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So here we go,i will upload pictures from the house and tell whats happening or whats history already....i have to get familiar with this site first......where to upload picture etc.....cheers....
(where do i upload pictures from the harddrive-USB stick??)any help around?thanks..
Welcome aboard the friendly TD choo choo train of love, SM. :)
Good luck with your new home bro...
and good luck with uploading pics... you'll bloody well need it!
The powers that be, have deliberately made that process as convoluted as humanly possible - using clunky MS-DOS circa 1980. :rolleyes:
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Originally Posted by showupman
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Originally Posted by NZdick1983
thxs,i remember i learned MS DOS in school back in the mid 80ies.....no idea anymore..lol...
good they have simpler programs in place nowadays...
[quote=Barty;3425115]Here you go.....Quote:
Originally Posted by showupman
thxs im trying it......building a house is almost easier than uploading a pic here:smileylaughing:...LOL.....
it looks as i need 5 posts to post links....upload pics....for whatever reason.....
will it work after this post???i'll see shortly...
our house from PD HOUSE website.....https://teakdoor.com/Gallery/albums/u...house_W991.jpg
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ground floor (looks a bit bigger-better)
Fantastic!
Katie and now this. Back to the bread and butter of TD. :)
Well done Sup, looks like a belter of a pad. Good luck and keep us updated. Cheers.
Where about in Khorat are you based?
I have a lovely mistress that comes from just outside Phi Mai. Really lovely little place.
https://teakdoor.com/Gallery/albums/u...al_floor_2.jpg
1.floor
all original drawings from PD.
well i ve done it so far........:bananaman:my first pictures uploaded here......
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Originally Posted by Luigi
its about 40kms east of pimai,near Lam Plai Mat,small rice town........
House looks great! I used to live in Korat... but dead bang in the city, near Maharat hospital... very well laid out and convenient city... with "The Mall" being the center of everything there...
^^ Lovely. :tumbs:
Enjoy it bud. I'm stuck in BKK for the next few years. :(
went to the immigration on the 19.12.....Quote:
Originally Posted by NZdick1983
i think Terminal 21 gonna make a big competitor to the mall....just opened on the day we were there....had a quick look too.....with the big tower u think u r on the airport...lol....
Korat
You are joking aren't you? I avoid the place at all costs. Terminal 21 should never have been built where it is. The place is grid locked at peak times, which seems to be all the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by NZdick1983
^ 5 ish years since I lived there... clean, well thought out city *better than KK IMHO (yeah, shitty traffic though)
It's each to their own Dick but I really dislike the place, I live 100 km SE of korat and that's close enough for me. Some may not like where I live but...............
Not my favorite place either, felt the people were colder than in Khon Kaen city...
Prefer to live outside a main city, but not too far out in the sticks.
its fair bit of luck here with decent internet,which means i dont have a good connection all the time downstairs,despite my little aerial plugged in......but its much better than in the 1.floor(my wife's parents place)its too hot up there...(the connection is better up there btw...)
got a ceiling fan outside here and can have a beer after work.....and chill out......
my 1. post was in "Stevefarang" thread.....and whoever wants to built with PD,its worth reading "builing a house in Nakom Pathom" too....
by the time we already signed the contract with PD,back in october 2013,when i came to TD and read his.....too late....
we bought the small plot,not far away from my wife parents in 2011,done the perimeter wall(i dont want the neighbors to look what farang does all the time....lol....).....and were looking for a decent builder with a nice house......
we ended up with PD,because they had a couple of offices in BKK.
dealing with them and make changes was easy,because i did FIFO(fly in fly out)from AUS....and i told them that i will do all the electrical work in the house....
they werent happy on the beginnings and said,no problem you can add as many powerpoints as you want....yeah for about 600Bht one piece and cheap shit....lol..
the whole electrical layout on the original was crap anyway.....and me as a sparky would never trust a thai sparky....have seen enough of it......
well on the end it was all good...you have to keep up with construction flow and we can give you no warranty for the electrical work they said....no worries mate i said.....
