The Thinking Behind The Sala
One of the aims of this construction was to include traditional features in the build – roof style, overhang, window proportions and wood panelling detail. A particular and central feature…
First Floor Planks
With the first-floor ring beam now cast, the next stage is the placing of the floor planks. As before, K.Pot checked the ring beam was solid and ready, then re-checked…
Construction of the 1st-floor ring beam
Concreting Yes! It’s concrete time, again… With the steel and shuttering all in place and checked, K.Pot ordered the delivery of sufficient concrete to pour the entire ring beam in…
AAC Blocks
AAC Blocks … Autoclaved Aerated Concrete Blocks. AAC Blocks Why did we go for this type of block instead of the more traditional standard concrete block? The standard concrete block…
Construction of the 1st floor ring beam
Rebar and shuttering With the ground floor slab now completed, and the first floor columns cast, the team turned their attention to constructing the shuttering for the first floor ring…
Building a house: UK .v. Thailand – Part 1
So, how different is it, really? C’mon… you want to build a house. You have, or can get, land. Should be straightforward, right? Well…let’s see. One of the countries IS…
Casting the ground floor slab
Now the plinth beams were cast and had gone off, preparations were made to cast the ground floor slab. This involved bringing the ground level up to the edge of…
Glossary 2
Curing – The chemical process of the hardening of concrete. The evolution of wet concrete to green concrete to hard concrete is known as curing. Concrete does not go hard…
Glossary 1
Cast – As in ‘We cast the concrete’. The process of pouring and distributing the wet concrete into its final place. Chair -A small, concrete disc with wires set inside….
Septic tank arrangements
If the house cannot be connected to any main drains, for waste water or sewage, then you need to have tankage for the sewer outflow – the so-called black water….