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Jazzman's green house

Stages of construction of Mr & Mrs Jazzman's house in Nong Bua Lamphu province on a $20,000 budget- no construction permission needed.

84 files, last one added on Oct 28, 2010
Album viewed 12061 times

Green House Motel

This album documents the build of our motel which is destined to create work for my wife & her family, and earn money for me to import tea, wine, and cheese.
It's a low-budget construction the way the Thais build their modern houses.

44 files, last one added on Mar 20, 2009
Album viewed 800 times

Jazzman's electrical fittings

Just about EVERYTHING you need to electrify your house and not yourself. Quality fixtures & fittings.

34 files, last one added on Mar 20, 2009
Album viewed 2897 times

The Brickworks

Dropped a brick on your budget by going for Q-Con or Superblock? 99% of houses are built with these.

8 files, last one added on Mar 20, 2009
Album viewed 439 times

DISASTERS !!!

Just a few of the things that will certainly go wrong if you don't watch your project like a hawk...

13 files, last one added on Jan 29, 2010
Album viewed 775 times

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KItchen view 3jazzmanOct 28, 2010

Kitchen view 2The cooker hood was got cheap for 6,500 baht from Home Pro, Udon. Normal price was baht 13,000 but it was in a sale because it had been a demo on a display board in the shop. The two-ring glass cooker hob cost about 4,000 baht (if I remember rightly) from Global House, and the stainless steel double sink and drainer cost about 2,700 complete with tap (faucet), drains, and underneath plumbing pipes and U-bends.jazzmanOct 28, 2010

Kitchen view 1We keep adding bits to this kitchen and it's still not complete. A breakfast bar still has to be built from the left hand side near the fridge to halfway across the archway. And the fridge will be replaced with a side-by-side. Cost: there is about 65,000 baht's worth of KITZCHO?® units. The solid granite counter tops cost about 18,000 baht including installation. jazzmanOct 28, 2010

wall 5Then it fell over. One night of rain was enough. This wall will be rebuilt using correct engineering and correct drainage. Another 40 trucks of dirt will be needed to top up the infill that was washed away. Probable total cost: around 250,000 baht.jazzmanJan 29, 2010

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Weatherproof switchesbTicino weatherproof recessed switches. Excellent for switches or opwer in garden wall etc. The lid flips up but the switches can be pressed though the transparent cover. This 3-module unit can be equipped with switches and/or power sockets. Cost around 300 baht. bTicino also make a surface mounted one.jazzman

Aligning the formwork for the columns.Click thumbnail to see an enlargement then click the clapperboard to start a slide show. The formwork was aligned to be perfectly vertical. Millimeter accuracy was achieved using a combination of traditional Thai methodology with fishing line and a spirit level, and a modern tripod mounted laser level.jazzman

Guest bathroomjazzman

Floor drainsThe drains in the the bathrooms and on the terraces were protected with PVC film and screwed into their pipes to serve as further height guages. Their height will be adjusted again later to be flush with the tiles. These diecast drains cost 140 baht but turned out to be not very good so we got the much more expensive one in the next picture instead.jazzman

Day 1. Setting upThe first day was spent setting up the shed, the site electrics and lighting, organising the tools, the cement mixer, and the portable scaffolding, clearing the plot and marking out with pegs and orange string. We bought the cement mixer a couple of years ago second-hand for 5,000 baht. In it, we use the spare 3 Kw motor from the rice-mill. It's reasonably transportable on the back of a pick-up.jazzman

Minature Circuit BreakerSide and front view of a modular MCB. This one is for 16A. These MCBs are standard equipment in many countries now. They replace fuses. They never need changing. If they trip out, just reset the switch - after troubleshooting the reason of course!jazzman

Living room ceilingThe ceiling was done this way because:
Mrs Jazzman wanted one like it.
It's very easy to install. Took 2 men 2 hours for 40 m2.
It's cheaper even than plasterboard (Shitrock?) at around 50 baht per m2 including the rails.
It gives instant access to any part of the attic.
Allows a rapid redistribution or addition of lighting elements and fans etc.
Jazzman likes it too (although he thought it was a bit kitsch at first)
Click thumbnail to see an enlargement then click the clapperboard to start a slide show.jazzman

last lookThe last photo of the naked roof truss before we went to Nakhon Pathom, Bangkok and Jomtien for a few days.
Click thumbnail to see an enlargement then click the clapperboard to start a slide show. jazzman

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