Workshop build little way from home.

[sometimewoodworker]

November December

More foundations




Foundations completed and back filled

Keeping them damp for the first week


The house and workshop are going to be raised off the ground for a few reasons including, ease of repair of plumbing pipe if needed, making it more difficult for snakes, centipedes scorpions and other wildlife to get into the house/workshop.

Starting on beam supports


More of the women construction workers





The women are not limited to the lighter jobs



The garden provides some free food for the work gang



The workshop is being built to be able to park a car or few if we need to lock them up if we want to have a holiday. So some of the beams have a significant amount of rebar



Preparing for posting at 8:27 a.m. Friday, 14 October 2016

 

[lee celtic]

Very interesting.. snakes and centipedes eh.. I just get cats and the odd sheep looking in..lol

 

[sometimewoodworker]

December continued

The rebar framework



The way locals mix concrete



SWMBO is proud of the fish she can get from our pool



A rarity in Thailand, a builder who does read the plans



Shutting going in for the floor beams



The shower/toilet gets a solid floor



In the midst of the new there is a reminder that death is something that comes to us all.
Nui's grandmother died of a cerebral haemorrhage.

This is a body freezer



Part of the ceremony




The concrete poor is finished and ready for the floor planks






Preparing for posting at 2:48 p.m. Tuesday, 18 October 2016

 

[sometimewoodworker]

December continued

A Thai cremation is a spectator affair with family and friends paying their last respects.



Then the monks give a last blessing



And finally the body is cremated



Back to the building, concrete planks are put down



Rebar is put on top and formwork is put in place





They did use a helicopter but might as well have not bothered as they didn't leve a flat floor.



I managed to fly in on Christmas Day, as you can see in Thailand we can carry a few more people in one pickup than would be legal in the UK



Preparing the column shuttering



A crane carried concrete bucket is much easier than individual builders buckets




Preparing for posting at 12:59 p.m. Wednesday, 19 October 2016

 

[sometimewoodworker]

Christmas/New year

Wrapping the posts, using up a great auction purchase from 40 years ago



The new year holiday break



This is the time of year when the sugar can is burned to get ready for harvest



New year starting on some top beams, concrete and steel



Getting the front stairs ready steel I beams for the car ramp and parking/loading dock



What happens if you get your measurements wrong





One of the two trusses that will be about 18 meters long



Preparing for top concrete beams







Preparing for posting at 6:17 p.m. Wednesday, 19 October 2016

 

[sometimewoodworker]

There's been a little bit of a hiatus due to replacing my iPad
Anyway continuing;

Starting with papaya for the main Issarn meal of somtam


Getting the stars ready for pouring



Spiral wound stirrups for round posts



Re-enforcement for the security room



A high tower is needed to place the forms



The "finished" steps (there is a bit of problem with these, more later)



Shutting going up for the security room



Final welding on the 2 X 18 metre trusses



Truss placement



Fixing the trusses in place



Preparing for posting at 3:01 p.m. Tuesday, 22 November 2016

 

[sometimewoodworker]

With insulation being at least as important as in the UK the walls are going to be double AAC block construction



The spacing of the skins is dependent upon the thickness of the posts



AAC blocks



A wall in progress



The roof steel is going up



The inside of the security room doesn't look too good at the moment



Oxypropane cutting to length



One of the big advantages of AAC bloc is that woodworking tools work.



Another advantage is the very thin "glue" line needed



Double walls mean that electricity and water pipes can go in the voids



Preparing for posting at 3:34 p.m. Tuesday, 22 November 2016

 

[sometimewoodworker]

Spacing and height for some of the workshop power sockets



These are kitchen outlets, over and under the work surface.



The roof substructure is close to finished



More workshop outlets



We had a problem with the water supply, so the fire brigade was used to supply water to each house!





Roof frame again



Workshop outlets


Its a building site


Outlets at about 50cm intervals



Preparing for posting at 22:30 p.m. Tuesday, 22 November 2016

 

[SteveF]

it may be a building site
but a fantastic one

looking good, keep the pictures coming

Steve

 

[Morten]

it may be a building site
but a fantastic one

looking good, keep the pictures coming

Steve

+1

 

[sometimewoodworker]

it may be a building site
but a fantastic one

Steve

Thanks Steve,

I don't know about fantastic, it is certainly an expensive one.

These two contracts are ฿2,200,000 foundations, security room, posts and roof steel and ฿800,000 walls water and electrics ( ฿3,000,000=£68,000)
Now that might not seem expensive to you but when you know that SWMBO built a complete house for her grandmother for about £8,000 :shock: so we could have had 8 of those houses and still had and change for the same money that is a different story.

