I have the land, all 700mt2, now to build my little resort to live in, just 10mt x 6mts, 1 bedroom to start with, more than enough for me.

It will be steel stumps lowset, 600mm off the ground, timber frame, light weight walls fully insulated, timber floors, metal roof , double glazed windows doors, 1 bathroom.

Built to BCA rules, Building code Australia, low maintenance, high quality duarable construction method. 60mts/s wind loadings, 200kph. Terrain category 2

Time frame to build First Stage 2 weeks, lock up stage only, 2 carpenters 2 labours, and the Master Builder

The plan is simular to this one , with the second bedroom removed. and the lounge kitchen area all open. verandah will be built in stage 2

Keep us posted Mr AussieBoy, hope to start my place before Christmas, my land not too far from your block, would like to come and visit and see how the professionals do it, judging by your construction schedule look like you could be finished before I arrive on November the 18th

Good luck with the project.

PS. keep taking them photos so we can all see how its done

2 weeks farang or 2 weeks Thai?

Good luck with the project, Aussie Boy.
Keep us posted with the progress and pictures.
I like the open kitchen, living room plan.

AussieBoy, we may have discussed this before but why not steel framed?. Bluscope steel are alive and well in Thailand and no white ant problems.

yes, steel, then for steps, steel going up half way, the rest suspended down, with one step not connected all the way thru, this way no termites to worry about.

of course there would be a concrete pond under the house

Steel was 4 Baht cheaper per metre, the light gage of the steel and little experience from the locals to mig weld, was not worth the effort, easy to nail into timber than using screws to fix everything.

I started with the first company in brisbane back in 74 that used Bluescope / lysaght framing, so have plenty of experience, but even the local carpenters have little tools, had to but a spirit level, stringline, drill bits, not being able to find a mig welder, timber was the best option, still the most popular way to build in the west.

Did the rounds of all the hardwares, and Global was usually the cheapest for material, except the timber.

Day 1 delivery of material Saturday, tractor arrives to level block and take off top spoil grass, rains 1 hour later so the block is left in a worst state than before we started, give up on block clean up and start road

Photo of main entrance to Soi 7, comming from udon, 2 ladies cleaning the boundry line of the neighbours front fence,preping for painting. looking for a grand entrance, neighbour is happy we are cleaning up her block comes out to help.

Tractor starts on moving gravel onto soi 30mt3 ordered 20mm stone @ B500 mt, tractor finishes afternoon soi is now graveled to first block,locals say when there is a home there the will concrete the road.

Power gets connected B7000 for the meter, trim trees for power cable, Day 1 over

Photo of the block, just after the tractor started, materials with plastic cover on right side of photo, down the back of the block, tree is 5 mts on the next boundry



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Soi 7, with the gravel down, old fence on the right will be removed and rebuilt painted, trees on left will be trimed back and area cleaned.



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Day 2 Monday, set out profiles for footings, ground still wet, leave set out and start fence replacement for Soi

Photo. The crew digging holes for the timber post 2x4 at 1.8mt centers 8foot long 2 feet into ground, concreted, LOSP treated timber, chemical, painted on site.
Cost 2x4 B200 @ 20 post =B4000 treatment 1 x 4lt B500, Concrete B1800 mt3 for a real cubit metre x 1 mt used, labour B1300 a day for crew, steel battens 35x25mm 6longx3= 18x 6mt lengths B180 a lengthx 18= B3500, screws 25mm x 10g type 17 hex head self drilling 1000x B1500 per 1000, paint red oxide 2 x 4lt B1200, labour to paint 1 x day both sides, B1000 , final coat paint 1x10lt B1200, labour B500

Total cost to install 36 mts fence B16,500 Per mt B475

AussieBoy

Your posts and pictures are a good read! It is great to see the step by step on the building process. Keep them coming.

Keg

Great job Aussieboy!Very informative and interesting.Keep up the great work and best of luck!

yes i agree also aussieB, this will turn in to a big long lasting thread and great info for some thinking of doing a build, look forward to next block by block account.