Thread: Building a house in Nakhom Pathom

what sort of doors and windows are you planning on?

Originally Posted by DrAndy

what sort of doors and windows are you planning on?

I think they are called UPVC, white trim windows. Supposedly with the solar reflective (or whatever you call it) green glass.

We've gone back and forth on the front entrance door. I saw a similar house with a wooden entrance and really liked it. There's a pic of that house somewhere on the first page of this thread. But I think we'll stay with the UPVC trim.

Why ?

Originally Posted by stevefarang

Why ?

He's working out what size crowbar to bring when he " visits " you

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

Originally Posted by stevefarang

Why ?

He's working out what size crowbar to bring when he " visits " you

Ah-hahahhahahahahaha !!!!

Just watch out for my "killer" mutt. He's already proven to be very protective of family members.

Steve

OK, I received the bathroom designs that we picked out, back in early August. I wasn't sure what to expect and this is really impresses me. They took the designs and fixtures we picked out and laid them out in the floorplan of each bathroom. This is great, as it allows me to quickly spot some minor things I want to tweak/adjust like add more towel racks of a glass wall separating the shower, etc.
The only problem is trying to do this from halfway around the world. I suppose. if worse comes to worse, things like towel racks can always be added afterwards and shouldn't look too bad (I hope).
Anyway, these are of the master bathroom.

This is the second bathroom upstairs:

Looks pretty flash mate.

This is the guest suite bathroom on the ground floor. It is also a guest visitor bathroom, so it has the second door, so the guest doesn't have to go throught the bedroom to use it. It's also the only bathroom to have a urinal. I was going to have them remove the urinal back when we did the floor plans, but I figured, "eh, why not?":

This is the other ground floor bathroom, that would have been the maid's bathroom. The maid's room has been modified into a mother-in-law room when I'm not there. Or another family member may stay there. It won't be a big room and the bathroom is also basic, although I'll add another towel rack or so.
I'm not thrilled about the location of the left cupboard door. I can see it smashing into the wall, chipping the tile. I wish we could shft it over a little, but then you lose the symmetry with the sink.

Very impressive renderings.

Bloody nice Steve, might it be a good finnish fit out covers a multitude of sin's, one can only hope hey.

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

Love those small bathrooms Steve , tile colours etc if your going for that colour , the only thing I don't like you see so much of in Thailand is those close coupled bogs ,,much easier to maintain if you can get hold of this style .




Gives you a much better flush to

Thanks Nigel. We looked at a bunch of crappers. The main thing we wanted was the dual-flush feature which was not part of the standard toilet available. We both liked the ones we picked out, my main prioiity was having a large enough seat for a Western arse. My wife, bless her heart, decided that our bathroom had to have a better crapper than the others, so she found one I liked, although it's a wee bit more expensive than the others.

I don't recall seeing any like the one you have pictured and I don't think the wife would have gone for that, no matter how much better it is.

The colours are what we picked out. I'm not someone that can look at tile and say, "oh yes this will work in the bathroom with those tiles over there." We had to look at existng bathroom setups, on display, and they had one display that really appealed to me for use in the master bathroom.

I'm truly impressed by the renderings. I wish that PD House would offer this feature, it would help with room layout planning plus in choosing room colours.

You'll regret not having a glass screen between the shower and the basin.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

You'll regret not having a glass screen between the shower and the basin.

Yes, I already spotted that in 3 of the 4 bathrooms. The Guest Suite bathroom has a tile wall which will be ok. I also think a glass door is needed for the master bath shower or that area by the sink is going to be wet often.

And we need more towel racks. I really like these renderings, little details like these just pop out.

I'm not thrilled about the location of the sink in the master bath, but it's too late to change it. I thought I had proposed changing the location of the sink in the master bath, but that was 18 months ago or so.

I've already e-mailed the wife about these issues.

Thanks nonetheless!!

PD House sent me a series of photographs documenting the "Demonstration of water pressure". I'm not there so I'm assuming it's similar to a hydrostatic test performed in power plants. It looks like it from what I can tell, although the pressure gauge scales are a little foreign to me. It looks like it's displaying kg/cm2. When overseas, I'm used to seeing pressure in bar, pascals or some variation of those.

But it looks like my water system is in and I guess it holds pressure, which is good. It would be nice if they would set the clock/time on their camera !

Steve,

1 kg/cm2 = 14.22 psi, just under 1 BAR.

This is being read on the red gauge, it converted correctly when I just done the calcs.

Hope it helps.

Cheers
Pete

The pressure Gauge is just over 8+ bar that looks 120 psi

By the way great bath room Steve

Thanks all, I hadn't bothered to check the conversion when I posted this late last night. I just found the units (kg/cm2) to be unusual to what I normally see.
So it sounds like the plumbing can hold a decent amount of pressure, I'm impressed !

Thanks again !
Steve

more more

Sorry, I'm waiting for the wife to send more pics. They have started applying smoothcoat upstairs, hiding everything I have issues with. She's having problems with the internet and has not been feeling well the past few days.

They are also doing electrical work, but they tell me they cannot send me a revised electrical plan until I agree to all the changes I had previously marked up. I told them I don't remember them all, sending me a list does me no good. And if they are doing electrical work, then an electrical plan exists. Grrrrrr....

I also found out that they pressure tested the water piping to 100 psi for 24 hours. I thought it was odd, using psi instead of SI units, but hey, pressure is pressure. As long as the piping doesn't leak. I did ask them why they don't use a calibrated gauge or a gauge that would have the desired pressure in the mid-range, as that is when a pressure gauge is most accurate. I have a little experience in this field.

I have to take my hat off Steve you have the patience of a saint

Originally Posted by stevefarang

They have started applying smoothcoat upstairs, hiding everything I have issues with. She's having problems with the internet and has not been feeling well the past few days.

probably the first she should call a techie, the second see a doc

smoothcoat will not really help either

but the place is looking good, I bet you can't wait

OK, she finally got a couple of pics to me. Nothing that shows a lot. But they are doing the smoothcoat now.

This is looking from the stairs up to the 1st floor.



This one threw for a little bit. I knew it was upstairs but i couldn't figure out where. Then it dawned on me, it's from the master bedroom looking out towards what will be the upstairs family room. It also demonstrates why I'm pissed about not getting the updated electrical plans. I don't recall having 2 outlets side by side. I did want one on each wall, so we don't have extension cords running all over the place,



And then a shot looking through the doorway of the master bedroom. I guess my wife wanted to take a picture of one of the worker's kids.



That's all she sent me. And she refuses to go see a doctor.