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…
Preparing the wood for the walls of BaanLoiNaam
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….
Kitchen update: Roof is up
After putting up the structure and roof on BaanLoiNaam, the workers moved over to do the same on the kitchen. This is a very small and simple structure, almost more like a toolshed than a building, so we are using the same kind of light construction that we used on the floating house. You might…
Beginning the flooring of BaanLoiNaam
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…
Mounting drive motors to the ferry boat
The ferry boat has been completed in an unpowered form for quite some time now. More recently, I’ve been waiting for the welders to weld on the motor and propeller shaft mounting so that we can begin doing powered tests. I wanted to the welders to focus on the welding of the structure of BaanLoiNaam,…
Object interaction in fluid simulator
In order to have a useful fluid simulator, the fluid has to be in some kind of container or environment, and the fluid needs to interact with this environment. For that purpose, I added support in my little experimental fluid simulator to be able to load an arbitrary polygonal surface and have the individual particles…
BaanLoiNaam: The roof is on the house
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…
Fluid simulations: 3D fluid simulation working
About a week ago, I posted a quick video of some early results for a 2D fluid simulation I quickly coded up. Once I got the 2D simulation working the way I wanted, it was only a matter of about a day’s coding to convert the code to simulate 3D fluid dynamics. But one idea…
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