I see you have an upstairs toilet. How will that be connected ? The reason why I ask is cuz I know a guy that had the same and they put his pipework in the ceiling space below. The builder put no fall into the pipework and consequently he has s*** coming through the ceiling into the kitchen.
https://teakdoor.com/Gallery/albums/u...al_floor_2.jpg
some pics from our site(650sm) and upfill,(brother in law)perimeter wall with continuation of the rio bar all around(welded)for my earthing(ground earth)with copper wire attached to the rio bars(10mm rio)...local dudes with my dad in law
i still need to scan my updated drawings from the house........havent got them on file...yet to upload here....(when we signed the contract with PD in 2013)
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Originally Posted by Pragmatic
as long as it doesnt drop down from the ceiling it should be alright......lol....:spin:
i needed to correct the foreman too to have a slope downwards and not upwards as he did first......he was not aware of......(i think he really doesnt know what a slope is)....not sure yet if it leaks,we will see soon hopefully.....it goes through the dining then outside to the septic...gonna show pics later.....
All stench pipes, in my opinion, should exit the wall adjacent to the toilet and connect to the waste tank via that route. Thais don't like pipework on the exterior of the house even though it's more practical.
here are the updated drawings .......more later..im tired and gonna turn off the PC....enough for now....doesnt work with the pdf..........well it has to wait.......
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Originally Posted by showupman
Ya very lucky you are a Tradesman and can do ya own Spark work.
Most are held hostage to the Chicken Heads and have Zero recourse when Somchai does a dodgy Job. :confused:
When I had my house built the coonts would never put things where I wanted them ie electrical, toilet, doors etc. They used to believe farang knows nothing. A house build for me was a nightmare.
^
I respect guys like you mate simply because I could not deal with the stress involved with a new house build here in this shit house.
On the other hand I'd love to do a reno, I would do most of it myself and contract and watch over the chicken head coonts as needed.
Terry you can watch them all you like but when given the chance they will do things their way. This is Thailand and things are done the Thai way.Quote:
Originally Posted by terry57
Just had my house painted inside and out. The guys claimed they worked prior in BKK. Don't they all?
First day on the job they wanted sellotape to mask off the areas for painting. Sellotape, 2 inch wide, was what they used in BKK so they said. I bought them the white paper masking tape and told them to use that as it's what it was intended for. They were uncomfortable using it and towards the end of the job gave up on it and did things free hand.
Hey Show, great to see a new building thread! Good luck and hope all goes well. Keep em coming
^^
I painted my own Gaff in Bangkok, three different colors and not a drop of paint spilt, gaff taped of properly and drop sheets spread.
The head maintenance Chicken Head came in and nearly had a heart attack.
He said, oh you Color technician. ???? Velly good job.
Fook off Chicken Head. :)
On the other hand my Handbag contracted a Thai to paint her Gaff inside and out, I was rather shitting myself because it was a big job and the agreed cost was high.
I thought, fook me, he will spill paint everywhere and use cheap shit paint for sure. :confused:
So we front up a week later and him and his wife were just finishing off the outside wall.
Bloody wonderful professional job they had done using top quality paint. No over spill and great detail taken.
I could not of done a better job.
So there ya go, it's a dogs breakfast in this shit house and ya just never now how things will pan out.
Big problem being this, when retard Somchai fooks up us Farang have very little recourse.
Realising and accepting this is the key to the game.
I had the bath removed from the master ensuite as I think they are a pain - now I have a wonderful large shower area
I reason that if I want a bath I will put a 4 person spa downstairs with a television
I told them I wanted 3 wires with a green earth - so I ended up with 2 wires , one of them greenQuote:
Originally Posted by terry57
I paid someone else to come later and fix it as in the upper roof space it was typical thai , twisted wires and shortest distance and gpo's and lights on the same circuits
a lot of the plumbing fittings etc , you are likely to replace after a year or so , as somchai will buy the cheapest and fit them with chewing gum
thxs for all the replies...
my grey hair grew a lot more during the house-built....and yes it was-still stressful sometimes to deal with them....my wife translates it to thai...and then back to english.....
its better i forgot a lot of thai in the last couple of years(went to school almost a year in bkk)i reckon its better otherwise Somchai and team wouldnt be very happy with me..
still couldnt manage to upload my updated drawings,looks like only jpg. are allowed...have to scan them first then....
there is fair a bit of things i want to share,help others,tell what happend with us,people who want to build a house....etc...whether to go with PD HOUSE or not.
i dont want that someone just goes with PD while seeing stuff here(i think it happend before-not me,someone else)
we would get 10'000-20'000Bht from PD if we could bring them another customer.
at this stage i would not recommend to build with PD....:sorry1:
(pro's and contra later......)
we had to cancel-hold back nearly everything we ordered early October.
