The workers mounted the roof on the house on Wednesday. As with the other two houses, once the foundation was done, the structure and roof went up in almost no time at all. Now we just need a floor and walls and it will be a house.
BaanRimNaam: Composting toilet and sink in place
The composting toilet is done and ready for testing. The toilet seat is attached as well as the urine diverter. The chamber down below is completed. We will probably start out testing the toilet in a traditional composting capacity and we will wait to try vermicomposting until we move into the house. (The worms will…
BaanLoiNaam: It is starting to look like a house
I checked up on the progress of BaanLoiNaam today. The steel structure of the roof appears to be complete now. Tomorrow, the metal roofing material will arrive, and the workers think it will take only a day to install. Then onto the walls…
BaanRimNaam update: structure going up quickly now
We finished the floor structure in the last few days, and today they started welding the actual building structure. Things are moving quickly now, and the hope is to be installing the roofing on Tuesday. Then it will begin to really look like a floating house. 🙂
Pile driving the old fashioned way
Have you ever wondered how pilings were driven into the ground without large construction machinery? I saw the workers driving some 3m pilings into the ground for a temporary structure a few weeks agi and I thought it was interesting. Basically, they dig as far as they can easily dig, drop the piling into the…
BaanLoiNaam: Structure of the floor in place
I took this picture today of the progress of welding of the floor: The smaller cross beams are mostly in place to support the fiber cement board flooring.
New project: kitchen
Praew has always wanted a dedicated kitchen where she could put her mixers and ovens and other cooking and baking paraphernalia. Since we’ve been going for tiny buildings each for a dedicated purpose, we’ve begun construction on a dedicated kitchen building. So that Praew can spend a bit more time with her mom, we are…
Composting toilet nearly completed
The composting toilet is nearly completed. The wooden toilet box has been completed and now has a glossy finish, and the toilet seat has been attached to it. The glowing blue center is the light from down below reflecting off the PVC pipe in the center. This effect will be gone once we close the…
Worker’s toolshed and workshop area is now completed
The worker’s toolshed and workshop area is now completely finished. Here is a little tour… The last piece to be finished in the past few days is the section of walkway connecting the toolshed to the main walkway around the pond: This leads to the toolshed itself where they added a grooved ramp for pushing…
Second pontoon launched
I was out of town, but I received these photos of the launch of the second pontoon: So we now have two of 5 pontoons completed and floating.
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