dill wrote:just wanted to know where i would find the panel boards from in udon to put on the walls,thought i would ask you since you know where to get mst of the materials.
thanxs mate

All the materials I used came from Global House, some special electricial connections were from Tool Pro, and small various odd and ends from mum and dad shops

I will post later with photos where all the shops are I used with map reference

Still building or back in Aus?

Back in OZ till Dec, still have some unposted photos to do yet of the March April tour of duty

Aussieboy,

I hope you will never remove a wall in this way:

http://www.snotr.com/video/1352

Just posting some late photos, this one is the old codgers ramp for the future/ later it will become a draw bridge for security, that's when the home becomes a high set.

3 steel 100 x 50 x 2.5 were welded 1150mm apart , fixed to that is 20mm 1200 x 2400mm woodfibre cement sheet from Global house, its made from wood chips like chipboard with cement added. I fixed the sheets to the steel RHS Rectangular Hollow Section pre drilling a 3mm hole, and screwed a self drilling 30mm screw every 200mm along ths RHS, a 3 mm gap between sheets allows for expansion and the application of a silicon joint. Prior to filling the joint, I applied 2 coats of rubber paint, same as at the bottom of the fence post, where the post meets the concrete at ground , gives a good seal, the rubber paint comes in several colours and about 1000 baht 4 liters.

The sheets looks like cement when left plain, but must be sealed, theres a small ramp at the top to allow for MB to locked up

Frontal attack to getting up to the house, less chance of tripping as with stairs

Interlinking the water jars at the bottom to allow for the silt to be clean out, and use the lower outlet for garden, the upper pipe work will be for drinking, via a filter, have 6 x 2000 lt jars, every jar has a stop cock fitted ti isolate each jar as required, red handles.

The jars sit on 100mmthick of 5mm chrusher stone/ covered with plastis, the 75mm topping of stone, plastic stops the weeds, and the stones are finer enough to walk on and it cooler than concrete.

The pipes under ground have been backed filled with sand to allow for movement

What ever you do Dont have a bath in these jars, there's not much reinforcement in them, and all the splashing around to cool off the jar just went POP!, won't buy that brand again, the place to buy them from is about 3 K on the left past Big C towards going out of town on the Sarkon Narkon road.

The water delivery driver says they have more wire in them , checked it out for my self before buying the next 3 jars at 1500 each delivered

Just having a rest on the camp stretcher after going for a swim in the water jar
another day another lesson

The pipe work under the house, being fitted, the vertical pipes come from the gutters down to the lower 150mm pipe running under the home, the junctions are all set in place ready to take the horizontal 150 pipe.

The theory is the rain will wash off the dust on the roof into the down pipes, then into the storage 150 pipe, once filled the water will back up the down pipes to the higher outlet down pipe into the water jars or tanks, as clean water.

The 150 storage pipe holdes 150lt/ at some time after the rain there is a stop tap at the lower end of the 150 pipe, can be used for general watering or just flush the pipe out when turned on, ready to take another 150lt of dirty water, this system is refered to as The First Flush system, you can get other types that will dirvet water with a electric sensor solinord, I just used the always works turn the tap off/on system

The big day tomorrow will be to show the top half of all this Farang pipe work, as the workers scratch theirs heads trying to figure out why so much pipe work

Its not just pipe work, It's work of Art also, must match in so Bugs Bunny will feel at home.
My Looney Tunes Home

Building a house in Thailand, The first flush pipe work finished, the local lad is looking confused as to why there is so much pipe, note the additional support strap yellow, made from colourbond 0.3mm Bluescope steel

Building a house in Thailand, Udon, here is the upper pipe work leading to the water jars, out of which comes fresh clean water, with no debris

Building in Thailand, The Boss Nu NU number 1, looking proud at Her Home being built

Village girl playing with the nail puzzle, we keep all visitors happy on the building site

Building in Thailand, we give nothing but the best lunch, the look on his face as he puts a nother yummy lunch into his mouth