Thread: Japanese House

Where can i buy your book?

You can read french?

Yes!!

Originally Posted by patsycat

Yes!!

I think you mean 'wee'.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Originally Posted by patsycat

Yes!!

I think you mean 'wee'.

Sacré bleu!!! you should both be whiplashed and sent to the guillotine

the correct word is "Oui"

KCC

I suspect Marmite's taking the piss...

Originally Posted by Roobarb

I suspect Marmite's taking the piss...

Yeah I'm just trying to see if his knee reacts.
Trying to liven things up a bit, LOL.

Pardon, Monsieur. I thought we couldn't speek furren languages here.

What happened here ?

It all ended so abruptly .

Although it's a fascinating and intricate development it's not so easy at times getting through the technical stuff .... and then after a long time reading the story it suddenly just ends !!!!

Where is the big finish with a superb photo of the completed house without bits of timber or gravel or other detritus still around ?

This is a classically complex build with no appropriate ending ....... and it's a Hell of a story .

After 61 Pages and so many viewers I think we need a very polished ending here .


Wasp

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OK, you guys, I'm back! I will post new pictures of the finished house in a few days, Last June, my wife, since I was gone and the kids were back in school in Chiang Mai, decided to use the pool and put in 1000 tilapias ans 1000 catfish!
As my friend Mike described it to me : a swamp was created!
Last week, even if it was still too cold to swim, I had the pool emptied, it's being washed as I write this.

Originally Posted by patsycat

Yes!!

Tell me where you are, if it's around Chiang Mai, I'll bring it to you. I brought 3 copies with me.

Originally Posted by Old Monkey

OK, you guys, I'm back! I will post new pictures of the finished house in a few days, Last June, my wife, since I was gone and the kids were back in school in Chiang Mai, decided to use the pool and put in 1000 tilapias ans 1000 catfish!
As my friend Mike described it to me : a swamp was created!
Last week, even if it was still too cold to swim, I had the pool emptied, it's being washed as I write this.

EXCELLENT !!!!

This is such a dramatic-looking house I really do want to see the most artistic photos of the end result .


Wasp

Can we see photos of the pool turned swamp fish farm, then back to beautiful pool?

Originally Posted by Old Monkey

Originally Posted by patsycat

Yes!!

Tell me where you are, if it's around Chiang Mai, I'll bring it to you. I brought 3 copies with me.

Sorry, I live in Switzerland!!

Welcome back OM, like some others I look forward to seeing the "finished" project. The trials and tribulations encountered during this saga are/were daunting but you persevered with style. Did you ever get any word from your old foremen who got trapped with the dopers? I wish him luck! It appears you didn't express your plan to your wife but then maybe she just didn't agree with the plan! LOL
Congrats on the book, hope it sells well.

Shiloh Jim

Here are some pictures of the house, surroundings and other buildings.The filter is full of the fishes we transfered from the swimming pool. It will be emptied and the fishes removed as soon as the pool is full.

The pool house and the new garden beds.
Sorry, not yet completed, our builder took a month off... In fact, we will know tomorrow if he will come back.

Tomorrow, I'll post some photos of the pool being filled. This is a long process, there's a lot of water. The kitchen is being cleaned.

I'd like to praise this house but I don't know what are the appropriate words .

Saying it's brilliant or fabulous feels wrong --- because it's something else altogether.

It's certainly a bit stunning and the technological stuff going on is riveting and educational .

Can't even say " Well Done " because it's way beyond that too .

So old monkey I'm sure I can speak for others and just say it really is a build worthy of more than the 5 stars that we can give .

A singular and exceptional home is the best I can say .



Wasp

Originally Posted by Wasp

I'd like to praise this house but I don't know what are the appropriate words .

Saying it's brilliant or fabulous feels wrong --- because it's something else altogether.

It's certainly a bit stunning and the technological stuff going on is riveting and educational .

Can't even say " Well Done " because it's way beyond that too .

So old monkey I'm sure I can speak for others and just say it really is a build worthy of more than the 5 stars that we can give .

A singular and exceptional home is the best I can say .



Wasp

I could not have said it any better Wasp. Well done OM.
Truly inspirational, a great thread and will make a good book also.
KCC

One metre of water in the pool. It takes an eternity! Surprisingly, it is not so cold, coming directly from the well.

Handles have proven to be very useful.

The filter has been transformed into a swamp by the fishes. When the new tank is ready, the catfish will be transfered right behind the pool house.
The house, viwed from the pool.

Lotus flowered anyway.
One day, this coconut tree will dominate the site.

What we see is the outside wall, built with small classic cement blocks. On the inside, steel reinforcement, recuperated from previous demolitions, and forms will be filled with cement, then waterproofed.