Earlier in the week, we were able to lower the first BaanLoiNaam pontoon into the pond and float it. It was a bit of a process, but worked out pretty well. First, we had to make sure that we will be able to mount the pontoon onto the frame after it is all in the…

  I’m pretty excited about the progress on the first pontoon. We’ve done two rounds of pressure testing, and fixed all the holes, and it was able to hold air pressure for several days without any noticeable drop in pressure. (Keeping in mind that the pressure goes down with the temperature at night and up…

We finished one pontoon and are ready to do pressure testing on it. Here is a picture of one of the hoists that lifted it onto the work stands: Here is a look under the pontoon. And similar to the previous pontoon tests, we have three access “ports”. The big one on the right is…

I just figured I’d post these photos of the pontoon progress today. It is moving along at a good pace… Bottom, sides, and interior are mostly done. Another interesting thing are these hoist frames that they built over the past day or two: When the time comes to lift up the ~800kg pontoons to check…

This week, we began building the pontoons for the floating house (BaanLoiNaam) in earnest. We’ve settled on a smaller house plan, resulting in an interior space of only 3m x 4m! The footprint including balconies and semi-outdoor bathroom is still only 6m x 7m. As a result, we are targeting building a support base of…