a lots of mango and jack fruit in the lot beside us so don't need them.

    The only other one I'd like to try to grow are a small brown fruit (longan). I've seen noi naa in this area but not longan.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Neverna View Post
    They look like young "Moke" plants (โมก) - Wrightia Religiosa / Water Jasmine.
    Hi Neverna, thanks for the info, and we can only hope they get watered regularly when we're not there LOL

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    Quote Originally Posted by JPPR2 View Post
    Also check where your water will run off the roof. You surely do not want to plant a tree where the rain water will beat it to death
    Hi JPPR, They're not under the roof line, so should be OK if they get watered enough, we won't be planting

    trees close to the house, we had several removed in the neighboring lots removed because of that. We didn't

    put gutters on yet, it's a wait and see how things work, I know on the Thai kitchen roof we will probably put a

    gutter on and maybe on the back side of the small building, nobody cleans gutter over there except me so I don't

    want too many to clean LOL

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    Quote Originally Posted by David48atTD View Post
    If gas 'sinks' (heavier than air) then the vent should be at the floor of the cabinet.
    Hi David, I would need to put fresh air vent in too, I don't want to cut a vent in the door so don't have much options.

    They both could be on the outside but not sure I could find something in the LOS that would look good to do that.

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    Here's a surprise, looks like they're redoing the deck surface, not sure what that's all about.





    Looks like they're peeling off the paint, I'll have to see if I can get some more info as to what's going on.

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    They've also started on the main gate.


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    Quote Originally Posted by dennis4558 View Post
    Hi NPT, I keep telling the wife that the lot is small, so I don't think we will plant too many trees, how big do lemon

    and lime trees get? I suppose if in a pot a lot smaller than if planted in the ground.
    If you want to save space citrus trees can be espaliered along a wall. Fix some wires a few cms away from the wall and train the branches along them in any design you fancy, lots of Youtube videos and other info on the web. Of course you will have to convince everybody thats never seen it before that YES, Thai citrus trees are same same as rest of the world and it can be done.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mikenot View Post
    If you want to save space citrus trees can be espaliered along a wall. Fix some wires a few cms away from the wall and train the branches along them in any design you fancy,
    Thanks Mike for that info, something new for me too, I'll have to do some research on it.

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    Deck is finished again, we'll have to see which way the water goes, I was told there was a swimming hole in the center before,

    this will be the third fix counting the original pour.

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    Hope they let it cure before painting, last time they had some paint bubbling.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dennis4558 View Post
    Hope they let it cure before painting, last time they had some paint bubbling.
    If that is a thick concrete layer then they should wait a month for the concrete to dry out fully.

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    ^and spray water on it regularly...

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    Quote Originally Posted by lom View Post
    If that is a thick concrete layer then they should wait a month for the concrete to dry out fully.
    Hi Lom, I don't think it's very thick but I agree with you, I would still wait a month before painting

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    Quote Originally Posted by Klondyke View Post
    ^and spray water on it regularly...
    Hi Klondyke, I agree, I'll send a message an try to get them to do that.

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    Couple pictures of deck getting leveled.

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