The walls and windows are starting to go up in BaanLoiNaam. They started by installing just the windows: Then the built the walls around them: Also of interest you’ll notice in some of the above pictures, the white Shera Board for the balcony areas around the house are partially installed: In case you are wondering about…

We experimented with very thin thatch roofing over polycarbonate on the pump sheds in the idea we might use this for BaanLoiNaam eventually. I like the traditional rustic look and the improved thermal insulation properties of thatch compared to bare roofing. But our biggest reluctance to doing this for a house we will be occupying…

So we bought the wood for the walls of BaanLoiNaam: It really doesn’t look like much lying there in a pile, does it? The next step is to put up the walls. This was one of the slower parts of construction for both BaanMae and BaanRimNaam. The steel for the structure goes up quite quickly….

I just thought I would post a quick picture of the floor beginning to be installed on BaanLoiNaam. We can walk around under the roof now. 🙂 The fiber cement board installed in the center is the only “interior” of the small floating house. The rest is either outdoor bathroom or balcony, which will use…

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. 🙂

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.