Kitchen,in built furniture,air con,beds,curtains,ceiling fans, dining table and so on.
talked with PD in august if its possible to finish inside,yes no worries again from them....
as soon as we left for bkk they left too for months,no one here.....because of a huge house in korat(more money)
ive got friends from switzerland who come over mid january,they cant sleep in the new house with us.....we have to stay in my wifes parents house...just annoying.....
confronted back then the foreman and he said there is no work here....what a f@#* head he is....
we told him to paint everything again indoors and fix ceilings,walls before laminate comes.....no hearings....
.....so try to upload some pics....
they just done the laminate and the steps last week...external contractors which have done a very good job indeed,in very happy with their work
there are some good tradesman here but it is a rarity.......
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yes mate,ive seen enough here and they coudnt handle it anyway how and what i wanted...Quote:
Originally Posted by terry57
I told them I wanted 3 wires with a green earth - so I ended up with 2 wires , one of them green
classic one....
I paid someone else to come later and fix it as in the upper roof space it was typical thai , twisted wires and shortest distance and gpo's and lights on the same circuits
..and probably on 32A breaker....:smileylaughing:
a lot of the plumbing fittings etc , you are likely to replace after a year or so , as somchai will buy the cheapest and fit them with chewing gum[/quote]
a lot of truth in here too....
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Originally Posted by showupman
There are indeed top class contractors here who perform work to Western standards, the huge problem is sourcing them.
The other problem is most of them are working on major projects getting paid decent money so don't fuk around doing the small shit.
I've stopped and watched Electricians wiring the new downstairs of MBK Bangkok.
All steel Conduit, properly color coded wires and really nice clean work being done.
Trouble is in this shit house, any dumb arse Somchai can pass himself as anything he wants to be with no recourse.
Us Farang are simply quite powerless over these Somchai coonts, once they have fooked it up it's a tad late innit.
And Somchai fooks his own over as well so it's not only us. :confused:
Somchai done the same to me in my Gaff.Quote:
Originally Posted by baldrick
My Fault as I did not actually watch him.
Learned a big lesson right there. :spam2:
signed our house contract in october in bkk 2013,they came to our land and tested the ground....
a couple of different tests around site.....
the result came out(a couple of weeks later) that it must be piled down.......hammering about 17 poles into the ground.......
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of course it cant be without ceremony......
the pighead tasted nice.....
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Originally Posted by Pragmatic
i had the same problem from the very beginning-its still present...he wont admit...
at the moment im watching the foreman working his bum off with his wife.....
a very very uncommon situation,he has never worked that much in the whole building time,than the last few days ......
PD wanted another payment straight after the laminat guy left...i only saw his car leaving-....and an 1hour later PD rung up......been in bkk with my wife....
2.last payment:still a big chunk
paintings in and outside finished,all floors done,laminat and steps done,dont even speak from missing plastering at some places and groutings in the bathrooms,frames around the windows and doors missing(dont know how to call them proper)tiles not straight,had to be changed,some places dont have a primer paintings on etc,etc........
so last tuesday,PD woman came with the paper,we said we not gonna pay,its not finished.....still a big mouth we told her to come to the house and have a look..
she went quite very quickly:smileylaughing:made a lot of pictures,rung to office in korat...
we said once all this things are done we gonna pay nr.6 payment,not before......
as it looks the foreman needs some money too and probably got a big pineapple from the boss......:bananaman:
he deserves it....
more pictures from current state:
THAI PRECISION WORK
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the mosaic looks straight(angle of camera)but the tiles behind where the dunny is going is out of whack big times....
2 days ago(22.12.16)
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