^ OK. Thanks.
Based upon the picture posted they looked a bit close along the back wall.
I normally allow 1.5 metres.
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^ OK. Thanks.
Based upon the picture posted they looked a bit close along the back wall.
I normally allow 1.5 metres.
Great stuff! How the heck I miss this thread? Keep em coming.
No flooding here lately Mike. There was a big flood about 12-14 years ago apparently caused by some mishap at the Bhumibol Dam a few miles away.
It's fun to watch the river rise and fall through out the day as they release water. If it ever fails were all screwed in Bantak.
Thanks Norton I will try to keep it going.
Another truck load of forms arriving on site.
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The crew getting right into it setting the form work down.
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What a job.
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The next day was another train of cement trucks coming in.
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I like the human chain technique simple and efficient.
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And just like that one step closer to getting out of the ground.
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Great to see a new build thread it sure beats reading the drivel some people post on here please keep it going to the end.
When I seen your aerial shot I couldn't help wonder why you were building so far back in the corner leaving no room around your future building. Then you posted that you are planning to demolish the wall, I presume on the left in the drone shot, does that mean you own the adjacent land?
What was the original idea behind building so far back from the road? Does the block slope up from the road/river and therefore give slightly better flood relief?
Also I really like that your builder is using steel formwork I reckon it will give a much better final look than using thin planks that bend and bow.
Thanks again looking forward to more posts, looking at pictures is much better than having to read words and visualise.
^ That foundation is the best prepared and formed work I have seen in Thailand.
Being perfectly straight and level makes all the other formation work so much easier.
I would now set up plastic piping to annually irrigate under the main slab with pest poison to eliminate ants and other pests.
Hi ootai, Thanks for the kind words and I also like the simplicity of pictures :)
Our land does slightly rise towards the back but that wasn't really the driving force behind our build location.
I do like the privacy in the back and as our existing bungalow is already here we thought it made sense to have two adjacent buildings. Along with that the front section used to have a huge pond we filled in and it has a few small sink holes around from settlement.
I will hold of on commenting about the wall for another week or two.
Moving along our cement septic tanks all plumbed in. Our contractor prefers these because we won't have to pump them out very often.
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And filling all these spaces with dirt and topping of with a layer of sand.
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And now to a more exciting faze pouring the floor of our porch area.
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^Thanks it is starting to look like something now.
The teak post arrived that we will be using around the covered porch area shown in the pictures above.
They will be secured to cement bases where the rebar is sticking out along the outside edge.
The post are 8"x8"x10'
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And the cement pouring continues on the main floor space.
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Not bad for a days work.
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The contractor dropping off scaffolding in her cool truck.
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A bit of a celebration now we're doing something out of the ground.
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And we have poles.
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How long did they keep the forms on for Mike? and did they wrap them in cling film once they'd taken the forms off?
The forms were left on for a day or so and they kept spraying them with water. And that was it they seem plenty strong to me.
Truck loads of metal getting dropped off here for the roof structure.
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A crew spent several days painting it all. What a job and the paint smelled pretty potent so it should be ok.
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