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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
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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 801 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 2900 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 440 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
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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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The washbasin in the en suite bathroom. A flush fitting basin (650 baht, Global House) and a PVC cupboard unit (900 baht, village hardware store) guaranteed not to rot! The 'marble, tops were made from lefovers from the Granito floor.
Click on thumbnail to see an enlargement then click the clapperboard to start a slide show. jazzman

A small consumer unit with a timer 1This consumer unit was assembled by Jazzman for the swimming pool equipment. Plasctic housing. View with the cover removed. L to R: 2-pole master; 3, 16A MCBs, Timer (for the pumps).
When originally purchased (900 baht) it contained the 2-pole master and 4 of the MCBs.jazzman

DoorsQuite heavy and sturdy, these exterior doors are made of strong, hot pressed fibre-board to give the panel shapes. 550 baht each from HomePro. Cheap and easy to replace if they get kicked in - worth thinking about if you are building a motel or bungalows. The wooden frames (not shown) were bought at GlobalHouse, 590 baht each, made of Mai Deng.jazzman

Ceiling fan recessPlasterboard (sheetrock) teams do some of the neatest work of all Thai labour.jazzman

Concrete rings for sewerThese come in various sizes. These are 75cm inside dia., 50cm deep, hold 220 litres each and cost 90 baht each. Calculate ?€ x radius?² x depth, to get the volume. We use two silos of four of these rings; the silos are linked for 1st and 2nd stage processing. They will be sealed inside with bitumen paint. That gives us a total of 1,760 litres which is more than enough for a small household. Ready made glass fibre tanks of this capacity cost about 8,000 baht. Another $200+ saved!jazzman

Laying Granito slabsThis is a tricky job and precision is a word Thai builders don't understand. Each slab has an arrow on the underside ensuring they are all laid in the same direction. They are butt laid (no spaces for grouting) and the large 60 x 60 slabs should each be checked with a spirit level when laying.
Click on thumbnail to see an enlargement then click the clapperboard to start a slide show. jazzman

Locking door knobsStandard Thai style locking doors knobs. These cost 250 baht from HomePro. There are cheaper ones, and I have seen cheaper ones installed in multi-million luxury homes in developments on Samui.jazzman

Day 15 rendered walls - rear viewOur solution for the bathroom windows can clearly be seen: two glass blocks at flanked on either side by a ventilated brick. The glass blocks were left over from the construction of the house, but they can be bought from 38 baht. The vented bricks cost 5.50 baht each.
There are no zoning regulations here. To maximise on our land, the rear wall is 1 metre from the land boundary.jazzman

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