Thread: Japanese House

Here it is.

Originally Posted by Old Monkey

Look at the guys' smiles. They love to flirt with her, she enjoys the game!

she looks a pretty (good) worker

She is! In fact, she's as close as one can get to perfection at her age!

And now, the cement floor, sorry, the concrete floor (when reinforced with steel, cement becomes concrete).

At 11:30, Less than one third of the surface was poured, "no problem, may pa lay, we come tomorrow!" So I decided to take my position in front of the mixer and change the rythm. I promised a half day pay, 80 baths if there was overtime. I've shoveled many 10 wheel trucks of gravel before, a cement mixer is a familiar sight.

Note the electric yellow pipes integrated.

It gets done. There were lights installed, but they were not really necessary.

The floor in the middle room had a drain included, and water will flow right there!

The two cement placers, brothers, did a great job.

It's seven, 3 more batches...

One last pictue of Rika, just for you guys!

Toilet and shower floor.

Water outlet in the middle room (orchids room)

Holes will be drilled in the posts prior to filling them with cement, steel rods inserted to connect with future walls.

Originally Posted by Old Monkey

One last pictue of Rika, just for you guys!

I bet she took her glasses off for the pic

I put mine on

As they say in Moroco, when they want to sell you a carpet : "Plaisir des yeux!" Pleasure for the eyes...

Magnificent view, OM. You certainly have a good eye for natural beauty.

All that land around you, is it all farms? In other words, how long will that beautiful landscape be all for your eyes only? Just a bit of envy leaking out there

I like your idea of using concrete pipes as columns

although I see you have use normal rectangular columns in some positions - can you explain your reasoning there ?

Your home is coming along nicely!

Originally Posted by Old Monkey

with passion fruits.

dragon fruits

Originally Posted by Old Monkey

Here it is.

Just curious here : why not use bamboo instead of iron ?
- cheaper, stronger, greener

I know it takes a bit more effort to connect rafters, poles and such using bamboo, but simple floor reinforcement poses no problems.



I'll be following your thread with great interest. Sent you some green, had no bananas left . . .

Beautiful site for your home Old Monkey, what a spectacular view! I would love a country home like yours. I will follow your thread closely as I plan on building in the north in a few years and hope to learn from your experiences. Thank you for sharing.

Originally Posted by SunTzu

why not use bamboo instead of iron ?

It rots and is only stronger by weight, not in application.

Originally Posted by SunTzu

Originally Posted by Old Monkey

with passion fruits.

dragon fruits

Originally Posted by Old Monkey

You're right, dragon fruit. I always used split bamboo as reinforcement for concrete, but, this time, there was precast 2" under, which I 'd never seen before, and it was unanimous...
Here it is.

Just curious here : why not use bamboo instead of iron ?
- cheaper, stronger, greener

I know it takes a bit more effort to connect rafters, poles and such using bamboo, but simple floor reinforcement poses no problems.



I'll be following your thread with great interest. Sent you some green, had no bananas left . . .

I will be using bamboo for floors at ground level, I'm even thinking of using bamboo for the natural swimming pool. It has the same expansion factor as cement, I do not believe that it ruts if used green. I was happy to use it in the first house I built, see pictures. You can also check the tread about costs... I gave some numbers and shocked a few members. Bamboo is better! Cheaper!

Originally Posted by SiamRick

Magnificent view, OM. You certainly have a good eye for natural beauty.

All that land around you, is it all farms? In other words, how long will that beautiful landscape be all for your eyes only? Just a bit of envy leaking out there

You know one farang cannot own land in Thailand;-)
A lady does!
And there are 11 rais with papers. We use 150. The rest of the valley just changed hands this year, it is rent to farmers who maintain the picture for us with the hel of lots of chemicals. We are organic, most of the time. I planted 1000 trees minimum every year. Will keep doing it until it's full!

Originally Posted by baldrick

I like your idea of using concrete pipes as columns

although I see you have use normal rectangular columns in some positions - can you explain your reasoning there ?

Well, the round posts, at ground level, are there to support the next floor only. There will be no walls, I tried to find cardboard forms like we use in farang land, but could not find in Thailand. So, I used these drain pipes, 10" and 12". I like! I want to find a way to paint them, disguise them as trees.
The square ones are going to be part of walls, mostly corners, have steel coming out to join with the wall, square corners.
Playing with the same idea, on the second floor, we drill holes and put steel sticking out, so, they will also be part of walls, rounded corners...