Preparing for posting at 5:02 a.m. Wednesday, 23 November 2016

 

[marcros]

looking good

 

[ColeyS1]

Truly fascinating build. Not sure why I've only just seen this. It's gonna brilliant when it's finished!

Coley

 

[SteveF]

£68k gets u quite a nice space though
I know what u r saying though
4000 baht gets u a nice suit made compared with £300 so a 1/3rd cost of uk
which still makes your mansion only £200k uk
and u get a very nice lifestyle
no kids and I would consider myself

Steve

 

[Wildman]

I have somehow missed this thread as well, it is very interesting even if everything looks to be massively overbuilt, what is the idea of the security room, are you expecting earthquakes, nuclear bombs, unruly natives or what. Is there mains leccy or will you have your own genny. No mains water what about a well? Lots of solar power I hope.

 

[sometimewoodworker]

£68k gets u quite a nice space though
I know what u r saying though
4000 baht gets u a nice suit made compared with £300 so a 1/3rd cost of uk
which still makes your mansion only £200k uk
and u get a very nice lifestyle
no kids and I would consider myself

Steve

I think you may have missed the point, that the 68K is only a framework when the house is finished it's going to be a lot more than £68k. When we get to the windows and 2 doors that's another £29k.

 

[sometimewoodworker]

I have somehow missed this thread as well, it is very interesting even if everything looks to be massively overbuilt, what is the idea of the security room, are you expecting earthquakes, nuclear bombs, unruly natives or what. Is there mains leccy or will you have your own genny. No mains water what about a well? Lots of solar power I hope.

Over built, possibly, but that is what the architect designed and I don't know enough to argue. Also the workshop is designed to be car parking if we go away.

Hummm, mains water, sometimes. Mains leccy usually, but often cuts of several hours. Security room is to usually use for storage but also to lock away my expensive tools when we want to have a holiday, I've got a few thousand pounds of festool toys that I wouldn't be able to replace and theft is probably more common in Thailand than in the U.K.

Solar power, no we can't sell any extra back. Solar hot water yes, based on a system pioneered in Kathmandu.

 

[sometimewoodworker]

February 2016 ->

The walls are coming along nicely. The finished height will be 3.8 metres



Joining 2 H beams which will be part of the crane. It is unusual to get lengths over 6M. There are 4 points that the lengthwise beams will be suspended from, these two will be at the ends





The front house wall



An automated oxy propane cutting machine





High quality locally built ucaliptus wood movable support



The alternative steel version



Windows and doors have cast-in-place concrete surrounds



Looking at the area between the two roofs we've noticed a problem with the placement of the windows and need to move them down to be cantered in the opening, fortunately it is an easy change at this stage



Preparing for posting at 10:01 a.m. Friday, 25 November 2016

 

[sometimewoodworker]

February continued.

The roof shape of the house is beginning to come into view now.


The front support H-beam for the crane is being lifted into place.






Elf'n safety! = don't fall down mate.



The H-beam is being bolted into the cement with four bolts that are being cast in place. I'm not sure that this is going to be strong enough. So what I've decided to do is add a support underneath and if it begins to drop then the support will be easy to see bending outwards



The support/telltale upright.



You can see where the original cross beam was attached, about 30cm above the bottom beam





Looking down into the workshop area.



Preparing for posting at 5:43 p.m. Friday, 25 November 2016

 

[sometimewoodworker]

Even more from February.

Looking down into my workshop in the area where my shower and toilet will be.



This is the steel that's been cut out with the Oxy propane gas cutter and it's going to be used to reinforce the trusses so is that the runway beams for the crane can be fitted to them.



As you can see our house is in the countryside, the nearest town is about 8 km, and the nearest city is about 50 km.



Adding Sherwood above the top windows painting it



I think that I'm probably going to have enough power sockets, on this wall they are about every 50 cm and four outlets in one box.



SWMBO inspecting the reinforcing steel for the trusses



The crane runway beams are getting a rust prevention undercoat.



One of the architectural team inspecting the welding of the truss reinforcement.



What will be the front Veranda and car parking shade area



How do you move a six meter crane runway beam? The answer is get enough people and pick it up



Preparing for posting at 8:14 p.m. Friday, 25 November 2016

Do let me know if I'm posting too many pics (or not enough :lol: ). These are a small selection of the thousands I've got. :roll: