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Jazzman's green house


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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


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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
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Jazzman's electrical fittings


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

34 files, last one added on Mar 20, 2009
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The Brickworks


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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
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DISASTERS !!!


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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
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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
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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
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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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First snagThis huge drainage ditch goes along the entire 40m frontage. The plan is to lay concrete drainage pipes and fill it in for parking space. The workers dropped one pipe getting it off the truck - 150 baht 'down the drain'.
Never mind, if that's all that goes wrong on this project, I'll be happy.
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Legrand connectorsThai electricians generally twist wires together and cover the joins with insulating tape. More modern methods would be chocolate strip or caps which are squashed with a crimping tool. These Legrand connectors are a push fit and neither require a screwdriver nor a pair of crimping pliers. There are now also similar brands on the market. Print this photo and take it to your electrical store.jazzman
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Compacting the back fill.Once the floor areas between the footings had been filled with the leftover earth from the foundations, it was compacted every 10 cm. This is essential, as this will be a support for the concrete floor until it has fully cured, a process which will take a t least 28 days.
Thai builders don't think about doing this, and these had never used one before. This one costs about 25,000 baht to buy, but you can rent one for the duration of your construction for about 500 B.
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Floor drain for bathrooms, kitchens, patios, etc.These are made of high quality stainless steel, are an extremely effective design, easy to clean out and simply cute. They come in several sizes from square at 14 x 14 cm to rectangular at 14 x 32 cm. Disadvantage? The price! (like everything else from Cotto) - about 1,000 baht.
As Thai tilers usually cut tiles with their teeth (or so it seems), we found it better to avoid having them install circular drains.
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Day 2 MaterialsOrganising the materials, painting the steel with red oxide, straightening the rebar and digging the first couple of holes.
The sand cost 280 baht/cu, the gravel 380 baht/cu, and the TPI cement 95 baht per 50 kg bag. The smooth 9 mm rebar (RB9) cost 38 baht per 10 m length.
The pre cast reinforced columns 15 x 15cmx 2.50 m columns cost 275 baht each. They come with a cut-out on the top with a hole for bolting a steel or wooden ring-beam.
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filling the formA measured quantity of mix is drawn into the 2- brick 'jelly mould' which is then mechanically vibrated. It takes about 15 seconds to produce and stack a pair of bricks. Two people working the plant can produce about 3,500 bricks in a day. That's enough for 290 m2 of wall, or about 1.5 houses the size of the Jazzman house. About 1,000 bricks were used for the motel.jazzman
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Consumer unitsEach room has its own mini consumer unit with a 32A 2-pole main breaker, a 10A and a 20A MCB. The units cost 500 baht each, fully equipped.
Doing it like this will ensure that if a guest overloads a circuit in the room, only the room breaker(s) will trip and not leave all the rooms in the dark.
The entire building will have a larger consumer unit with an RCCB - of course.
For more details of this and other consumer units, see the Electrical Fittings album.
jazzman

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