Graham's Thailand Odyssey

Garage come office/Man Shed, had this built befor leaving New Zealand Start of the water tanks shed Plastic water tanks Shed for water tanks Drilling for water The new property wall
Garage/Shed/Office Shaded vege garden Wall construction Clearing the weeds from the pool More clearing IMG 20180109 172341[1]
Earth for the new roadway IMG 20180110 170457[1] Laying the new road Vege garden Start of corn field Reinforceing material for the new house
The new DIY sand trap for the watering system Swimming pool or fish pond The first construction column being erected IMG 20180125 092340[1] Foundations Retaining wall
concrete footing reinforcing - concrete is being poured now new water filter system under extended shed - the whole system cost $4000 - and the ferrous oxide water is now clean enough for a permanent supply for showers/toilets/cooking etc house and garage retaining wall completed They seem to know what they are doing close up of the construction technique - one of the main materials used in construction is eucalyptus trees - not bamboo (that is just used mostly for scaffolding) the earliest fruiting mango tree
Waste water treatment tank Dawn same as Sunset Temporary quarters IMG 20180210 154413[1] reinforcing preparation for Bathroom/Toilet floor truck arrives with thin rough cast concrete slabs ?? huh - I was told floor was to be poured
some steel framework in place poured bathroom floor slabs being placed 14/02/2019 3½ inches of concrete poured on slabs, the reinforceing is hooked and jiggled up into the wet mix Irrigation for the corn The support columns
The chipper/mulcher/shredder machine loaded onto my vehicle chipper/mulcher/shredder machine - for making compost out of what ever I can for the vege gardens and fruit trees.(see attached) - cost me 27500 baht (NZD $ 1250) - machinery here is as expensive as NZ Irrigation for corn nearly completed they started the roof yesterday and say they will have finished it in a week We will wait and see 24/02/2018 IMG 20180302 105214 IMG 20180302 105246
Brown colored roofing sheets all made to length specification so there is no overlapping joins row of papaya palms all growing successfully most of the barge boards screwed on roof will be completed in a couple of days 4/3/2018 block layers start block layers start
IMG 20180304 171230 Tempature was 40°C so he is dressed to keep the heat at bay IMG 20180305 083539 IMG 20180307 075930 Boxing for the steps IMG 20180307 080028
IMG 20180307 080141 Steps ready for concrete pouring IMG 20180313 075432 IMG 20180313 075624 IMG 20180313 075657 IMG 20180313 075932
view of lounge and dining room combined - 516 square feet front porch/patio - 686 square feet - side porch/patio which will have small shower and toilet at far end view through dining room to kitchen - Jiamjit in her grand front doorway entrance side of the house view from garage
Jiamjit's "imperial" flight of steps to the front of the house drainage for the sceptic tank etc IMG 20180321 092623 IMG 20180321 110140 IMG 20180321 110234 IMG 20180321 110414
IMG 20180323 105343 IMG 20180323 105453 IMG 20180323 105507 IMG 20180323 105521 gang plastering west wing wall front doorway
- kitchen entrance way Side view of house, the triangle bit to the right is looking into the pool showing the wall Ceiling supports IMG 20180401 090718 IMG 20180401 110441 IMG 20180409 110321
Kitchen ready to be fitted out IMG 20180409 110348 One happy tile layer. Floor tiles IMG 20180402 144431 IMG 20180409 110436
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driveway going in - concrete tomorrow = most of these workers are women kitchen patio being tiled dining room windows are in as per Jimajit's instructions that got lost in her Thai with Thais translation smoko break for tillers in the master bedroom Lounge swinging external doors going in today Lounge patio being completed with tiles and grouted - again women
IMG 20180410 114029 the second lot of sweetcorn is now over 8 foot tall (2.5 metres) - the first stand gets harvested today - the third stand is in the front 19/04/2018 IMG 20180420 103047 IMG 20180420 103135 new driveway shots new driveway shots
new driveway shots The new color scheme IMG 20180423 093552 driveway from road entrance. 5 inch thick concrete - started today to finish gap with drainage channel on garage side for dealing with massive runoff from thunderstorms how do you call that level ???
front steps nearly completed with tiles (graa breuung - tiles - singular and plural) main bathroom small bathroom small bathroom Jiamjit's Fort Knox bedroom doors The recovered and refurnished furniture
3 hours of rain, what I did not expect in Thailand was the noise that a trillion frogs can make - especially the little finger nail sized buggers - They come out when it rains - no jungle movie has ever portrayed that sound - it is deafening) kitchen coming along. Oven is in. Electric Hob is in. Gas Hob is in.. IMG 20180507 100802 Electrician today putting in Range hood. (Great Kitchen). Water Tanks and Filtration plant shed beeing finnished off/
IMG 20180508 102254 IMG 20180519 111833 155510, 155535, 155628 -stainless steel handrailing IMG 20180603 155535 IMG 20180603 155628 security windows being fitted
IMG 20180522 161815 IMG 20180727 094045 IMG 20180727 094120 water over the divide from my side of the river to the neighbours - the river is 12 feet deep only a foot more to flood the road outside the farm IMG 20180731 060609
IMG 20180805 122405 IMG 20180805 122423 IMG 20180820 113600 stainless steel handrailing, main entrance IMG 20180820 113619 IMG 20180820 131433
IMG 20180821 105257 IMG 20180821 120219 IMG 20180821 120300 December 2018 wearing my safari suite Jack fruit Jack fruit contents
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