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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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Roof tileThese composite roof panels are 120 x 50, so it's two for 1 m2. The usual price in GlobalHouse or HomeMart / HomePro is 56 - 59 baht each. We ordered them through our favourite village store and paid 48 baht. The area to be covered by this roof is 140 m2, that's a saving of 2,500 baht. All these little savings add up.jazzman
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archwayThe archway makes a symbolic divide between the open plan living room / kitchen.
Click an thumbnail to see an enlargement then click the clapperboard to start a slide show. jazzman
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Ceiling panel with recessed lightSheetrock ceilings with fancy recesses are all the rage, but we opted for suspended 60 x 60 cm panels. They have the advantages that they permit immediate access to any part of the roof space, and lighting arrangements and ceiling fans can be added to or changed around at will. It also breathes, allowing warm air to convect upwards and away into the attic. They come in with hundreds of different colours and patterns, are extremely cheap, and if you get fed up with them, you just change them !jazzman
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Continental European 'Schuko' socket & plug from BTicinoOriginally used in Germany for decades, this very safe system is becoming standard in most European countries (except the UK).jazzman
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Wall sockets.For more on the motel electrics, see the Electrical Fittings album.jazzman
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Day 11Front walls, doors and window frames.
Completely up-to-date comprehensive steel prices have been posted on the forum.jazzman
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Strong Roof Truss...Click the image for a full screen view. The double-C ridge purlin - the most important load-bearing part of the roof - was too short so they just extended it with a bit of rebar and connected all the hip purlins to it. Notice the superbly clean welding and the neat job of repainting the welds.
Only about one in six of the tiles had been tied down, the rest were just in place under their own weight. Hopefully this region of Thailand is not susceptible to high winds.jazzman
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Blueprint - Budget: 560,000 bahtClick the pic for a full screen image.
Own design. Quality construction. Contractors' quotes: 1.0 to 1.3 million baht. My DIY: 560,000 baht (materials & labour 2006). This floor plan was later vastly improved at no extra cost to the construction; and we opted for some slightly more expensive extras, taking us about 100,000 over the original budget. jazzman
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